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Djibouti Signs NASA’s Artemis Accords, Becoming the 72nd Country — But Not Part of an Unbroken African Streak

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 15, 2026
A spacecraft with deployed solar panels and a robotic arm orbits above Earth's cloud-covered surface.

Djibouti signed NASA’s Artemis Accords on Sept. 14, 2026, becoming the 72nd country and 8th African nation — though two non-African countries, Serbia and Türkiye, signed in the two months before it.

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NASA Delays SpaceX’s Crew-13 Launch to the Space Station After a Dragon Oxidizer Leak, With No New Date Set

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 10, 2026
AI-generated illustration: NASA Delays SpaceX's Crew-13 Launch to the Space Station After a Dragon Oxidizer Leak, With No New Date Set

NASA and SpaceX have pushed back the launch of Crew-13, the next crewed flight to the International Space Station, after engineers found an oxidizer leak

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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches Successfully on SpaceX Falcon Heavy

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published August 31, 2026 · Updated September 10, 2026
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, silhouetted against the sun

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off Sunday, August 30, 2026, at 7:26 a.m. EDT aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy

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NASA Calls Off Swift Space Telescope Rescue After Servicing Spacecraft Loses Control

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published August 20, 2026 · Updated September 10, 2026
A telescope pointed at a starry night sky, editorial illustration for a space telescope story

NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies announced on Aug. 19, 2026, that they will not attempt to capture and boost the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory into a higher

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