{"post":{"id":"dsk_8754bb144d65b182d8da","desk":"news","desk_title":"News digest","satire":false,"slug":"2026-10-14","url":"https://openvibe.blog/desks/news/2026-10-14","title":"UK and EU space, energy and heritage updates lead the day","dek":"A snapshot of government and space agency announcements from GOV.UK, the European Commission press corner and NASA on 14 October 2026.","published_at":"2026-10-15T20:38:06.038Z","period":{"from":"2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","to":"2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z"},"authorship":{"mode":"ai","reviewed":false,"workflow":"blog.write_digest","run_id":"run_01M50MJEFE229PV9ZA8SZ1VGHX","model":"gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07"},"sections":[{"heading":"Space, science and monitoring ahead of missions","paragraphs":[{"text":"NASA will preview two upcoming spacewalks to complete solar array installation and power augmentation of the International Space Station during a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 20, from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA will stream the event through a variety of platforms. Learn where to watch online: https://www.nasa.gov/live NASA participants […]","cites":[4]},{"text":"NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney will answer prerecorded STEM questions from Florida students as they are aboard the International Space Station; the Earth-to-space call will begin at 12:30 p.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 16, with an updated start time noted in the source.","cites":[5]},{"text":"NASA will provide an update on its plans to return American astronauts to the surface of the Moon by 2028 at a briefing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, including details about Artemis III and related missions.","cites":[22]},{"text":"NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has helped explain the ‘Treble Clef’ galaxy cluster collision, attributing the radio wave formation to a supermassive black hole outburst followed by a collision.","cites":[8]}]},{"heading":"UK government funds and infrastructure to support resilience and heritage","paragraphs":[{"text":"Britain will fund £17 million in 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