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August 26, 2026
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover reached the pinnacle — so far — of its 14-year-old mission on Aug. 26, 2026, when it marked an elevation gain of 1 kilometer in its journey from Gale Crater on Mars up…
During the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Europe, scientists aimed to study a long-standing mystery: why the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is far hotter than its visible surface. Capturing…
NASA’s Planetary Exploration Science Technology Office (PESTO) was created by the Planetary Science Division to recommend non-mission specific, non-nuclear investments in planetary technology; to…
NASA Small Business Supplier Development Program How to Apply Applying to the NASA Small Business Supplier Development Program is a collaborative process that begins with identifying both the mentor…
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SpaceX will invest $100 billion in a gigantic space complex in Louisiana. This Starbase is meant to host thousands of Starship launches and support the ambition of…
NASA Small Business Supplier Development Program 10X Credit Pilot Program For new Mentor‑Protégé Agreements beginning on or after October 1, 2026, NASA is launching its 10X Credit Pilot Program to…
NASA Small Business Supplier Development Program Revitalization Initiative As part of our revitalization initiative, we transformed the Mentor‑Protégé Agreement (MPA) application process into a…
A proposed Titan rain-splash mechanism uses two organic-coated interfaces to close a hydrocarbon droplet into a bilayer compartment, but every critical step remains testable. The post Rainstorms on…
Keith’s note: According to this settlement META just settled a $17 billion lawsuit with some online rules for younger users. This was inevitable. As NASA expands its use of social […] The post How…
Sun-reflecting space mirrors proposed by U.S. startup Reflect Orbital will have an even more devastating effect on the night sky around the world than previously thought, a study has found.
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Gwynne Shotwell joined Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on Tuesday to announce a high-cadence launch site for future Starship operations. The post SpaceX Announces New Starbase, Louisiana Spaceport…
A SpaceX Falcon 9 blooms into a twilight “space jellyfish” over southern New Jersey.
NASA will provide coverage as two astronauts step outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to replace a spacecraft navigational aid and complete several maintenance tasks in…
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story, originally published in December, was revised Aug. 26, 2026 with an update on a new phase of testing, including video from a recent test run and new images. To help NASA…
FLAG SAG Pre-Ad ASTRA Discussion Details TBA Meeting Connection Join the Meeting The post FLAG SAG Meeting, 28 Aug 2026 appeared first on NASA Science .
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SpaceX's last planned Falcon 9 Starlink launch from Florida created a memorable sight for folks hundreds of miles away — a glowing "jellyfish" high in the sky.
Artemis IV will put people on the moon’s surface for the first time in 50 years. NASA research reveals the microbes that might hitch a ride.
SpaceX launched 27 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Aug. 26), in a predawn liftoff from California's central coast.
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Here's a rundown of all the major parts of NASA's Roman Space Telescope launching Aug. 30.
A NASA-led Nature analysis found that measurement uncertainty probably created the apparent ceiling in Earth's polar geomagnetic response; after calibration, the response remained linear. The post…
SpaceX plans to invest at least USD100 billion in a new spaceport on the Louisiana Gulf Coast designed to support thousands of Starship flights a The post SpaceX plans USD100 billion Louisiana…
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon completed US EVA-98 on Tuesday 25 August at 20:57 CEST. It was the second spacewalk by…
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon successfully completed US EVA-98 at 20:57 CEST on Tuesday 25 August. It was Sophie’s second spacewalk, and the 32nd conducted by a European…
Flight controllers on the ground have already confirmed that the newly installed antenna has good power and data transmission, and will continue testing overnight to ensure…
The exploration of the universe will enter a new stage with the arrival of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a NASA mission designed to observe regions of the cosmos with coverage…
The North American aerospace company SpaceX unveiled on Tuesday its project to build a spaceport in Louisiana, from where it plans to launch its giant Starship rocket and…
Aviación Digital, Sp.- On August 25, 2026, two astronauts completed outside the International Space Station a delicate repair that had been left unfinished a week earlier…
Curiosity’s hand-sized polygons resemble ancient wet-dry cracks elsewhere in Gale Crater, but NASA is testing several other origins before assigning this vast fracture field a water history. The…
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot completed their spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) this…
NASA has selected the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to operate the Orbiting Carbon Observatory missions (OCO-2 and OCO-3) starting this autumn. Both OCO-2, a satellite…
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