Space news
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August 25, 2026
Planets form from disks of gas and dust around young stars, but the gas needed for growth does not last forever. New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) now offer a new view…
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – Edge Aerospace is scaling its manufacturing in the U.S. through a licensing agreement with Redwire under which Redwire will manufacture Edge’s data processing units (DPUs) and…
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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrived Tuesday to the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy’s Space Center in Florida, just days before its scheduled launch. The post NASA’s Nancy…
SpaceX plans to invest $100 billion in a sprawling new Starship launch site in Louisiana with 10 launch… The post SpaceX plans $100B Louisiana Starship spaceport with 10 launch pads appeared first…
NASA will announce the winners of the final phase of its LunaRecycle Challenge on Friday, Aug. 28, at The University of Alabama (UA) Lee Styslinger College of Engineering in Tuscaloosa, Alabama…
Company’s plans to wind down its workhorse rocket may prompt delays and safety concerns for airspace users.
Set to launch on Sunday, Aug. 30, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will empower astronomers to explore vast regions of the cosmos and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy…
SpaceX has demonstrated the high-speed flight and re-entry at the centre of its 2017 Earth-to-Earth animation, but not the passenger system required around it. The post In 2017, SpaceX proposed…
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Elon Musk's SpaceX announced plans Tuesday to build a $100 billion facility in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana to launch its anticipated Starship megarockets, currently being developed at the…
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 2:57 p.m. EDT.
SpaceX will build a spaceport on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast designed for 10 Starship launch pads, the company and Gov. Jeff Landry announced Tuesday in Abbeville, the seat of Vermilion Parish. The post…
NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley invites media to learn more about NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled to launch Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, from NASA’s Kennedy…
Learning to See Sharper: Deep Learning for Astronomical Data Enhancement. Speaker: Shoubaneh Hemmati The post Galaxies SIG Seminar, 8 Sept 2026 appeared first on NASA Science .
The United States government approved the sale of laser-guided APKWS II (Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System) rockets, in their air-to-air version, to Italy…
A new spaceport will bring 10 launch pads to Louisiana's Gulf Coast and support thousands of Starship launches per year.
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The company says it will start construction in 2027 and that a Starship rocket could take flight as soon as 2029.
Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission and the first satellite to launch through the agency’s Astrophysics Pioneers program, is now making unique observations of worlds beyond our solar system and…
The White House issued a new National Space Transportation Policy on Aug. 20, replacing the country’s 2013 space transportation policy and setting a target of more than 1,000 launches and reentries…
Keith’s note: this is baffling: NASA comes up with cool outreach like this in one place, yet the rest of NASA ignores it. Exploration = exploration. A rising tide lifts […] The post NASA Hides Cool…
"This will be a project like no other."
Keith’s Note: NASA warned all employees to not comment on the HQ move procurement.: “NASA Blackout Notice for Solicitation Number AFP_NASA_HQ_2026_0001 for Lease or Purchase of Building to house…
Galaxies are like cosmic gems, each with characteristics including size and shape that make them distinct. A new gallery released today from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes…
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SpaceX will build a new Starship launch base in Louisiana, in Vermilion Parish, along the Gulf of Mexico coast. The new site will be named Starbase Louisiana […] The article…
A grieving orca has now twice refused to let her dead calves sink, carrying them across vast distances in what scientists struggle to explain as anything but profound mourning. The post In 2018 a…
Title: Aerospace Engineer, Space Mission Analysis Branch (SMAB)Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate (SACD) The post Grace Ray appeared first on NASA Science .
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Galaxies are like cosmic gems, each with characteristics including size and shape that make them distinct. A new gallery released today from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes…
This gallery displays a collection of 16 galactic images from Chandra and other telescopes. Astronomers put galaxies into three main categories: spirals like our own Milky Way, ellipticals that are…
To everyone's surprise, SpaceX announced today, August 25, that there will no longer be Starlink launches with the Falcon 9 from Florida, i.e. from the US East Coast. […] The article…
On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, Louisiana state leaders and SpaceX executives scheduled an 11:00 a.m. press conference to unveil a formal agreement establishing new launch infrastructure and aerospace…
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