Membership Assistant
As part of our Advancement Services team, the Membership Assistant is often a member's first point of contact with the Society, whether by phone, email, or…
October 20, 2026Space news
Mission Log
AnySignal to Deliver Space-to-Earth Communications for Three Reflect Orbital Missions
LOS ANGELES — October 20, 2026 AnySignal, a leading provider of software-defined radios and space-based networking, today announced an agreement with Reflect Orbital to deliver space-to-earth communications…
October 20, 2026New brain for Galileo
Twelve Galileo Second Generation (G2) satellites will join the current fleet in the coming years. They will deliver unprecedented positioning, navigation and timing capabilities thanks to…
October 20, 2026UARX Space troubleshoots anomalies on maiden OTV Flight
Correction: Dawn’s Docking and Fluid Transfer Port is not a hosted payload. UARX is testing it for future refueling missions. SAN FRANCISCO –Spanish startup UARX Space…
October 19, 2026Euclid discovers new comet
The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has discovered its first previously unknown comet, in images taken between 16 and 24 September 2026.
October 19, 2026Japan launching bold sample-return mission to Mars moon Phobos today: Watch it live
Japan will launch its audacious MMX sample-return mission to Mars today (Oct. 19), and you can watch the historic action live.
October 19, 2026Returning the first samples from a Martian moon: Inside the science of Japan’s bold MMX mission to Mars
Japan's mission to Mars' moons could answer a decades old question dividing the origins of Phobos and Deimos between two conflicting theories, and make history as…
October 18, 2026Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton was a problem-solver for the ages (op-ed)
The world will miss Margaret Hamilton, the pioneering programmer who helped NASA land Apollo astronauts on the moon. But we will always have her example to…
October 18, 2026On this day in space! Oct. 18, 1963: France’s Félicette Becomes the 1st Cat in Space! >^..^
On Oct. 18, 1963, a cat went to space! Félicette was a French "catstronaut" who became the first and only feline to fly to space. Here's…
October 18, 2026Astronomers want your help finding ‘missing’ black holes in the Milky Way
A citizen science project is seeking volunteers to comb through NASA telescope data for telltale signs of the galaxy's hidden black holes.
October 18, 2026