In 1969, she helped Apollo 11 carrying Neil Armstrong land on the moon. Indiana woman wrote the code that made it happen. She was MIT's first female programmer
Artemis Missions 2 months ago
In 1969, she helped Apollo 11 carrying Neil Armstrong land on the moon. Indiana woman wrote the code that made it happen. She was MIT's first female programmer

Margaret Hamilton, a computer scientist from Indiana, played a crucial role in NASA’s Apollo programme by leading the team that developed the onboard ...

Source: The Times of India

NASA’s New Space Telescope Is Poised to Discover Hidden Facets of the Universe
Astronomy Research 2 months ago
NASA’s New Space Telescope Is Poised to Discover Hidden Facets of the Universe

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to discover as many as 200,000 new planets and reveal details about the elusive nature of dark matte...

Source: Wired

The First-Ever Earthrise Photo Was Taken 60 Years Ago on a Film Camera by a Robot Spacecraft
Artemis Missions 2 months ago
The First-Ever Earthrise Photo Was Taken 60 Years Ago on a Film Camera by a Robot Spacecraft

60 years ago, a robotic spacecraft captured the first Earthrise photo -- a stunning view that the Artemis II crew recreated earlier this year. [Read M...

Source: PetaPixel

India’s satellite launch cost 4 times higher than US, Cambridge study finds; Space Dept disputes findings
Artemis Program 2 months ago
India’s satellite launch cost 4 times higher than US, Cambridge study finds; Space Dept disputes findings

A new study reveals that satellite launch costs in India are the highest among key markets. Government sources challenge this perception, highlighting...

Source: The Times of India

What time is the partial lunar eclipse on Aug. 27-28? Here's when to see the 96% 'blood moon'
Artemis Program 2 months ago
What time is the partial lunar eclipse on Aug. 27-28? Here's when to see the 96% 'blood moon'

Don't miss the best lunar eclipse until New Year's Eve 2028. Here's when to look up to catch the deep partial lunar eclipse on Aug. 27-...

Source: Space.com

Watch 2 astronauts replace failed ISS antenna during spacewalk today
NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
Watch 2 astronauts replace failed ISS antenna during spacewalk today

NASA astronaut Anil Menon and France's Sophie Adenot will conduct a spacewalk today (Aug. 25) to replace a space-to-ground-antenna on the Interna...

Source: Space.com

Trump to award Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II astronauts
Artemis Missions 2 months ago
Trump to award Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II astronauts

The Artemis II crew will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor after becoming the first humans in more than 50 years to travel beyond the Moo...

Source: Science Daily

NASA is about to launch a powerful new eye on the universe
Astronomy Research 2 months ago
NASA is about to launch a powerful new eye on the universe

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope has been cleared for final launch preparations ahead of a targeted August 30 liftoff aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy. The po...

Source: Science Daily

China delays mission to find water on Moon until after this year
Space Technology 2 months ago
China delays mission to find water on Moon until after this year

The Chang’e-7 spacecraft couldn’t proceed with its blastoff within this year’s window because the launch requirements weren’t met, the China National ...

Source: Bloomberg

Moon Science 2 months ago
Bad weather delays launch of China's historic Chang'e 7 mission to moon's south pole - Space

Bad weather delays launch of China's historic Chang'e 7 mission to moon's south poleSpace China postpones launch of unprecedented water...

Source: Slashdot.org

The universe’s first massive fusion stars may have burned out within a few million years. But hypothetical dark stars—made mostly of hydrogen and helium yet powered by annihilating dark matter—would have remained so bloated and cool that radiation could n
Artemis Program 2 months ago
The universe’s first massive fusion stars may have burned out within a few million years. But hypothetical dark stars—made mostly of hydrogen and helium yet powered by annihilating dark matter—would have remained so bloated and cool that radiation could n

A tiny dark-matter component could keep a primordial hydrogen-helium star bloated, spectrally cool and growing, potentially leaving a million-solar-ma...

Source: Space Daily

Anthropic's $2 Trillion Valuation Faces a Reality Check—SPCX Offers a Warning, Wall Street Veteran Says
Space Exploration 2 months ago
Anthropic's $2 Trillion Valuation Faces a Reality Check—SPCX Offers a Warning, Wall Street Veteran Says

Anthropic’s reported potential $2 trillion valuation would require investors to underwrite an extraordinary combination of growth and margin expansion...

Source: Biztoc.com

A round-trip Mars mission could last roughly three years, and a model based on bone-density data from 69 astronauts predicted that everyone following the longer mission profile would return with osteopenia, while roughly one-third could be at risk of oste
Space Exploration 2 months ago
A round-trip Mars mission could last roughly three years, and a model based on bone-density data from 69 astronauts predicted that everyone following the longer mission profile would return with osteopenia, while roughly one-third could be at risk of oste

The striking percentages came from a 2020 nonlinear model, not a Mars crew. Its input data predated current resistance exercise and stopped at 228 day...

Source: Space Daily

President Trump wants the US to carry out more than 1,000 space launches a year by 2030 — and speed up sending robots and humans to Mars
NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
President Trump wants the US to carry out more than 1,000 space launches a year by 2030 — and speed up sending robots and humans to Mars

Trump signs memo pushing America toward 1,000 annual space launches by 2030, boosting access to land and NASA's moon plans.

Source: TechRadar

A New SEC Filing Reveals Exactly How Many Shares of SpaceX Elon Musk Owns. Here's Why It Matters
Space Technology 2 months ago
A New SEC Filing Reveals Exactly How Many Shares of SpaceX Elon Musk Owns. Here's Why It Matters

The Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) IPO officially made Elon Musk a trillionaire. The SpaceX founder owns a substantial stake in the bus...

Source: Biztoc.com

Artemis Program 2 months ago
Robotics and the future of on-orbit labor

In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews Icarus Robotics CEO and co-founder Ethan Barajas at the 2026 Small Satellite Conference in...

Source: SpaceNews

'Ghosts of Mars' at 25: Are we any closer to living on the Red Planet? We asked the experts
Artemis Program 2 months ago
'Ghosts of Mars' at 25: Are we any closer to living on the Red Planet? We asked the experts

John Carpenter's 'Ghosts of Mars' explored a future where Mars is terraformed, but is it closer to becoming a reality? We spoke to the ...

Source: Space.com

Pluto losing its planet status may be the best thing that ever happened to solar system diversity
Artemis Program 2 months ago
Pluto losing its planet status may be the best thing that ever happened to solar system diversity

Unpopular opinion time, Pluto being reclassified as a dwarf planet was a great thing for our understanding of the solar system and for the former plan...

Source: Space.com

Astronomy Research 2 months ago
Launch Preview: Falcon Heavy to launch Roman telescope, Falcon 9 to launch Starlink satellites

This week will see five orbital launches from China, the United States, and French Guiana.… The post Launch Preview: Falcon Heavy to launch ...

Source: NASASpaceFlight

Astronomy Research 2 months ago
NASA Sets Coverage for Roman Space Telescope Launch from Florida

Coverage plans are ready for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope prelaunch and launch activities. Roman is NASA’s next-generation observatory des...

Source: NASA