Artemis Missions 4 months ago
Artemis III: The Mission That Has to Work Before Humans Can Return to the Moon.

Artemis II has barely left the headlines. On April 1st 2026, four astronauts climbed aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft, rode the most powerful rocke...

Source: Universe Today

NASA wants to fly a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars before 2028 ends, and the real test is whether Jared Isaacman can push the agency past its 60-year nuclear-space stall
Space Technology 4 months ago
NASA wants to fly a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars before 2028 ends, and the real test is whether Jared Isaacman can push the agency past its 60-year nuclear-space stall

NASA says it will launch a nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft to Mars before the end of 2028, a deadline that would move space nuclear propulsi...

Source: Space Daily

The Artemis II crew briefed Congress in May; weeks earlier, the same agency’s science directorate faced a 47% cut while human exploration was spared
Artemis Missions 4 months ago
The Artemis II crew briefed Congress in May; weeks earlier, the same agency’s science directorate faced a 47% cut while human exploration was spared

NASA's Artemis II crew brought a plush zero-gravity indicator to Capitol Hill in May 2026, weeks after the White House proposed cutting the agenc...

Source: Space Daily

Deadly “red sky” solar storm from 800 years ago discovered in ancient trees
Artemis Program 4 months ago
Deadly “red sky” solar storm from 800 years ago discovered in ancient trees

Researchers in Japan traced a hidden medieval solar storm using ancient tree rings and centuries-old sky observations. The team linked reports of eeri...

Source: Science Daily

NASA just confirmed the SLS upper stage on Artemis 3 will be replaced with a hollow spacer, and the choice quietly tells you the Moon landing has officially moved to Artemis 4
Artemis Missions 4 months ago
NASA just confirmed the SLS upper stage on Artemis 3 will be replaced with a hollow spacer, and the choice quietly tells you the Moon landing has officially moved to Artemis 4

NASA confirmed on May 13 that the Space Launch System rocket for Artemis 3 will fly without a functioning upper stage. In place of the Interim Cryogen...

Source: Space Daily

Space Exploration 4 months ago
David Attenborough turned 100 last week, and his old warning about space exploration echoes what many astronauts say after seeing Earth from above

In October 1980, on Ireland’s Late Late Show, Gay Byrne asked David Attenborough what he made of the search for life beyond Earth. Attenborough was 54...

Source: Space Daily

NASA & Space Agencies 4 months ago
Rocket Lab signs new launch contracts and acquires robotics company during Q1 2026

Rocket Lab opened 2026 by breaking every record it set in 2025. The company signed… The post Rocket Lab signs new launch contracts and acqui...

Source: NASASpaceFlight

Europa Clipper and JUICE: what happened? #science
3I/ATLAS Discovery 4 months ago
Europa Clipper and JUICE: what happened? #science

Interstellar comet observations by two spacecraft at once Scientists captured a rare opportunity by coordinating observations of an interstellar comet...

Source: Alltoc.com

Astronomy Research 4 months ago
We've Been Listening for Ten Years. Here's What We Heard

For ten years, astronomers at UCLA have been pointing one of the world's most powerful radio telescopes at the stars and listening. Not for pulsa...

Source: Universe Today

Artemis Program 4 months ago
Cowboy files plans for up to 20,000 orbital data centers

Cowboy Space has filed plans with the Federal Communications Commission for a 20,000-satellite “Stampede” orbital data center constellation, shortly a...

Source: SpaceNews

SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket ready for launch after 7-month wait
Space Technology 4 months ago
SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket ready for launch after 7-month wait

SpaceX's massive Starship rocket, now updated to be the largest the company has ever launched, is ready to soar as early as next week — seven mon...

Source: New York Post

SpaceX Dragon Counts Down to Launch and Resupply Station
Space Technology 4 months ago
SpaceX Dragon Counts Down to Launch and Resupply Station

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to lift off at 6:50 p.m. EDT aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space F...

Source: NASA

NASA, SpaceX Target May 15 for Resupply Mission Launch
NASA & Space Agencies 4 months ago
NASA, SpaceX Target May 15 for Resupply Mission Launch

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 6:05 p.m. EDT Friday, May 15, for the company’s 34th commercial resupply services mission to the Int...

Source: NASA

No, this isn't a solar eclipse. It's an image of Mars, captured by NASA's asteroid-bound Psyche probe
Comet & Asteroid News 4 months ago
No, this isn't a solar eclipse. It's an image of Mars, captured by NASA's asteroid-bound Psyche probe

NASA spacecraft Psyche has captured a stunning image of Mars ahead of a flyby on Friday (May 15).

Source: Space.com

Space Exploration 4 months ago
NASA Draws on Industry for Mars Telecommunications Network

On Thursday, NASA issued a Request for Proposal (RFP), seeking industry collaboration for the Mars Telecommunications Network. Reliable, high bandwidt...

Source: NASA

Why Do Commenters Want to Silence Sonny White?
NASA & Space Agencies 4 months ago
Why Do Commenters Want to Silence Sonny White?

Sonny White (Harold G. “Sonny” White) has solid credentials as a NASA veteran but is viewed as a highly speculative researcher in the broader scientif...

Source: Next Big Future

'A decade or so away, we’ll be viewing it as a more normal way to build data centers': Google and SpaceX are reportedly in talks to build data centers in orbit
Space Technology 4 months ago
'A decade or so away, we’ll be viewing it as a more normal way to build data centers': Google and SpaceX are reportedly in talks to build data centers in orbit

There's more movement on the data-centers-in-space front, as Google and SpaceX are apparently teaming up.

Source: TechRadar

Almost half of the objects in Earth's orbit is junk—and that's only the stuff we know about
Artemis Program 4 months ago
Almost half of the objects in Earth's orbit is junk—and that's only the stuff we know about

Debris is a growing threat to orbital infrastructure, and it's only going to get worse as the number of launches increases

Source: Scientific American

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen on failure, the trade war and 'getting off the joy train'
Artemis Program 4 months ago
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen on failure, the trade war and 'getting off the joy train'

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen has one message for the youth of this country: you will run into obstacles.

Source: National Post

Astronomy Research 4 months ago
The Roman Space Telescope is Ahead of Schedule, and the Hubble is Giving it a Jump Start

One of the core community surveys of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Survey, is expected to locate over a tho...

Source: Universe Today