Artemis II and Webb: humanity's week of two distances
One photograph shows Earth as a sliver of light taken by Artemis II astronauts. Another reveals a dust-laden spiral galaxy through Webb's in…
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NASA rotor blades for next Mars helicopter break the sound barrier
Inside a vacuum chamber replicating Mars's thin atmosphere, NASA engineers pushed experimental rotor blades past the speed of sound. The res…
NASA Taps Brian Hughes to Lead Launch Operations at Two Key Sites
NASA has appointed Brian Hughes as senior director of launch operations, placing Kennedy Space Center and Wallops Flight Facility under a si…
JPL Rotor Blades Break the Sound Barrier on Mars Simulation
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have pushed prototype rotor blades past Mach 1 inside a chamber simulating Mars's thin atmosph…
Two Windows on the Cosmos: Earth's Edge and a Distant Galaxy
A glowing sliver of Earth seen from cislunar space, and a dust-wrapped active galaxy 45 million light-years away: on May 7, two missions rem…
NASA's Next Mars Helicopter Blades Crack the Sound Barrier
Inside a chamber replicating the thin Martian atmosphere, NASA engineers pushed next-generation helicopter rotor blades past the speed of so…
Webb and Hubble show massive star clusters break free faster
By surveying thousands of young star clusters across four nearby galaxies, astronomers using Webb and Hubble have uncovered a clear pattern:…
Webb and Hubble show massive star clusters break free faster
By training both the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes on thousands of young star clusters in four nearby galaxies, astronomers have fo…
SpaceX juggles ISS resupply and Starlink deployment in one week
Within days of each other, SpaceX is set to resupply the International Space Station and place 24 more Starlink satellites into orbit. The b…
Curiosity's Drill Gets Stuck, Then Freed in Atacama Zone
NASA's Curiosity rover hit a snag in early May 2026 when a rock became stuck to its drill in a region called Atacama. The incident offers a …
SpaceX keeps Vandenberg busy with back-to-back Falcon 9 launches
SpaceX fired off multiple Falcon 9 rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base within days of each other in early May 2026, deploying Starlink …
Ireland and Malta Sign Artemis Accords on the Same Day
Two European Union members joined the Artemis Accords within hours of each other on May 4, 2026. The back-to-back signings push the internat…
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