SpaceNexus AM · Thursday, November 12, 2026
APOD: 2026 November 12 – Moon, Venus and Spica Meet, reported by NASA Science.
APOD: 2026 November 12 – Moon, Venus and Spica Meet, reported by NASA Science.
11,486 job postings (about 10,200 distinct roles) on the jobs board, 839 of the postings dated in the last seven days. Most new postings this week: SpaceX (174), Blue Origin (145), The Aerospace Corporation (50).
Jobs boardOrbital launch attempts worldwide in 2026 to date, against 266 by this day last year (-0.8% vs the same point of 2025).
Source: SpaceNexus Launch Cadence Index (LL2-sourced SpaceEvent history) · as of 2026-11-12 · Launch Cadence Index
2014 (12 years ago): Rosetta's Philae lander touches down on a comet. ESA's Rosetta mission deployed the Philae lander onto Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, achieving the first-ever soft landing on a comet and providing unprecedented data on cometary composition.
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