The world’s biggest solar telescope caught vortexes on the Sun’s surface
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On this day in space! Aug. 7, 1980: NASA’s Viking 1 Mars orbiter shuts down 4 years into a 90-day mission
On Aug. 7, 1980, NASA’s Viking 1 spacecraft ended its epic and historic mission on the Red Planet.…
IRIS² reinforced and accelerated as implementation advances
Applications 07/08/2026 966 views 9 likes On 7 August, the European Commission and the SpaceRISE consortium concluded negotiations…
SpaceX (SPCX) Unveils Orbital AI Network And $16.8 Billion Chip Factory Plans
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Total solar eclipse Aug. 12, 2026 live updates — 5 days to totality
2026-08-07T08:39:59.065Z Do clouds ruin a total solar eclipse? Clouds won’t necessarily sour your eclipse expedition. (Image credit: Vaughn…
Before and after images from SpaceX rocket Moon crash
A new scar has appeared on the Moon after a leftover piece of a SpaceX rocket smashed into…
The programme to return Perseverance’s rock samples from Mars was cancelled by the US Congress in January 2026 — the rover has spent five years drilling and caching the most carefully selected geological samples in history, and right now there is no approved mission to bring them home
Congress ended the existing Mars Sample Return programme in January 2026 by giving it no money in NASA’s…
The nearest star system sits 4.2 light-years away—a distance today’s spacecraft would need tens of thousands of years to cross, yet a proposed laser-driven sail carrying a gram-scale probe could make the journey in just over 20.
Alpha Centauri is close enough to be one of the brightest objects in the southern sky, yet it…
SpaceX Q2 Tesla Megapack purchases: $295 million for AI data centers
SpaceX laid out $295 million for Tesla Megapack battery energy storage systems during the April–June quarter of 2026,…
NASA’s Just Prolonged Voyager 2’s Science Mission With A Big Bang
Letting go is hard, especially when it concerns an irreplaceable space probe like the two Voyagers. Fortunately JPL…
Scientists Watch as a Distant World’s Atmosphere Shrinks and Thins
As dwarf planet Pluto moves along in its distant, high-obliquity 248-year orbit, its atmosphere is changing. That’s because…
Redwire Books SpaceX Starfall Mission
Redwire Books SpaceX Starfall Mission | Aviation Week https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Irene Klotz August 06, 2026…