Artemis Program 5 months ago
artemis-vlm added to PyPI

LLaVA-style graft adding vision-language capability to Mistral-family decoders (Schneewolf Labs — Project Artemis).

Source: Pypi.org

Blue Origin rocket exploded on launchpad, throwing the future of NASA’s Artemis program into question
Artemis Program 5 months ago
Blue Origin rocket exploded on launchpad, throwing the future of NASA’s Artemis program into question

NASA has several contracts with Blue Origin as part of its Artemis program – this setback for the company could delay the program.

Source: The Conversation Africa

Fiery Test Failure: Blue Origin’s New Glenn Destroyed in Cape Canaveral Blast
Artemis Program 5 months ago
Fiery Test Failure: Blue Origin’s New Glenn Destroyed in Cape Canaveral Blast

"Rockets are hard". The post Fiery Test Failure: Blue Origin’s New Glenn Destroyed in Cape Canaveral Blast first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·r...

Source: Legalinsurrection.com

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 212 — Kabooms, Starship, and a Moon Base
Space Technology 5 months ago
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 212 — Kabooms, Starship, and a Moon Base

On Episode 212 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Space.com's Mike Wall to discuss the loss of Blue Origin's New ...

Source: Space.com

Space Exploration 5 months ago
Blue Origin has a much bigger problem than the rocket that exploded last night. Let's discuss.

Via the Associated Press, a familiar (if dispiriting) incident in space exploration: A rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin exploded durin...

Source: Freerepublic.com

Blue Origin rocket explodes during testing at Florida launchpad
Artemis Program 5 months ago
Blue Origin rocket explodes during testing at Florida launchpad

The explosion raises concerns about Blue Origin's reliability, potentially impacting its role in NASA's Artemis program and satellite launch...

Source: Crypto Briefing

Big impacts
Comet & Asteroid News 5 months ago
Big impacts

New asteroid discoveries, big changes at NASA, and breathtaking views of Saturn.

Source: The Planetary Society

NASA buys two cars for a cool $440 million - and you'll never guess where they'll end up
NASA & Space Agencies 5 months ago
NASA buys two cars for a cool $440 million - and you'll never guess where they'll end up

NASA is buying two cars for approximately $220 million a piece, but you won't see them cruising down the highway anytime soon.

Source: Dailymail.com

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Explodes Spectacularly During Ground Test
Artemis Program 5 months ago
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Explodes Spectacularly During Ground Test

What the space company called an 'anomaly' sets back multiple programs: Amazon Leo, AST SpaceMobile, and Blue Moon. Blue Origin’s New Glenn ...

Source: PCMag.com

Artemis Program 5 months ago
Blue Origin Rocket Blows Up. AST SpaceMobile and Rocket Lab Stocks Fall. - Barron's

Blue Origin Rocket Blows Up. AST SpaceMobile and Rocket Lab Stocks Fall.Barron's Blue Origin Rocket Blows Up on Florida Launchpad During TestThe ...

Source: Slashdot.org

Artemis Program 5 months ago
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes in massive fireball during prelaunch test - Space

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes in massive fireball during prelaunch testSpace Blue Origin Rocket Blows Up on Florida Launchpad During Te...

Source: Slashdot.org

Capital Floods Into Space Stocks As STARLAUNCH And Hypersonic Programs Move Toward Commercial Scale
Space Technology 5 months ago
Capital Floods Into Space Stocks As STARLAUNCH And Hypersonic Programs Move Toward Commercial Scale

Issued on behalf of Starfighters Space, Inc. With SpaceX clearing the runway for what could be the largest IPO in U.S. market history and the broader ...

Source: PRNewswire

Artemis Program 5 months ago
Hypersonic Spending Surge Brings A New Wave Of Defense Execution Talent Into The Commercial Space Race

Issued on behalf of Starfighters Space, Inc. As Washington pours capital into hypersonic test infrastructure and missile defense modernization, the pu...

Source: Financial Post

From 'Tetris' to 'StarCraft 2' — 5 times astronauts took video games into space
Artemis Program 5 months ago
From 'Tetris' to 'StarCraft 2' — 5 times astronauts took video games into space

How would you like to play a game ... in spaaaaaaccccceeeeeee!!!!

Source: Space.com

Watch the smallest full moon of 2026 tonight in this rare 'Blue Moon' livestream
Astronomy Research 5 months ago
Watch the smallest full moon of 2026 tonight in this rare 'Blue Moon' livestream

Don't miss 2026's smallest full moon with this livestream from Italy with the Virtual Telescope Project. The 'Blue Moon' livestrea...

Source: Space.com

Space Technology 5 months ago
SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

The Starlink 10-53 mission was the 49th mission dedicated to flying SpaceX’s broadband internet satellites to low Earth orbit in 2026. Liftoff from pa...

Source: Spaceflight Now

Space Technology 5 months ago
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 50th Starlink mission of 2026

The Starlink 17-41 mission is SpaceX’s 10th and final launch of May. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is sche...

Source: Spaceflight Now

What caused Blue Origin New Glenn’s explosion? #science
NASA & Space Agencies 5 months ago
What caused Blue Origin New Glenn’s explosion? #science

Blue Origin’s New Glenn explosion: a major setback Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launch pad during an engine firing test. The inciden...

Source: Alltoc.com

Jeff Bezos admits to ‘very rough day’ as Blue Origin rocket explodes days after new NASA contract
Artemis Program 5 months ago
Jeff Bezos admits to ‘very rough day’ as Blue Origin rocket explodes days after new NASA contract

The rocket — already grounded once in April after an engine failure — blew up during a pre-launch test at Cape Canaveral. NASA's Artemis lunar ti...

Source: Fortune

NASA’s next major space telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman, is expected to find roughly 100,000 new transiting planets in just five years — along with the largest catalogue ever assembled of rogue worlds drifting through the galaxy without a star to orbit
Astronomy Research 5 months ago
NASA’s next major space telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman, is expected to find roughly 100,000 new transiting planets in just five years — along with the largest catalogue ever assembled of rogue worlds drifting through the galaxy without a star to orbit

According to NASA’s December 2025 announcement that construction of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope had been completed, the observatory is on tr...

Source: Space Daily