SLS & Orion 3 weeks ago
Starship returns to Earth; rocket splashes down north of Hawaii after three-hour flight

The Super Heavy first stage booster, generating some 16 million pounds of thrust — twice the power of NASA's Space Launch System moon rocket — ra...

Source: Spaceflight Now

Space Technology 3 weeks ago
NASA Highlights Lessons Learned From Swift Boost Mission

A commercial mission to boost NASA’s Swift observatory concluded without raising the spacecraft’s orbit, but the agency and industry vendor gained val...

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NASA Armstrong Celebrates 80 Years of Flight Innovation
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
NASA Armstrong Celebrates 80 Years of Flight Innovation

On Sept. 30, 1946, five National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics (NACA) engineers arrived at Muroc Army Airfield in California’s high desert to achi...

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Space Technology 3 weeks ago
NASA, Boeing Share Update on Commercial Starliner Development Plans

On Monday, NASA and Boeing provided an update on the company’s Starliner spacecraft, including adding additional crew missions and certifying a new ro...

Source: NASA

Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
How the Infant Universe Got Its First Heavy Elements

Way back in the earliest epochs of the Universe, the Big Bang was followed by a period called the Cosmic Dark Ages. It was a time when the cosmic soup...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
When It Comes To Burping Jets, Supermassive Black Holes and Stellar-Mass Black Holes Have The Same Table Manners

Both stellar-mass black holes and supermassive black holes can produce ionized jets streaming from their poles. Stellar-mass black holes consume the m...

Source: Universe Today

NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
What You Need to Know About NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Mission

Four crew members are set to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to perform research, technology demons...

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Artemis Missions 3 weeks ago
Meet NASA’s Artemis II Crew During Houston Public Event

The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission will participate in an event hosted by industry and community partners at the University of Houston t...

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Artemis Program 3 weeks ago
NASA Celebrates as Artemis Accords Surpasses 75 Signatories 

Marking a significant expansion in the number of signatories to the Artemis Accords, NASA welcomed Albania, Croatia, Côte d’Ivoire, and San Marino, br...

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Artemis Program 3 weeks ago
Space is everyone’s business: Economist Enterprise’s 4th annual Space Economy Summit returns to Orlando

ORLANDO, FL — September 28th, 2026 — Space is rapidly becoming a practical business tool for industries far beyond aerospace, as satellite intelligenc...

Source: SpaceNews

NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
NASA ORBIT Challenge 2027

The NASA ORBIT (Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology for the Workforce) Challenge invites university and community college ...

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NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
Space Station View of Earth at Night

This nighttime view of the United States, dotted with city lights looking toward New York City (center), was taken at approximately 3:40 a.m. local ti...

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Comet & Asteroid News 3 weeks ago
ESA And JAXA's Planetary Defense Mission Powers On For The First Time

There’s a once-in-a-millennia astronomical opportunity coming up in about three years, and space agencies are rushing to make sure they’re ready for i...

Source: Universe Today

NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
Contractor to Civil Servant: NASA Welcomes Kristie Foster

Kristie Foster paved her road to becoming a NASA civil servant with literal miles of dedication. Her work at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Ba...

Source: NASA

Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
Why the World’s Biggest Radio Telescope Had to Tweak Nature’s Perfect Sunflower Spiral

Scientists love taking inspiration from nature. The evolutionary processes that have created such a diverse panoply of life on Earth can be a great so...

Source: Universe Today

NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
Reliable Robots: Meet Johnson’s Dexterous Robotics Team

The idea of humans and robots working side-by-side in space was once the stuff of science fiction, but with NASA launching increasingly complex missio...

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Artemis Program 3 weeks ago
APOD: 2026 September 28 – Cosmic Latte: The Average Color of the Universe

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 28 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Pictu...

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Artemis Program 4 weeks ago
Uncovering the Valleys Hidden Below Greenland’s Ice

A new map of the terrain beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet links hundreds of valleys that previous maps missed or left fragmented.

Source: NASA

Artemis Program 4 weeks ago
The Solar System’s First Planets Were Made of Fire, Not Ice

The early stages of the solar system remain shrouded in mystery. Not much remains from that time, but scientists have developed plenty of theories abo...

Source: Universe Today

Space Technology 4 weeks ago
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch first Starlink V3 satellites to orbit on Starship

The first planned orbital flight of a Starship-Super Heavy rocket aims to send 26 Starlink Version 3 into low Earth orbit. Liftoff from Pad 2 at Starb...

Source: Spaceflight Now