SpaceNexus Daily · Thursday, October 29, 2026
NASA is two spacewalks from finishing station upgrade, Spaceflight Now says
Spaceflight Now reports NASA is two spacewalks from finishing the station upgrade; Universe Today reports a Rubin dwarf planet candidate; two launches are scheduled.
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This is SpaceNexus Daily, for Thursday, October 29, 2026.
Space stocks and money
In the trading session of Wednesday, October 28, the SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index of space stocks rose 1 percent, with 19 companies up and 15 down. The largest gain was Viasat, up 11.3 percent, and the largest decline was Satellogic, down 3.5 percent. hrtoday.in reported that Sierra Space named Daniel Gittsovich Chief Financial Officer.
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Sources: SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close); SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close); SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close); hrtoday.in
Station upgrade nears completion
Spaceflight Now reported that NASA is two spacewalks away from completing a major, years-long upgrade to the International Space Station. The upgrade will power the orbiting lab through to its planned decommissioning in 2030. The two spacewalks are on October 29 and November 5, the report says.
Sources: Spaceflight Now
Rubin finds dwarf planet candidate
Sources
- SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- Viasat (VSAT) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- Satellogic (SATL) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- Daniel Gittsovich, Sierra Space (hrtoday.in) · on SpaceNexus
- NASA nears end of space station solar array upgrade with Oct. 29 and Nov. 5 spacewalks (Spaceflight Now)
- The Rubin Observatory Finds Its First Dwarf Planet Candidate (Universe Today)
- Virgin Galactic Flies Next-Gen Space Plane to New Home With New Name (Universe Today)
- GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03) (Launch Library 2) · on SpaceNexus
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 (Launch Library 2) · on SpaceNexus
- SpaceNexus jobs board
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