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August 4, 2026
AE Industrial closed its purchase of a majority stake in L3Harris’ space propulsion business and plans to re-establish it as Rocketdyne, a nod to its more than 60 years of heritage as a rocket…
Using continuous imagery from NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, scientists predicted the near-Earth arrival of a solar eruption to within 30 minutes in an…
NASA and SpaceX are targeting Sept. 12 for the launch of the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which includes Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk embarking on…
SpaceX launched 24 more of its Starlink internet satellites to low Earth orbit today (Aug. 4), on the 90th Falcon 9 rocket flight of 2026.
As noted in Section 7.3 of ROSES-25 A.1 Earth Science Research Overview, “High-end computing, networking, and storage are critical enabling capabilities for Earth system science…and maintains…
The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Danielle Lopez, Jennifer Claudio, and Duncan Mifsud. Their commitment to the NASA mission…
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NASA and SpaceX officials, together with the four members of Crew-13, spoke to the media on Aug. 3, providing an update on their preparations for launch.
Kunio Sayanagi The post Kunio Sayanagi appeared first on NASA Science .
Your challenge is to tell us the location of the satellite image and why it is interesting. The post August 2026 Satellite Puzzler appeared first on NASA Science .
SpaceX is recovering the intact Ship 40 from the Indian Ocean after its soft landing… The post While SpaceX recovers Ship 40, Ship 41 prepares for testing ahead of Flight 14 appeared first on…
LONG BEACH, Calif. – August 4, 2026 – Positioning his company as a primary challenger to capital-intensive aerospace giants, Rocket Lab USA Inc. Founder and Chief Executive Officer Sir Peter […]
NASA is making progress in building the Moon Base, which will become a resilient outpost near the Moon’s South Pole for science, technology, and eventual human operations. To advance lunar surface…
The Starlink 17-53 mission is the 90th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 10:05 a.m. PDT (1:05 p.m. EDT / 1705 UTC).
Technicians inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center complete installation of a commemorative plaque on the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, as…
Technicians installed a commemorative plaque, seen in this July 28, 2026, photo, on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The plaque honors the legacy of Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first…
The Moon is in the cross-hairs of a SpaceX rocket stage, slamming into our celestial neighbor on August 5 at roughly 2:35:37.5 AM (US) Eastern Daylight Time. That high-speed impact “may produce…
Atoms and Joby Aviation have signed a strategic alliance to acquire and develop vertiports in the United States. Initially, the companies will focus on Florida, New York and Texas, the…
The Investigators’ Workshop (IWS) is the primary venue for reporting progress and results from research and technology tasks funded by NASA’s Human Research Program to program leaders. The workshop…
From the International Space Station on Aug. 2, 2026, NASA astronaut Anil Menon captured an incredible photograph of a swirling typhoon in the Pacific Ocean.
One of the most recognizable features of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is its large, segmented, gold-coated mirror, which delivers images twice as sharp as pre-launch estimates. Aperture masking…
On Aug. 4, 2007, NASA launched its Phoenix Mars Lander on a mission to touch down in the Martian arctic for the first time. Here's why it mattered.
NASA Technical Fellow for Space Systems Communications The post Niel Mallik appeared first on NASA Science .
NASA is about to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will change the way we see the universe and settle essential questions about some of the biggest mysteries out there. In a new…
A new analysis of decades-old data from NASA's Spirit rover has uncovered overlooked traces of crystalline hematite and altered magnetite, adding to growing evidence that liquid water once played a…
The aerospace agency's first wind tunnel since the 1980s will test the next generation of aircraft and spacecraft—but only after years of delays and budget overruns that nearly derailed the project…
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While SpaceX says there is a “significant” amount of life left in its Crew Dragon fleet, the company has hedged on how long it will continue flying the spacecraft. The post Future of Crew Dragon…
Demand for microgravity research and manufacturing is brewing — perhaps literally.When SpaceX launched the first test flight of Starfall, its commercial reentry capsule, on June 23, the company did…
Artemis 3 is the third mission of NASA's Artemis program. The mission aims to test in Earth orbit the operations that will take place in lunar orbit with Artemis 4, which…
"That commitment speaks of courage, dedication and a deep sense of service," he said. The donation went to the Municipal Emergency Operations Center (COEM) and helped strengthen…
The private equity firm AE Industrial partners on Tuesday said it has closed its $845 million acquisition of the rocket engine and space propulsion and electronics business of L3Harris Technologies…
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