NASA Repurposes a 737 to Train Astronauts in Lunar Gravity
A former US Air Force Boeing 737 is being converted by NASA into a lunar-gravity parabolic flight platform. The aircraft recently received f…
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Webb Turns Its Gaze on NGC 2392, the Lion Nebula
The James Webb Space Telescope has produced striking new images of NGC 2392, the so-called Lion Nebula. Captured in infrared light, these ob…
Blue Origin to hot-fire New Glenn upper stage at Stennis
Blue Origin has finalized an agreement with NASA to hot-fire test New Glenn's second stage on the B-2 stand at Stennis Space Center, keeping…
Wildfires in Spain Threaten Two Critical Deep-Space Ground Stations
In late July 2026, wildfires sweeping across Spain pushed dangerously close to two of the world's most important deep-space ground stations.…
US Commerce Department Opens Door to Novel Space Mission Authorization
For years, US companies pursuing novel space operations had no clear path to federal authorization. The Commerce Department's new voluntary …
Chris Williams Wraps Up 241-Day ISS Mission Before Return
NASA astronaut Chris Williams is headed home after eight months aboard the International Space Station. Alongside two Russian cosmonauts, he…
Poland pledges $745 million to back Europe's IRIS² satellite network
Poland has formally agreed to invest $745 million in the EU's IRIS² multi-orbit satellite internet constellation, signalling a strategic shi…
Juno Probes the Subsurface Heat of Volcanic Moon Io
NASA's Juno spacecraft has accomplished something no mission had managed before: measuring heat below the surface of Jupiter's moon Io. The …
NISAR Goes Public, Unveiling a Hummingbird Frozen in Antarctic Ice
As of July 20, 2026, NISAR radar data is freely available to anyone. Among the first images published: a rocky Antarctic peak surrounded by …
Reading the Unreadable: NASA Maps Io and Distant Worlds
NASA's Juno spacecraft is charting Io's internal heat using a microwave instrument never designed for the task, while researchers are develo…
SpaceX Keeps Flying as Starship Flight 13 Awaits Its Next Window
SpaceX logged its 85th Falcon 9 launch of the year from Vandenberg while crews worked to reschedule Starship Flight 13 following a late abor…
Megawatt Hybrid-Electric Engine Takes Flight at Farnborough
A megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine jointly developed by NASA and GE Aerospace completed a public flight demonstration at the Farnboroug…
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