NASA & Space Agencies 5 months ago
NASA Announces Realignment to Accelerate Mission Delivery

Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated May 22, 2026 to include a retirement. NASA announced Friday an agencywide realignment to increase mission foc...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 5 months ago
NASA to Compete Contract for Jet Propulsion Laboratory Management

NASA announced plans Friday to compete the next contract for managing and operating the agency’s federally funded research and development center (FFR...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 5 months ago
Keeping NASA Flying: Ground Crews Ensure Aircraft Readiness

From high‑speed research flights to high‑altitude science campaigns, NASA depends on aircraft that perform at their best and the ground crews who keep...

Source: NASA

NASA is updating its Artemis moon base plan. You can find out how on May 26.
Artemis Program 5 months ago
NASA is updating its Artemis moon base plan. You can find out how on May 26.

NASA will give an update on Tuesday afternoon (May 26) about its plans to build a moon base, and you can watch it live.

Source: Space.com

Space Exploration 5 months ago
Leveraging AUKUS and southern geography: building Australia’s dual-use space infrastructure for strategic resilience 

The Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Site 1 in Western Australia is already delivering early tracking data for AUKUS partners, with full op...

Source: SpaceNews

Astronomy Research 5 months ago
Hubble Captures Galaxy Cluster

Look closely at this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and you’ll see galaxies of various shapes and sizes clustered together toward the center...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 5 months ago
New Material Could Help NASA Melt Moon Rocks, Harness Lunar Resources

A material recently discovered and tested at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland could help astronauts pack lighter for future missions to the M...

Source: NASA

This cryptocurrency billionaire will fly SpaceX's 1st private Starship to Mars, but when?
Space Technology 5 months ago
This cryptocurrency billionaire will fly SpaceX's 1st private Starship to Mars, but when?

SpaceX says it will launch a private flyby mission to Mars that will be led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, but when it will fly is unclear.

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 5 months ago
Rocket Lab launches ninth Synspective satellite

Rocket Lab launched another radar imaging satellite for Synspective as the company plans to sell up to $3 billion in stock to fund future initiatives....

Source: SpaceNews

Astronomy Research 5 months ago
This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 22 – 31

Venus and Jupiter — the Evening Star and the False Evening Star — draw closer together in the western twilight and point down to Mercury. The waxing M...

Source: Sky & Telescope

Artemis Program 5 months ago
Rocket Lab wins first GEO satellite production contract from U.S. Space Force

The $90 million contract is to build build and operate two satellites carrying optical payloads The post Rocket Lab wins first GEO satellite productio...

Source: SpaceNews

Instant View: SpaceX files long awaited IPO, creating a fresh AI play
Space Technology 5 months ago
Instant View: SpaceX files long awaited IPO, creating a fresh AI play

Elon Musk's rocket and satellite maker SpaceX filed on Wednesday for its widely awaited initial public offering, which stands to raise the most e...

Source: Yahoo Entertainment

Artemis Program 5 months ago
Tornado Draws a Jagged Line in Mississippi

The strongest of several twisters to touch down in the southern part of the state in early May 2026 left a visible path of damaged vegetation.

Source: NASA

Space Technology 5 months ago
Crypto Investor Works on a Plan to Ride SpaceX's Starship Around Mars

Chinese-born cryptocurrency investor Chun Wang has become the latest deep-pocketed space enthusiast to set his sights on a trip around Mars. But first...

Source: Universe Today

3I/ATLAS Discovery 5 months ago
Both Hemispheres of 3I/ATLAS Observed Simultaneously by JUICE and Europa Clipper

The Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) instruments aboard ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft and NASA’s ...

Source: Universe Today

SpaceX's 1st Starship V3 megarocket launch scrubbed at last minute. Sorry, Nicki Minaj
Space Technology 5 months ago
SpaceX's 1st Starship V3 megarocket launch scrubbed at last minute. Sorry, Nicki Minaj

SpaceX's new "V3" Starship megarocket was supposed to fly for the first time ever on Thursday (May 21), but technical issues nixed that...

Source: Space.com

Space Technology 5 months ago
Ground equipment problem scrubs Starship launch attempt

SpaceX called off the first attempt to launch the newest version of its Starship vehicle May 21 because of a problem with ground equipment. The post G...

Source: SpaceNews

Artemis Program 5 months ago
Sixth Varda mission successfully returns

Varda Space Industries completed its latest reentry mission May 18 as the company balances supporting pharmaceutical research and hypersonic testing. ...

Source: SpaceNews

SpaceX IPO Filing Shows Musk Building an AI and Space Infrastructure Giant
Space Technology 5 months ago
SpaceX IPO Filing Shows Musk Building an AI and Space Infrastructure Giant

The rocket maker’s IPO filing outlines billions in AI spending, Starship development, and Elon Musk’s effort to combine launch systems, satellite inte...

Source: Decrypt

SpaceX IPO filing: Massive AI spending, future ambitions and Starlink expansion-Will SpaceX’s awaited IPO make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire?
Space Technology 5 months ago
SpaceX IPO filing: Massive AI spending, future ambitions and Starlink expansion-Will SpaceX’s awaited IPO make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire?

SpaceX has filed for its long-awaited public stock offering. The company revealed its finances, board members, and ambitious plans for space explorati...

Source: The Times of India