Workforce Directive: Restoring NASA’s Core Competencies
NASA Announces A New Directive Update: Marcia Smith just tweeted a screengrab of part of the Directive –…
NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch, Docking
NASA will stream live coverage of the upcoming prelaunch, launch, and docking activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-12…
UK government proposes 30% budget cut to astronomy and physics research: ‘It’s pretty disastrous’
The UK government is set to slash its funding for astronomy, particle and nuclear physics by 30 percent…
Russian Officials Seize Massive 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Disguised as a “Sculpture” Bound for the UK
A shipping container bound for the United Kingdom was stopped at the Port of Saint Petersburg in early…
A Solar Flare Hit Earth’s Atmosphere, Here’s What the ISS Saw From Orbit
Shimmering green lights have once again danced across Earth’s upper atmosphere, captured in a striking timelapse from the…
Mars Is Losing Its Water, and Scientists Just Discovered Why
Mars, once a much wetter and more dynamic planet, is now a dry and inhospitable desert. The mystery…
An $88 Million Satellite Died Early—and Still Blew the Lid Off Industry Emissions
MethaneSat, an $88 million satellite designed to track methane emissions at an unprecedented scale and resolution, suddenly went…
SpaceX Dragon arrives for Crew-12 launch photo of the day for Feb. 6, 2026
With the recent medical evacuation of SpaceX’s Crew-11 astronaut mission from the International Space Station, Crew-12 will be…
ULA offloads first Vulcan rocket at Vandenberg at it preps its next Cape launch – Spaceflight Now
A United Launch Alliance Vulcan booster is offloaded from the company’s R/S RocketShip barge at a dock at…
Why the Artemis II Crew Stays in Quarantine Before Their Journey to Moon
The Artemis program’s first crewed trip to the moon may be slightly delayed, but the crew is still…
Rocket Report: SpaceX probes upper stage malfunction; Starship testing resumes
Welcome to Edition 8.28 of the Rocket Report! The big news in rocketry this week was that NASA…
Space data center cooling problem still needs solution
Voyager Technologies CEO Dylan Taylor said two years would be an “aggressive” timeframe for space data centers and…