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August 21, 2026
For more information, contact Mark K. Leader, Glenn Research Center, mark.leader@nasa.gov Download the PDF version NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) code is a foundational tool for…
This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month takes us to a fantastical realm within our home galaxy, where piercing starlight and billowing winds sculpt dust clouds into…
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An alternative measurement reveals that the Indian Ocean gravity hole is not the world's largest, ranking behind an anomaly in Antarctica…
Copernicus, a generalized spacecraft trajectory design and optimization system, is capable of solving a wide range of trajectory problems such as planet or moon centered trajectories, libration…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured this Aug. 6, 2026, infrared image of part of the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region also home to the Cosmic Cliffs. This feature, called the “Treasure…
President Donald J. Trump will award each of NASA’s Artemis II crew members the Congressional Space Medal of Honor at 11 a.m. EDT on Friday, Aug. 28, during a ceremony at the agency’s Johnson Space…
The mission will use the VS-30 V16 sounding rocket to flight-qualify the recovery system of the Suborbital Microgravity Platform. More than a launch, the operation represents…
In the end it wasn't meant to be, and NASA has cancelled the rescue mission for the Swift orbital observatory by the Link satellite due to problems with […] The post Farewell to the LINK mission…
An international team of astrophysicists and plasma physicists has provided the first experimental evidence that strong magnetic fields surrounding active stars can completely suppress coronal mass…
The Flight Termination System was activated after the South Korean rocket showed a deviation during its maiden flight. The episode poses a new technical challenge for the company…
At the center of most galaxies lies a supermassive black hole, with a mass millions to billions of times that of our sun and some of the most extreme gravity in the universe.
SpaceX completed a single-engine test-firing of its next Starship spacecraft to prepare for its coming test flight, which will be the first to reach orbit.
A mysterious hum of gravitational waves that fills the cosmos may be the echo of long-dead "dark stars" that served as the seeds of the first supermassive black holes.
Welcome to Issue 22 of the In Defence of Canada Briefing. Building sovereign defence capabilities requires more than acquiring platforms, it demands human talent and cutting-edge research. This…
SpaceX launched yet another Starlink mission today (Aug. 21), sending 29 more of the broadband satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast.
The Petermann Glacier in Greenland lost a 76.4 km² iceberg on 4 August 2026 due to human-driven climate change…
Observing our celestial neighbor (and something much farther away).
Stars scattered across the cosmos sparkle in the appropriately named Chandelier Cluster.
There's about to be a big fight to secure access to space.
After a successful EVA-97 on Tuesday 18 August, watch ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot venture into the vacuum of space for the second time on Tuesday 25 August, during EVA-98.
For the first time, Starship lands on the sea without exploding — everything about the rescue operation and what it means for SpaceX…
Over the past three decades, computer models of planetary system formation have gone from fairly crude representations to sophisticated simulations using thousands of different starting points.
The European Space Agency has reportedly confirmed it will not proceed with development of the Ariane 6 Block 3, one of the planned upgrades to improve the European rocket's performance…
Week in images: 17-21 August 2026 Discover our week through the lens
The Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) has published new guidelines regulating the provision of satellite communications services in the country, establishing […] The post Liberia Adopts New…
Italian and Scottish researchers say there is a "huge underground city" extending nearly two kilometres beneath the pyramids of Giza…
On Aug. 21, 1914, a total solar eclipse over Europe on the eve of World War I drew much attention. Albert Einstein had been waiting for an eclipse to verify his theory of relativity – specifically…
During a coronal mass ejection (CME), the sun hurls billions of tons of magnetized plasma into space. These eruptions are among the most powerful events in the solar system, and when they are aimed…
Japanese propulsion startup Letara closed a ¥2.6B ($16M) pre-Series A round to fund the development of its low-cost, hybrid engine tech. The post Letara Raises ¥2.6B to Build its Hybrid Rocket…
The Space Force announced the newest awardees of the SpaceWERX Strategic Funding Increase program during the Fed Supernova conference on Thursday. The post SpaceWERX Announces 2026 STRATFI Awardees…
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