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August 12, 2026
Catherine Baroang serves as the director of the Business Office for NASA’s Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate. As director, Baroang drives business operations optimization and efficiency across…
Keith’s note: I was just on Al Jazeera talking about the solar eclipse. I made a reference to doing the same eclipse thing – but differently: Astronaut Victor Glover’s comment […] The post NASAWatch…
Jim Geffre is the Deputy Program Director for NASA’s Moon Base Program at Johnson Space Center in Houston. He brings more than 25 years of NASA experience in spacecraft and architecture development…
A new study suggests a protective vest tested on a manikin during NASA's first Artemis moonshot could drastically cut the radiation exposure of lunar astronauts during severe solar storms.
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Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) Payload Processing teams have decades of experience supporting NASA and commercial partners in all aspects of preparing and launching payloads into space. In addition to…
PHILOSOPHY Swamp Works is a hands-on, lean development environment for innovation at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Swamp Works develops innovative exploration mission solutions through a…
Imagine stepping into a machine that can make you feel like you’re flying a spacecraft, piloting a next generation air taxi, or landing on the Moon, all without leaving the ground. NASA’s Vertical…
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is departing the agency on Wednesday after 30 years of service. Throughout his career, he flew four missions, spent 549 days in space, and completed nine spacewalks in…
As a young girl raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, Lindsey Waitt dreamed of working for NASA. Her dream is now a reality as she embarks on her role as a NASA test project engineer with the Artemis…
NASA has completed development of the first payload designed for Artemis program astronauts to deploy on the lunar surface. Specifically, the engineers who…
Katalyst’s LINK spacecraft might still be able to save NASA’s ailing Swift telescope from doom, despite a significant mishap
On Aug. 12, 2005, NASA launched its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission.
Katalyst Space successfully uploaded a flight software update for its LINK spacecraft, which is set to boost NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to a higher orbit. That observatory is designed to…
A jet will fly at an altitude of 15 km to observe the solar corona. Scientific balloons, meanwhile, will study the effects of the eclipse on Earth's atmosphere
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SpaceX launched 24 more of its Starlink global internet satellite constellation to orbit from California on Aug. 11, wrapping the second Starlink launch of the day.
Firefly Aerospace has announced a two-year extension of its multi-launch agreement with Lockheed Martin, using its Alpha Block II rocket configuration for up to 25 launches…
NASA has completed the development and testing of LEMS (Lunar Environment Monitoring Station), a scientific instrument designed to be carried and installed on the lunar surface by the…
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More than two months after the New Glenn rocket exploded during a static-fire test, Blue Origin has revealed new details about the investigation into the incident, which forced…
The gap between Mars architecture and Mars landing isn't a technical problem—it's a bureaucratic one, and it explains why NASA still won't name a year. The post NASA proposed Mars in the 1980s and…
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A space company bet billions on a technology it hadn't built, then weaponized a patent against a rival already proving it worked. The post In 2014, Blue Origin patented the idea of landing a rocket…
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August 11, 2026
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SpaceX started out as a launch company, but it has been transitioning into an artificial intelligence outfit —one that's poised to make huge profits in the coming years, Elon Musk says.
A collection of star clusters imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope The post Hubble’s Star Clusters appeared first on NASA Science .
We will provide updates on the progress of the report, solicit feedback, and recruit to contribute to the direct text. The post Isotopes SAG Meeting, 18 August 2026 appeared first on NASA Science .
This article is for students grades 5-8. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is NASA’s newest astrophysics observatory. The telescope will scan large sections of space. Roman will help astronomers…
NASA officials say they are confident in plans to launch a nuclear electric propulsion demonstration mission by the end of 2028 after visiting the national lab building the mission’s reactor. The…
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Katalyst Space uploaded a flight software update that reestablished attitude control of its LINK spacecraft, which is set to boost NASA’s Swift observatory. The post NASA Swift Boost Spacecraft…
Capabilities The post Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations (GMRO) Capabilities appeared first on NASA Science .
The project comes amid growing commercial activity in orbit and the expectation of more missions to bring space materials back to Earth. The post NASA wants an in-space hangar to speed up returns of…
Overview The ESPL at NASA Kennedy Space Center is dedicated to investigations in electrostatics and surface physics problems with applications for space flight and planetary exploration. The…
Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory Overview Capabilities Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory Overview The ESPL at NASA Kennedy Space Center is dedicated to investigations in…
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