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August 17, 2026
This informative NASA article and animation explores our Sun's solar twin to understand the early development of Earth. The post NASA Model Describes Nearby Star which Resembles Ours in its Youth…
This conceptual animation shows the heliosphere — the vast bubble that is generated by the Sun’s magnetic field and envelops all the planets. The post NASA Heliosphere Animation appeared first on…
Title: Pathways Intern, Student Trainee (Engineering) – Aeronautics Systems Analysis Branch (ASAB)Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate (SACD) The post Andrew Wartenberg appeared first on NASA…
Engineers developed a unique fabric-based design for a ground-penetrating radar that will be a key instrument on NASA’s SkyFall Mars helicopters. The hardware will enable the SkyFall mission’s trio…
This activity shows learners how to create a projector to simulate viewing stars using a cardboard box and foil. The post Make a Starry Sky Projector Activity appeared first on NASA Science .
*Image of Firefly’s Payload Processing Facility near Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base CEDAR PARK, Texas, August 17, 2026 – Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading…
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NASA has selected four companies to provide payload processing facilities under the Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract on‑ramp provision. The provision enables qualified providers to offer…
An image from NASA's Curiosity rover, captured in 2023, has resurfaced online, raising suspicions that it shows a UFO The post UFO? Image Captured by NASA's Mars Rover Sparks…
A NASA-funded air pollution monitoring network has provided one of the most detailed long-term views yet of the role of black carbon, or soot produced by fires, diesel vehicles, and other combustion…
Depending on towing speed, between 2 and 2.7 knots, the tow of Normand Ranger, GO Australis and the upper stage of SpaceX's Flight 13, Ship 40, is expected tomorrow morning between 2 and 5 am…
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A novel program to integrate U.S. and Japanese space capabilities was “completed” last week when a Japanese navigation satellite carrying a U.S. Space Force payload launched into orbit. The post US…
Perseverance recorded a one-pixel Earth passing behind Phobos from Mars, the first such observation made from the surface of another planet. The post On 2 July 2026, NASA’s Perseverance rover…
Astroscale U.S. has a $25.5 million refueling spacecraft built and waiting on a ride to geostationary orbit. Janna Lewis carries the policy case for that mission, and she appears on both Silicon…
Like a collage made of layered sheets of colored cellophane, a vibrant new image layers observations of a famous star-forming nebula from NASA space telescopes. The resulting cosmic “craft” reveals…
Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope combine to reveal a vibrant view of 30 Doradus, or the Tarantula Nebula, in this Aug…
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NASA’s Starling mission has marked another milestone in spacecraft autonomy by using a new system that determines a satellite’s position in orbit by referencing other objects in space, instead of…
As NASA prepares to establish the Moon Base, advancing surface mobility will be key to helping crews and robotic systems travel farther across the lunar surface. To help advance that capability, the…
In a bilateral space effort, the U.S. Space Force successfully launched a Space Domain Awareness payload aboard Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 7.
2026 I-Corps Webinar On August 13, 2026, the NASA SBIR/STTR program hosted a webinar to introduce selected firms to the I-Corps program for 2026. The post 2026 I-Corps Webinar appeared first on NASA…
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On May 29, 2026, Blue Origin experienced firsthand the problems of having only one launch pad for a rocket. That […] The post The second launch pad for…
The Expedition 75 crew has completed preparations and mission managers are go for a spacewalk to swap out a high-speed antenna outside the International Space Station on Tuesday. Meanwhile, there…
17-08-2026 The US Space Force has taken a decisive step in managing space debris by contracting private companies to remove defunct objects in…
The end of SpaceX’s Transporter program could leave a giant hole for space startups looking for cost effective rides to orbit. SEOPS is trying to fill it. The post SEOPS Doubles Down on Waymaker…
As the Cold War space race between the US and USSR raged, US officials tried to understand what the Soviet Union was doing. Andrea Zullo reviews several reports from that era to summarize where…
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new images of NGC 2392, a planetary nebula commonly known as the Lion Nebula, revealing the cosmic object in striking infrared detail. The Hubble Space…
The EarlyDetect model uses NASA data to anticipate active regions on the Sun, though it is not yet ready for real-time alerts. The post Soon we may have a solar flare “alert”…
Nearly 50 years after launch, NASA has found a clever way to stretch Voyager 2’s fading power supply and buy its science mission at least another year. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory…
As Blue Origin continues to repair its New Glenn launch pad following the rocket's explosion in May, the company has announced plans to build a second pad at the same complex to support the bigger…
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