2026 second quarter Future Launchers Preparatory Programme highlights
ESA’s FIRST!(Future Innovation and Research in Space Transportation!) initiative Structures, Materials, Mechanisms and Processes for Space Transportation In…
Artemis moonsuits take a dive photo of the day for July 31, 2026
Exploration geologists and Artemis science officers Trevor Graff, left, and Angela Garcia carry out a lunar training development…
Drifting SpaceX rocket heading for accidental collision with moon | SpaceX
A drifting SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar…
UK artist Conrad Shawcross sounds alarm on Jodrell Bank Observatory funding cuts – The Art Newspaper
The UK artist Conrad Shawcross has raised concerns about the possible closure of the Jodrell Bank Observatory which…
A discarded SpaceX rocket is on a high-speed collision course with the moon
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Staying strong in orbit with ARED
Exercise is one of the most important countermeasures against the effects of spaceflight. Without Earth’s constant gravitational pull,…
APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad
Explanation: The Dark Doodad Nebula drifts through southern skies, a tantalizing target for binoculars toward the small constellation…
A Martian day runs 39 minutes and 35 seconds longer than an Earth day, so rover teams at JPL live on Mars time for the length of a mission, sliding their whole schedule later each day until they are eating breakfast at midnight, and their families describe it as jet lag with no destination
At first, the change is almost trivial. A rover engineer who begins work at 8 a.m. today begins…
APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad
APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad Discover the cosmos! Each day a different…
It Took a Century, but Astronomers Imaged Betelgeuse’s Companion
Most of us are familiar with Betelgeuse (also known as alpha Orionis), the bright shoulder star in the…
Autonomous Moon excavation system targets future base construction
Before permanent lunar bases become possible, someone has to level the ground. Preparing the Moon for a sustained…
A.14 Atmosphere Several Corrections – NASA Science
The Earth Science Division recently released A.14 Atmosphere, soliciting proposals for data analysis and modeling of NASA supported…