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July 29, 2026
Since their discovery by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in 2022, little red dots (LRDs) have been the subject of great interest to astronomers. Understanding the nature of these extremely…
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Space stocks did nothing but go vertical in the first half of the year (many were up well over 100%). Momentum was driven by SpaceX’s IPO and valuation, increased geopolitical conflict with the war…
NASA's Juno spacecraft has measured Jupiter's moon Io's subsurface temperature for the 1st time, providing new clues about the tidally-heated volcanic world. The post Juno measures fiery Io’s…
The Link vehicle, launched to raise the orbit of NASA's Swift space observatory, is having attitude control problems. The mission's success is at risk
NASA has officially confirmed that the Roman Space Telescope has successfully completed fueling operations at its processing facilities, keeping the mission on track for launch.
The United States on Tuesday said it plans to exempt its private space sector from numerous environmental regulations to accelerate the pace of space launches and ramp up competition with China.
The spacecraft rushing to the rescue of an aging and sinking NASA telescope has run into its own problem.
Leonardo DRS, the 71.38%-owned US subsidiary of Leonardo, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Raft in an all-cash deal worth some 450 million dollars.
Boeing is still working with NASA to determine when to fly its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle on a cargo mission to the International Space Station. The post Boeing still working with…
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July 28, 2026
A spacecraft launched nearly a month ago in a high-risk bid to boost the orbit of a NASA astrophysics satellite is suffering attitude control problems that could jeopardize its mission. The post…
Looks like everything is on track so far for an Aug. 30 launch.
JOHANNESBURG — The European Space Agency is moving ahead with plans to examine the feasibility of repurposing Lunar Link, a communications system developed for NASA’s now-paused Gateway space…
Keith’s note. 2025 was a bad year for NASA due to DOGE and lack of real leadership. Then Jared Issacman arrived to help NASA get its mojo back. Well, 2026 […] The post Putting Some Air Back Into…
According to NASA, two of the three reaction wheels that control the spacecraft's alignment have failed, and there are problems with one of the spacecraft's thruster systems.
Keith’s note: this went out to the NASA Workforce today: “NASA Team: Building a permanent American presence on the Moon is a near-impossible task that only NASA is capable of […] The post Jared…
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 13 demonstrated that the Ship can complete its mission and return intact,… The post Ship 40’s flawless flight promotes next mission catch potential appeared first on…
That impending smash hit on the Moon next month of a SpaceX rocket stage has been reviewed by an international research team. The researchers put to question whether observers on Earth will see…
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday, July 25, 2026.
By analyzing data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and conducting new radial velocity measurements, U.K. and French astronomers have found evidence that the mysterious…
More than 20 years after NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars, a researcher from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has uncovered new evidence that suggests water may once have covered large parts of the…
Last week, the SpaceX Starship lifted off from Starbase, Texas on its thirteenth flight test. This was the second flight of the Starship and Super Heavy V3 vehicles and the first Starship flight to…
NASA has selected Advanced Space to fly a successor to a cislunar smallsat mission that will test rendezvous and proximity operations around the moon. The post NASA selects successor to CAPSTONE…
Each time the moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse—darkening daytime skies and briefly revealing the sun's ethereal outer atmosphere, the corona—it presents new opportunities to better…
NASA announces a new demonstration mission for autonomous navigation and rendezvous in lunar orbit
Technicians have completed fuelling of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, bringing it a major step closer to launch. Last Saturday, the team…
Amazon Leo has filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deploy up to 5,105 new satellites designed to use Globalstar's spectrum with the…
July 27, 2026
We've been covering the journey of the Habitable Worlds Observatory for some time now. Over the past few years, it's gone from a proposal to a relatively fleshed-out plan for how and what the next…
NASA announces three astronaut spacewalks from the International Space Station (ISS) during next August to continue upgrading the solar arrays, replace a…
Rocket Lab Corporation, a launch services and space systems company, announced today that it has been awarded its largest launch contract to date: a launch contract…
The 13th test flight of SpaceX's Starship megarocket went pretty well —and provided some amazing visuals, too. See the highlights here.
