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August 4, 2026
AE Industrial private-equity firm takes 60% stake as L3Harris retains a noncontrolling interest The post Rocketdyne reemerges as standalone space company appeared first on SpaceNews .
EchoStar's Hughes geostationary satellite broadband division has filed for bankruptcy in the United States after years of growing competition from the Starlink constellation…
Dip a pH strip in the Río Tinto and it reads like the vinegar in your kitchen cupboard. The Río Tinto runs for roughly 100 kilometres through southwestern Spain, and its upper reaches, the first 50…
Written by K.-P. Ludwig Europe cannot outspend the United States or outscale China. Instead of chasing a two-horse race, this opinion argues that Europe's future influence may lie in combining…
From this Monday 3 to 14 August, Chile hosts the second edition of the Pacific Dagger 2026 exercise, a tactical- and operational-level special operations exercise between…
The leak points in the docking compartment of the ISS module Zvezda have been sealed. According to NASA manager Dana Weigel, no more air leaks can be detected. The post 4 August…
In the solar system's most alien chemistry lab, a nuclear rotorcraft will hunt for the molecular building blocks of life where methane rains and hydrocarbon seas lap at icy shores. The post NASA has…
NASA has selected Lunar Outpost's proposal to advance Starweave under the agency's Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO). Starweave is Lunar Outpost’s distributed software layer that…
Gravity does more than pin us to Earth—it holds our bodies together, and astronauts are only beginning to understand what happens when it lets go. The post Spending months in space quietly rebuilds…
The post APOD: August 4, 2026 – Curious Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula appeared first on NASA Science .
Wildland fires in early August 2026 pushed air quality to unhealthy levels, destroyed hundreds of structures, and triggered mandatory evacuations in Spokane. The post Smoke Streams Across Eastern…
Under the signed agreement, both organizations will share data and specialized expertise to assess capabilities and define a development path enabling implementation in the…
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NASA and SpaceX are getting ready to launch Crew-13 to the International Space Station in September. For the first time, if an emergency occurs on the launch pad and the […]
August 3, 2026
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Boeing will deliver enhanced Beyond Line-of-Sight (BLOS) Satellite Communications (SATCOM) to strengthen connectivity, interoperability and decision advantage for the Australian Defence Force. Under…
On July 13, NASA delivered the NavCube3-mini payload to Intuitive Machines for integration into Altus-1, the company's first lunar relay satellite, which…
"Eclipsing Power" is a new FlashDocs special highlighting how billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are shaping the global space race.
NASA/Frank Michaux While the dominant image associated with the Kennedy Space Center is a rocket lifting from a launch pad, there is a wide-ranging array of less visible but critical support…
Frequently Asked Questions About NASA KSC Partnerships The NASA Authorization Act of 2010 (S. 3729) identified Kennedy Space Center (KSC) as a “multi-user launch complex for Government and…
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Spacewalk preparations and health research awaited the Expedition 75 crew aboard the International Space Station at the beginning of August. The next crew to visit the orbital outpost, SpaceX…
Keith’s note: Amit Kshatriya Just issued this memo: NASA Team Members, I am pleased to announce that Nathan Vassberg has been selected to serve as NASA’s chief of the Office […] The post Nathan…
Lynx 2030 Science Analysis Group. Speaker: TBA The post XR SIG Seminar, 14 August 2026 appeared first on NASA Science .
Every spring in Palestine, Texas, the wide-open fields around NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility fill with students and faculty from across Louisiana. They arrive carrying sensors, laptops…
LEGO collaborated with NASA to create a new set that captures the Hubble Space Telescope in over 1,200 pieces. The post NASA’s Hubble Joins LEGO’s Icons Collection appeared first on NASA Science .
<p><span style="background-color: #2b00fe; color: white;">And finds a honeycomb surrounding a structure 6 meters tall. NASA has several theories about how this structure could have formed. That…
Night launch at VAB. The post KSC Partnerships appeared first on NASA Science .
The Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate leads NASA’s human spaceflight and space-enabling activities across low Earth orbit, the Moon, and beyond. The directorate provides unified leadership for…
EchoStar’s Hughes geostationary satellite broadband business has filed for bankruptcy in the United States after years of mounting competition from SpaceX’s Starlink constellation. The post Hughes…
A Louisiana launch site would offer several significant advantages.
NASA delivered the NavCube3-mini payload on July 13 to Intuitive Machines for integration into Altus-1, the company’s first lunar relay satellite, marking an important milestone in the development…
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