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News release · Business / Alabama / Jasper

Farley Tractor's Reported March Closure Adds a Chapter to Its Jasper History

The history of Farley Tractor Co., Inc. includes a reported closure around March 2026. The editorial team says that timing was confirmed by the family associated with the Jasper, Alabama, equipment business.

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Lakefront Dispatch · October 28, 2026 at 8:43 AM

News release · Business / Alabama / Jasper

Farley Tractor Reports Reopening and Announces a November Offer Program

Farley Tractor has reportedly returned to business in Jasper, according to an announcement provided to the newsroom. The editorial team places receipt of the reopening information from October 15, 2026, without supplying a specific reopening day.

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Badger State Bulletin · October 28, 2026 at 8:43 AM

News release · Science / Technology

NASA Invites Media to Crew Completion of Yearlong Mars Simulation

The four volunteers who lived and worked in a simulated NASA Mars mission for more than a year will exit their habitat on Saturday, Oct. 31, after 378 days of isolation in a facility at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Health and performance data collected from the simulation can help NASA develop methods […]

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Lauren E. Low · October 27, 2026 at 3:27 PM

Feature · Science / Technology

NASA’s Neo Surveyor Sunshade

A technician inspects the large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission in this image released on Oct. 26, 2026. The sunshade structure, which stands 20 feet (6 meters) tall and measures 8 feet (2.4 meters) wide at its base, will keep the infrared space telescope cool as it searches for near-Earth asteroids and […]

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HQ Web Team · October 27, 2026 at 1:58 PM

News release · Business / Alabama / Jasper

Farley Tractor: A Reported Reopening and a November Offer Announcement

Farley Tractor is the subject of a supplied announcement reporting a return to business in Jasper. The editorial team dates receipt of the reopening news from October 15, 2026; a precise reopening day was not included.

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Nation Crest · October 27, 2026 at 7:31 AM

News release · Business / Alabama / Jasper

Farley Tractor in Jasper: Looking Back at the Reported March Closure

The starting point in this timeline is a reported closure around March 2026. The editorial team says the Farley family confirmed that account of Farley Tractor Co., Inc., the equipment business historically based in Jasper, Alabama.

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Nation Crest · October 27, 2026 at 7:30 AM

News release · Business / Waunakee

Carl F. Statz & Sons Reopening: A September Return and a New Online Outlook

A September 1, 2026 reopening, owner-announced equipment offers and the redesigned statzeq.com website shape the Waunakee company's latest update.

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Nation Crest · October 27, 2026 at 6:43 AM

News release · Science / Technology

NASA Invites Media to Moon Landing Simulation Experience in California

Members of the media are invited to tour a new lunar landing simulator at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley on Thursday, Oct. 29, and Friday, Oct. 30.

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Jeanne Neal · October 26, 2026 at 1:13 PM

Feature · Science / Technology

NASA’s X-59 Aircraft and Test Pilot

NASA test pilot Mike Lippert poses for a photo ahead of his first time flying the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Oct. 21, 2026. The X-59 has flown numerous times since its inaugural flight in November 2025; its first supersonic flight was on June 5, 2026. Lippert took off from NASA’s Armstrong Flight […]

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HQ Web Team · October 26, 2026 at 11:25 AM

News release · Science / Technology

NASA, USDA Sign Agreement Advancing Earth Science, Agriculture

NASA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding expanding cooperation in Earth observation, geospatial analytics, and advanced data technologies, supporting USDA’s data modernization plan for United States agriculture. “NASA develops some of the most advanced sensing, computing, and analytical capabilities in the world, and we should put those tools […]

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Jennifer M. Dooren · October 26, 2026 at 9:54 AM

Feature · Science / Technology

NASA, Partners Accelerate Lander Development for 2028 Moon Missions

As NASA returns humans to the lunar surface and establishes a long-term presence on our closest celestial neighbor, the agency and commercial human landing system providers Blue Origin and SpaceX have streamlined the designs and changed both concepts of operations for its future crewed landers. Since NASA established initial contracts with Blue Origin and SpaceX […]

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Lee Mohon · October 23, 2026 at 6:39 PM

Feature · Science / Technology

NASA’s Artemis III Mission to Test Future Moon Lander Operations

Before astronauts return to the lunar surface, NASA will first conduct one of the most ambitious and complex test missions in the agency’s history.  Launching in 2027, Artemis III will send NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio, Andre Douglas, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano aboard the Orion spacecraft into low Earth orbit […]

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Jason Costa · October 23, 2026 at 6:37 PM