Space Technology 3 days ago
NASA’s SR-1 Freedom Advances with Progress on Nuclear Power Module

Destined for Mars and beyond, NASA’s Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom will be humanity’s first fission-powered spacecraft to travel outside Earth’s orbi...

Source: NASA

Japan Is Launching a Mission to Mars Moons and Plans to Bring Samples Home
NASA & Space Agencies 3 days ago
Japan Is Launching a Mission to Mars Moons and Plans to Bring Samples Home

NASA contributed to this first-of-its-kind mission that may help us understand how our solar system formed.

Source: CNET

Japan launches spacecraft to mysterious moons of Mars in a bold mission to bring home soil samples
Space Technology 3 days ago
Japan launches spacecraft to mysterious moons of Mars in a bold mission to bring home soil samples

Five of the world’s space agencies joined forces for the five-year mission that will attempt to land a robotic prospector plus a rover on Phobos, the ...

Source: The Times of India

Watch: Japan launches historic Mars mission to probe mysterious moons, bring samples back
Space Exploration 3 days ago
Watch: Japan launches historic Mars mission to probe mysterious moons, bring samples back

Japan launched a spacecraft towards Mars on Tuesday on a historic five-year mission to explore the Red Planet’s mysterious moons, Phobos and Deimos, a...

Source: The Times of India

Astronomy Research 3 days ago
The Gas Near Sagittarius A-star is Enriched in Metals, Probably from Supernovae Explosions

The region near Sagittarius A-star, the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, is enriched in metals, although only modestly. The likely cause is s...

Source: Universe Today

NASA & Space Agencies 3 days ago
Launch Preview: H3, Falcon 9, Electron, and others to launch during busy week

Nine rockets are set to launch this week from California, Florida, New Zealand, Japan, and… The post Launch Preview: H3, Falcon 9, Electron,...

Source: NASASpaceFlight

NASA & Space Agencies 3 days ago
NASA Experimental Mars Helicopter Blade Designs Target Longer Flights 

NASA researchers are developing the future of flight on Mars, laying the groundwork for helicopters with the ability to fly higher and farther while c...

Source: NASA

Japan leads mission to make first return trip to Mars
Artemis Program 3 days ago
Japan leads mission to make first return trip to Mars

Voyage due to launch early Tuesday morning Japan time will be watched for further potential signs of life on red planet

Source: The Irish Times

A SpaceX-Tesla Merger Could Happen Before the End of 2026. Here's What That Could Mean for the Stocks
Space Technology 3 days ago
A SpaceX-Tesla Merger Could Happen Before the End of 2026. Here's What That Could Mean for the Stocks

A SpaceX-Tesla Merger Could Happen Before the End of 2026. Here's What That Could Mean for the Stocks Elon Musk runs both Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and...

Source: Biztoc.com

In 1965 an astronaut smuggled a corned beef sandwich into orbit, and NASA’s chief asked if he should be disciplined
Astronomy Research 3 days ago
In 1965 an astronaut smuggled a corned beef sandwich into orbit, and NASA’s chief asked if he should be disciplined

John Young's hidden corned beef sandwich on Gemini III reached NASA's budget hearings, where James Webb called it an inadequate performance ...

Source: Space Daily

Artemis Program 3 days ago
The Moon is Still Shrinking as it Cools. That Could Create a Hazard for Lunar Mission.

The Moon is slowly cooling and slowly shrinking. A study of its scarp faults calculates the rate of shrinkage, showing that it's extremely small....

Source: Universe Today

Artemis Program 3 days ago
A Magnetar Can Be Born When Two Neutron Stars Touch

Magnetars are neutron stars with magnetic fields a thousand times stronger than normal. One way that magnetars might form is through the merger of two...

Source: Universe Today

Artemis Program 3 days ago
NASA Welcomes Uzbekistan as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

The Republic of Uzbekistan became the 77th signatory of the Artemis Accords during a ceremony in Samarkand on Monday, committing to the practical prin...

Source: NASA

Astronomy Research 3 days ago
Webb Captures Stellar Jets

An image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released on Oct. 6, 2026, reveals a cauldron of cosmic creation. Webb has unveiled numerous stars form...

Source: NASA

NASA Provides Progress Update on Moon Base Rovers
NASA & Space Agencies 3 days ago
NASA Provides Progress Update on Moon Base Rovers

As NASA works to build the Moon Base, crewed and robotic lunar rovers will play a crucial role during early development through technology demonstrati...

Source: NASA

FO Exclusive: A Space Revolution Is Imminent — Are We Ready?
Artemis Program 3 days ago
FO Exclusive: A Space Revolution Is Imminent — Are We Ready?

Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and FOI Senior Partner Glenn Carle, a retired CIA officer who now advises companies, governments and organizations on geopo...

Source: Fair Observer

Mission to Mars! Japanese spacecraft to begin epic five-year quest to bring Martian moon samples back to Earth for the first time
Space Technology 3 days ago
Mission to Mars! Japanese spacecraft to begin epic five-year quest to bring Martian moon samples back to Earth for the first time

A Japanese rocket is set to blast off on an ambitious £262 million mission to swipe soil samples from one of Mars's mysterious moons.

Source: Dailymail.com

Could a $200K bond for satellites paid before launch prevent a space junk disaster in orbit? Here's why some scientists think so
Artemis Program 4 days ago
Could a $200K bond for satellites paid before launch prevent a space junk disaster in orbit? Here's why some scientists think so

The space around Earth is turning into a junkyard. Researchers think a refundable deposit scheme could force satellite operators to clean up their act...

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 4 days ago
AnySignal to Deliver Space-to-Earth Communications for Three Reflect Orbital Missions

LOS ANGELES — October 20, 2026 AnySignal, a leading provider of software-defined radios and space-based networking, today announced an agreem...

Source: SpaceNews

Astronomy Research 4 days ago
JWST Tracks Shifting Water Clouds and Churning Gases on the Coldest Known Brown Dwarf

When picturing a star, typically people think of giant balls of burning gas in the sky that emit enough light they are hard to miss. Planets, on the o...

Source: Universe Today