Artemis Program 4 months ago
Blue Origin outlines return to flight logistics for its New Glenn rockets

The explosion of a New Glenn rocket on May 28 is still under investigation. The company said it’s moving to a hybrid horizontal-vertical integration f...

Source: Spaceflight Now

Artemis Program 4 months ago
Astronauts ‘operate’ on space station’s broken robot arm

On May 27, flight controllers at the Johnson Space Center in Houston noticed one of the Canadian-built arm's seven joints was drawing more curren...

Source: Spaceflight Now

Space Exploration 4 months ago
NASA awards nearly $600 million in lunar lander missions

NASA selected three companies to fly four lunar lander missions worth nearly $600 million as part of its lunar base ambitions, as it weighs also launc...

Source: SpaceNews

Artemis Program 4 months ago
It's Finally Begun! The Vera Rubin Observatory Creating What Will Be the Greatest Movie Ever Made

The Vera Rubin Observatory's long-awaited Legacy Survey of Space and Time has begun. This decade-long movie of the cosmos will capture anything t...

Source: Universe Today

‘Just in time for Canada Day’: Spacewalking astronauts repair space station’s huge Canadarm2
Artemis Program 4 months ago
‘Just in time for Canada Day’: Spacewalking astronauts repair space station’s huge Canadarm2

Expedition 74 flight engineers Chris Williams and Jessica Meir conducted a seven-hour spacewalk to replace a wrist joint on the International Space St...

Source: Space.com

Blue Origin starts rebuilding launch pad damaged by New Glenn rocket explosion — and it will look very different when it's done
Artemis Program 4 months ago
Blue Origin starts rebuilding launch pad damaged by New Glenn rocket explosion — and it will look very different when it's done

Blue Origin has started rebuilding the launch pad damaged by the explosion of its New Glenn rocket last month, but the company is working from a very ...

Source: Space.com

Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese Earth-observing radar satellite from New Zealand tonight
Artemis Program 4 months ago
Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese Earth-observing radar satellite from New Zealand tonight

Rocket Lab will launch its eighth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS tonight (June 30), and you can watch the action live.

Source: Space.com

'PROMISE' me the moon? NASA wants to send spare nuclear-powered Mars rover to the lunar surface
Artemis Missions 4 months ago
'PROMISE' me the moon? NASA wants to send spare nuclear-powered Mars rover to the lunar surface

NASA has announced new lunar landing contracts for its Artemis Moon Base program, as well as a potential new moon rover mission named PROMISE.

Source: Space.com

NASA & Space Agencies 4 months ago
Launch Preview: Swift rescue mission, final Atlas satellite launch

Several orbital launches are scheduled worldwide this week. A mission to rescue the Swift observatory… The post Launch Preview: Swift rescue...

Source: NASASpaceFlight

NASA & Space Agencies 4 months ago
NASA’s Chandra Reveals ‘Red, White, Blue’ Universe for US 250th

In celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States, NASA has unveiled four cosmic images from its Chandra X-ray Observatory rendered in red, wh...

Source: NASA

Mars may have once been filled with seas of magma that made the Red Planet habitable
NASA & Space Agencies 4 months ago
Mars may have once been filled with seas of magma that made the Red Planet habitable

Deep oceans of magma once sloshed about inside the crust of Mars, seismic measurements taken by NASA's InSight mission suggest.

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 4 months ago
Matthew Williams Joins the Commercial Space Federation as Senior Advisor, National Security

June 30, 2026 – Washington, D.C. — The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) announced today that Matthew Williams, a former Principal Deputy As...

Source: SpaceNews

Artemis Program 4 months ago
Space Force fields mobile satellite-jamming system 

The system known as Meadowlands is transitioning to operational use as the military places greater emphasis on electronic warfare The post Space Forc...

Source: SpaceNews

NASA Awards More Moon Base Science, Previews New Opportunities
NASA & Space Agencies 4 months ago
NASA Awards More Moon Base Science, Previews New Opportunities

Editor’s note: This release was updated on June 30, 2026, to clarify the engineering development version for the PROMISE rover. NASA announc...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 4 months ago
NextSTEP-3 B: Moon Base Demonstrations

Notice ID: Coming Soon NASA’s Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate is seeking innovative ideas from industry partners through a new solicit...

Source: NASA

La NASA adjudica nuevas misiones científicas para Base Lunar y adelanta nuevas oportunidades
NASA & Space Agencies 4 months ago
La NASA adjudica nuevas misiones científicas para Base Lunar y adelanta nuevas oportunidades

Read this news release in English here. La NASA anunció el martes la selección de tres empresas para llevar a cabo cuatro nuevas misiones a la Luna a ...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 4 months ago
A Day of Flight Testing at NASA Armstrong

Flight testing is a team sport. For nearly 80 years, teams at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, have used flight testing...

Source: NASA

Astronomy Research 4 months ago
Echoing Light Shows That Dark Matter May Gather Around Supermassive Black Holes

The way that dark matter is distributed may need a rethink. New research shows that dark matter could gather near supermassive black holes. The eviden...

Source: Universe Today

NASA & Space Agencies 4 months ago
Weaving the Future of Space Suits

The famous opening scene of the Martian has Mark Watney stabbed in the torso with a communications antenna. While this accident sets up the plot for w...

Source: Universe Today

Artemis Program 4 months ago
Earth Microbes Can Survive Individual Martian Hazards—and Evade Astronaut Immune Systems

Hopefully, we’re about to travel back to the Moon relatively soon. And while the original “giant leap for mankind” was taken by a human, Neil Armstron...

Source: Universe Today