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On this day in space! Oct. 31, 2015: Creepy skull-shaped Halloween asteroid flies by Earth, NASA names it the 'Great Pumpkin'
On this day in space! Oct. 30, 1964: NASA's weird Lunar Landing Research Vehicle takes 1st test flight to help Apollo astronauts land on the moon
Ghostly Cat's Head Nebula haunts the cosmos | Space photo of the day for Oct. 30, 2026
On this day in space! Oct. 29, 1991: NASA's Galileo spacecraft flies by asteroid Gaspra and snaps amazing photos while flying at 18,000 mph
The universe in the eye of a telescope | Space photo of the day for Oct. 29, 2026
On this day in space! Oct. 28, 1971: Britain launches its 1st satellite Prospero into space on a Black Arrow rocket
ISS astronaut will conduct Canada's 1st spacewalk in 7 years on Oct. 29: Watch it live
Satellites watch an escaping Antarctic iceberg | Space photo of the day for Oct. 28, 2026
On this day in space! Oct. 27, 1961: NASA launches Saturn I rocket on 1st test flight from Florida to set stage for the mighty Saturn V moon rocket
Mars rover tracks from a historic drive | Space photo of the day for Oct. 27, 2026
On this day in space! Oct. 26, 2004: Cassini spacecraft takes 1st-ever closeup photos of Saturn moon Titan
Glowing 'cauldron' of new stars | Space photo of the day for Oct. 26, 2026
On this day in space! Oct. 25, 1671: Astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, Saturn's 'yin-yang' moon
On this day in space! Oct. 24, 1946: V-2 rocket takes 1st photos of Earth from space
On this day in space! Oct. 23, 2007: NASA launches Harmony module to ISS on STS-120 space shuttle mission
Watch NASA's update on accelerating Artemis moon plans today
Private Griffin moon lander gets put to the test | Space photo of the day for Oct. 23, 2026
On this day in space! Oct. 22, 1992: Ashes of 'Star Trek' creator Gene Roddenberry launch into space on NASA shuttle
On this day in space! Oct. 21, 2008: India launches its 1st mission to the moon with Chandrayaan-1
Australia's bizarre 'Spider Crater' seen from orbit | Space photo of the day for Oct. 22, 2026
