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August 18, 2026
The U.S. Army plans to procure up to 133,000 artillery rockets of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) and GMLRS ER (Extended Range) family by 2034. This is according to…
On August 18, 2026, market intelligence firm Polaris Market Research published analysis projecting the global Earth observation small satellite market to expand from $2.14 billion in 2026 to $6.90…
Many of NASA’s most important aerospace breakthroughs that began in the laboratory were ultimately proven in the sky. For decades, experts at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland conducted…
The "Black Eye Galaxy" is captured in a gorgeous new composite image from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes.
A telescope can help you explore the night sky, but only if you know how to use it.
On this day in space! Aug. 18, 1868: Total solar eclipse leads to discovery of helium
The James Webb Space Telescope has turned toward the planetary nebula NGC 2392, a dying star in the constellation Gemini, also known as the Clown Nebula…
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged NGC 2392 (also known as the Lion Nebula), named for its distinctive appearance, which resembles a lion's face seen head-on.
The Moon's shadow crossed Greenland, Iceland and Spain on Aug. 12, and a fleet of satellites along with the International Space Station captured the event from angles…
Sea otters carry up to one million hairs per square inch — the densest fur of any mammal on Earth — because they have no blubber and would die in North Pacific water without a coat that traps a…
Alessandro Carrozzi, taken near Palencia, Spain The Sun’s corona glows in all its glory in this high-dynamic range image taken during totality on Aug. 12. Bright prominences are visible at the Sun’s…
A new study leaves little doubt about the brutal impact of the satellite constellation from the company Reflect Orbital. The California-based company wants to send giant mirrors into…
Live coverage: SpaceX to send Starlink satellites to orbit with Tuesday night launch from California
The Starlink 17-50 mission will add another 24 broadband satellites to the company’s megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 8:45 p.m. PDT (11:45 p.m…
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a quest to discover planets outside our solar system. NASA scientists Bertrand Mennesson and Vanessa Bailey explain how Roman’s wide view will spot as…
Spaceflight can do strange things to the human body — including making it harder for astronauts to poop.
During the total solar eclipse of Aug. 18, 1868, two astronomers, Pierre Jules César Janssen of France and J. Norman Lockyer of England, each independently discovered a new line in the Sun’s…
SpaceX has successfully guided Starship Ship 40 to a location just off the coast of… The post Ship 40 arrives at Christmas Island, Plans Return to Starbase appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com .
Slingshot Aerospace announced it is adding new capabilities to its Portal platform to help operators better monitor that crowded environment. The post Slingshot’s Portal Adds New AI-Powered Missions…
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot began a spacewalk at 8:29 a.m. EDT outside the International Space Station to replace a Space-to-Ground antenna on…
So far, most of the minerals found on Mars tell a story of lava poured out by ancient volcanoes, followed by long stretches in which water trickled through and slowly reshaped the rock. However…
MARSIS found an intensely bright boundary beneath Mars's south polar ice. SHARAD has now reached the same layer and returned a much fainter signal. The post A radar aboard ESA’s Mars Express…
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On July 24 one of our members’ aircraft – a medevac jet – departed MGGT/Guatemala...
Readers of a certain age will remember a golden era of asteroid films, capped by two with very different endings. "Deep Impact" drove home the devastating consequences of letting a large piece of…
Rochester, NY – August 18, 2026 – Eoptic, Inc., a developer of advanced multi-spectral and multi-modal imaging systems, today announced it has been selected as an approved supplier in support of…
Traversing through the solar system, a comet split in two, and a recent study used six months of observations to investigate when and why. The post Spying on a Split Comet appeared first on Sky &…
Honeywell Aerospace has announced the successful validation of a new satellite communications antenna designed to enable safe, reliable command-and-control of unmanned aircraft flying beyond visual…
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has only just begun its survey, yet it has already discovered its first ultra-faint Milky Way satellite, Aquarius IV. The post 1st ultra-faint Milky Way satellite…
In the vampire bat economy, generosity today becomes a debt claim for tomorrow—a tiny bloodsucking society where memory matters as much as hunger. The post Vampire bats will regurgitate blood to…
The coldest temperature ever measured on Earth — minus 98 degrees Celsius, detected by satellite over the East Antarctic Plateau — is so far below biological tolerance that a single unprotected…
We're now in the best months for viewing Saturn in 2026. It'll be at it's best around October 4 when it's closest to Earth and visible all night. The post Give me 5 minutes and I’ll give you Saturn…
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