From Alan Shepard to Artemis, celebrating 65 years of Americans in space
Artemis Program 1 month ago
From Alan Shepard to Artemis, celebrating 65 years of Americans in space

On the morning of May 5th, 1961, 37-year-old Alan Shepard woke up, ate a breakfast (consisting of a filet mignon wrapped in bacon, scrambled eggs, and...

Source: The Verge

【5月6日】看軍聞學英語
NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
【5月6日】看軍聞學英語

■林國賓 原文: The world’s first crewed mission to the moon since 1972, which launched Wednesday, is quietly continuing the civilian space sector’s long tra...

Source: Yahoo Entertainment

Explosion Reported on Site as SpaceX Prepares Starship for Another Launch
Space Technology 1 month ago
Explosion Reported on Site as SpaceX Prepares Starship for Another Launch

Another setback? The post Explosion Reported on Site as SpaceX Prepares Starship for Another Launch appeared first on Futurism.

Source: Futurism

New photos from the Artemis II mission released, and how NASA is testing cameras for flight
Artemis Missions 1 month ago
New photos from the Artemis II mission released, and how NASA is testing cameras for flight

NASA released new photos (Artemis II multimedia | Artemis II gallery) taken before, during, and after the Artemis II mission around the moon. On this ...

Source: Nikonrumors.com

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
First Images From the Pandora Exoplanet Mission

A new mission promises to 'open the box' on exoplanet science. Scientists and engineers recently released the first engineering images from ...

Source: Universe Today

Comet & Asteroid News 1 month ago
To Build a City on Mars, We Might Need to Plunder the Asteroid Belt

Rome wasn’t built in a day, and a city on Mars is likely going to take even longer to build than Rome itself. At the time of the first Martian colonis...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
Closing The Exoplanet Radius Gap

Kepler and TESS showed us that there's a radius gap in the exoplanet population. There are very few planets between 1.5 and 2 Earth radii, accord...

Source: Universe Today

Why does NASA's Curiosity rover have a 'lucky penny' on Mars? | Space photo of the day for May 6, 2026
NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
Why does NASA's Curiosity rover have a 'lucky penny' on Mars? | Space photo of the day for May 6, 2026

Providing good luck to the first Martian to find it.

Source: Space.com

Space Technology 1 month ago
Riding the orbital data center wave

The orbital data center boom is promising opportunities well beyond the pioneers hoping to build colossal, AI-driven computing platforms in space. A m...

Source: SpaceNews

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
New NASA Technology Mimics Extreme Cold of the Lunar Night 

As NASA looks to explore the Moon, Mars, and beyond, researchers must develop materials capable of withstanding the extreme temperatures found in spac...

Source: NASA

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
NASA’s Roman Poised to Transform Hunt for Elusive Neutron Stars

Astronomers have long known that neutron stars, the crushed cores left behind after massive stars explode, should be scattered throughout the Milky Wa...

Source: NASA

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
Unlocking the Mystery of X-ray Dots

A new “X-ray dot” found by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory – which could look like this artist’s illustration released on April 28, 2026 – ...

Source: NASA

The challenge of celebrating Artemis II as NASA cuts loom
Artemis Missions 1 month ago
The challenge of celebrating Artemis II as NASA cuts loom

NASA has just sent astronauts back to the Moon for the first time since 1972 with Artemis II. So why would we cut NASA and NSF science now? Continue ...

Source: Medium

More missions, less money, higher risk: NASA's back to the '90s playbook
NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
More missions, less money, higher risk: NASA's back to the '90s playbook

OPINION: Faster, better, cheaper is back and history suggests you can't get all three at the same time

Source: Theregister.com

NASA posts thousands more Artemis II photos
Artemis Missions 1 month ago
NASA posts thousands more Artemis II photos

For the first time in half a century, humans visited the moon. If they did not land on it, that's coming soon, but they took a lot of photographs...

Source: Boing Boing

Ireland formally signs Artemis Accords at NASA ceremony
Artemis Program 1 month ago
Ireland formally signs Artemis Accords at NASA ceremony

Ireland has formally signed up to the international cooperation framework for the exploration of space.

Source: RTE

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin moon lander completes a crucial test as race with SpaceX heats up
NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin moon lander completes a crucial test as race with SpaceX heats up

NASA announced that the lander, Endurance, completed vacuum testing on Earth—a key step toward a planned launch later this year

Source: Scientific American

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
Waiting for the Blaze Star

Some celestial events are sure things; it's just a question of when. We're still waiting for T Corona Borealis to go nova — any month now. T...

Source: Sky & Telescope

Scientists created one of the largest simulations of our universe ever — about the size of 500,000 HD movies
Artemis Program 1 month ago
Scientists created one of the largest simulations of our universe ever — about the size of 500,000 HD movies

The FLAMINGO project helps scientists explore how galaxies, dark matter and cosmic structures evolved over billions of years.

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 1 month ago
Astranis secures $450 million in equity, debt to expand small GEO satellite production

Financing includes delayed-draw facility to fund staged expansion of satellite manufacturing

Source: SpaceNews