Space Technology 1 month ago
NASA’s Psyche Mission Spies Mars’ Wind-Blown Craters During Close Approach

Description This view of the Martian surface, captured by NASA’s Psyche spacecraft on May 15, 2026, shows streaks that have formed due to wind blowing...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Mars’ Huygens Crater

Description Captured by the multispectral imager instrument on NASA’s Psyche mission, this is an enhanced-color view of the large double-ring crater H...

Source: NASA

If Starship Explodes Again, It Could Derail SpaceX’s Entire IPO
Space Technology 1 month ago
If Starship Explodes Again, It Could Derail SpaceX’s Entire IPO

The pressure is building. The post If Starship Explodes Again, It Could Derail SpaceX’s Entire IPO appeared first on Futurism.

Source: Futurism

Space Technology 1 month ago
New spacecraft will watch Earth's shield take the hit as solar storms come roaring in - Phys.org

New spacecraft will watch Earth's shield take the hit as solar storms come roaring inPhys.org Watch Vega C rocket launch European-Chinese space w...

Source: Slashdot.org

The Satellite Industry Boom Is Driving an ‘Untested Geoengineering Experiment,’ Scientists Warn
Artemis Program 1 month ago
The Satellite Industry Boom Is Driving an ‘Untested Geoengineering Experiment,’ Scientists Warn

Companies are launching satellites en masse and polluting the atmosphere in the process.

Source: Gizmodo.com

Intuitive Machines Announces Two Prime Lunar Reconnaissance Contracts
Artemis Program 1 month ago
Intuitive Machines Announces Two Prime Lunar Reconnaissance Contracts

Intuitive Machines is announcing 2 prime lunar reconnaissance contracts (LROC and ShadowCam) in support of NASA's Artemis campaign and commercial...

Source: GlobeNewswire

Vast, builder of private space stations, launches line of high-power satellites
Artemis Program 1 month ago
Vast, builder of private space stations, launches line of high-power satellites

The California startup Vast, which is best known for its space station plans, announced today (May 19) that it's launching a new line of high-pow...

Source: Space.com

'The Mandalorian and Grogu' clip reveals how Mando gets his Razor Crest spaceship back (video)
Artemis Program 1 month ago
'The Mandalorian and Grogu' clip reveals how Mando gets his Razor Crest spaceship back (video)

'Well, let’s call it an advance on the next mission.'

Source: Space.com

Comet & Asteroid News 1 month ago
NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, coming within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the planet’s surface. This fl...

Source: NASA

Artemis Program 1 month ago
Critiquing and defending the Overview Effect

A recent essay took issue with claims that seeing the Earth from space can create a meaningful shift in perception. Frank White, who proposed the Over...

Source: The Space Review

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
The Isaacman honeymoon

Despite a budget request that proposed steep cuts to NASA, administrator Jared Isaacman still remains popular on Capitol Hill and in industry. Jeff Fo...

Source: The Space Review

Artemis Program 1 month ago
Space launch and reentry environmental concerns are real, but can be mitigated

The sharp increase in launches has led to warnings about the environmental impacts of emissions from those launches and subsequent reentries on the up...

Source: The Space Review

New Zealand Fast-Track Permitting And A Positive PEA Land On The Same Reefton Goldfield Asset
Artemis Program 1 month ago
New Zealand Fast-Track Permitting And A Positive PEA Land On The Same Reefton Goldfield Asset

Issued on behalf of Rua Gold Inc. A 100%-owned underground gold-antimony starter mine in the historic Reefton Goldfield, with a positive PEA reportin...

Source: GlobeNewswire

New Snoopy Timex Watch Floats Astronauts Around the Dial
Artemis Program 1 month ago
New Snoopy Timex Watch Floats Astronauts Around the Dial

Most mechanical watches mark the seconds with a slim hand and call it a day. This new Timex skips the hand entirely and lets a trio of Peanuts charact...

Source: The Gadgeteer

Joshua and Rebecca Tickell Win Golden Globes Prize for Documentary at Cannes Film Festival
Artemis Program 1 month ago
Joshua and Rebecca Tickell Win Golden Globes Prize for Documentary at Cannes Film Festival

Husband-and-wife filmmaking duo Joshua and Rebecca Tickell were jointly awarded the Golden Globes Prize for Documentary in Partnership With Artemis Ri...

Source: Variety

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
An Explanation for the Massive Black Holes the JWST Found in the Early Universe

Ever since the JWST found over-massive black holes in the early Universe, researchers have been trying to understand them. Theory showed that black ho...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
SMILE: European Space Weather Mission Launches

A new mission just launched to probe the interactions of the solar wind with our local space-weather environment, called the Solar wind Magnetosphere ...

Source: Sky & Telescope

NASA satellite will test orbital 'gas station' tech to help astronauts reach the moon and Mars
Artemis Program 1 month ago
NASA satellite will test orbital 'gas station' tech to help astronauts reach the moon and Mars

The Liquid Oxygen Flight demonstration (LOXSAT) will help NASA test and develop technologies to support in-space transfer and storage of cryogenic pro...

Source: Space.com

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
Moon-Venus Conjunction

The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headq...

Source: NASA

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
How Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede Melted Its Core

A new model explains how Ganymede got its molten core — which in turn has given Jupiter's largest moon its magnetic field. The post How Jupiter’s...

Source: Sky & Telescope