Listen to this audio excerpt from Erik Richards, Near Space Network Mission Manager: For Erik Richards, supporting NASA’s first crewed Artemis mission to the Moon and back is the culmination of a career spent helping spacecraft communicate with Earth.  Like many kids who grew up at ... Continue Reading »

NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines of Houston, $180.4 million to deliver NASA-funded science and technology to the lunar surface as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis program. This lunar delivery, which includes seven payloads ... Continue Reading »

Category I: NASA Environmental Quality Award Recognizes excellence in environmental management and planning, including stewardship of natural and cultural resources. This category highlights achievements in compliance, conservation, remediation, communication, and environmental information management, and the development of strong stakeholder partnerships. ... Continue Reading »

Description This image captured by U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Washington’s Mount Rainier. The image is cropped from a much larger swath spanning the Pacific Northwest on a cloudy day; NISAR’s L-band SAR instrument is able ... Continue Reading »

Description This image captured by U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Washington’s Mount St. Helens. The image is cropped from a much larger swath spanning the Pacific Northwest on a cloudy day; NISAR’s L-band SAR instrument is ... Continue Reading »

Technology and science demonstrations, supported by various NASA industry collaborations and agency developments, are set to launch to low Earth orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of the company’s Transporter-16 commercial rideshare mission. These demonstrations will test ... Continue Reading »

NASA has selected 10 participating scientists to help shape a science plan for astronauts to complete on the lunar surface under the Artemis program – including deploying scientific instruments, making critical observations of the landing site, and collecting Moon rocks. ... Continue Reading »

Listen to this audio excerpt from Michael Guzman, Artemis II main propulsion systems engineer: A clue to what Mike Guzman, main propulsion systems engineer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, loves most can be found in the signature of ... Continue Reading »

Synopsis | 03/23/26 https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e33cd0cc61064a6497a55fca8e9b30c6/view NASA intends to release a BAA under Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-3), Appendix E, for Project NEXUS, Ka-band Backward- Compatible Relay. As the aging Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRS) declines, NASA’s objective ... Continue Reading »

The Orion Crew Survival System suits that Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will wear on the Artemis II test flight are ... Continue Reading »

NASA is just days away from historic Artemis II moon launch  NPRHear from the Artemis II crew making history  CNNFlorida space coast cities abuzz before Nasa’s Artemis launch: ‘At the doorstep of the future’  The GuardianCountdown to Artemis II: What to know about ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX launches 119 payloads on smallsat rideshare mission from California  Spaceflight NowSpaceX launches Transporter-16 rideshare mission  SpaceNewsUPDATE: SpaceX makes early morning rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base  KSBY NewsSpaceX launches batch of Starlink satellites from the West Coast  Spaceflight NowWatch SpaceX launch 119 ... Continue Reading »

New Details Add a Bizarre Twist to NASA’s First ISS Medical Evacuation  GizmodoAstronaut’s Condition That Led to Space Station Evacuation Remains a Mystery  The New York TimesAstronaut Was Eating Dinner in Space When He Suddenly Couldn’t Speak. He Says Doctors Still Don't ... Continue Reading »

Full Moon April 2026: Exactly When To See The ‘Pink Moon’ Rise  ForbesHow and when to see April's full Pink Moon  bbc.comPink Moon, Mercury, Lyrid meteor shower: Astronomical events happening in April 2026  WMTW8 night sky events to see in April, from a ... Continue Reading »

Rocket Lab achieves its 85th launch with first dedicated ESA mission (RKLB:NASDAQ)  Seeking AlphaESA launches first Celeste satellites to test complementary LEO navigation layer  SpaceNewsRocket Lab’s First ESA Launch Highlights Growing Agency Demand And Valuation Risk  Yahoo FinanceRocket Lab Stock (RKLB) Rises on ... Continue Reading »

NASA wants to build a base on the Moon by the 2030s – how and why it plans to build up to a long-term lunar presence  The ConversationBetter Space Stock: Rocket Lab vs. Redwire  Yahoo FinanceNASA Unveils Initiatives to Achieve America’s National ... Continue Reading »

Powerful X-class solar flare triggers radio blackout ahead of Artemis 2 launch (video)  SpaceSun unleashes biggest flare of the year - Earth-directed X5 event  MSNRadio signals over parts of Asia went into blackout. It wasn't due to Iran war  India TodayStrong Solar Flare ... Continue Reading »

Space news: Project Hail Mary, Artemis, data centers : Short Wave  NPRNvidia Just Announced Hardware for AI Data Centers in Space. Here Are the Very Real Implications.  The Motley FoolData Centers in Space Could Enable Golden Dome: Experts  Air & Space Forces MagazineNvidia’s ... Continue Reading »

Rare comet, NASA launch to dazzle NYC skies in April  SILive.comComet Alert: A Sungrazer May Soon Blaze After Sunset — Or Break Apart  ForbesNYC stargazers can enjoy 'sun grazer' comet in April as weather warms up  GothamistAstonishing 'sun grazer' comet to streak across ... Continue Reading »

A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky—for everyone on Earth  Phys.orgAmazon to FCC: Everyone Supports a Leo Satellite Launch Extension, Except SpaceX  PCMagElon Musk’s Orbital Data Centers Are Staggeringly Huge  Futurism'This is really intolerable': Astronomers protest giant orbiting mirror project ... Continue Reading »

Night sky tonight (March 30) — Let the Big Dipper guide you to the red Giant Arcturus after sunset  SpaceA Trio of Stars: The Spring Triangle Is Visible All Spring. Here's How to See It  CNETWhat can observers see in the night ... Continue Reading »

Are multiverses real? An astrophysicist explains why it depends on how you define ‘real’  The Conversation Continue Reading »

‘This was the real thing’: Meet the woman who alerts the world when an asteroid could hit  The Guardian30 Asteroids Were Detected Passing Closer To Earth Than The Moon In October 2025 Alone  TwistedSifterThese asteroids could hit Earth – some are getting ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX rocket launch today from Cape Canaveral: Everything to know  Florida TodayView Full Coverage on Google News Continue Reading »

'The sasquatch is honesty': Inside Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen's Artemis 2 mission patch  Space Continue Reading »

Ripples in spacetime and the universe's most controversial number  Phys.org Continue Reading »

NASA Is Launching Astronauts to the Moon, but Americans Aren’t That Excited  The New York TimesApollo to Artemis: A look at the legacy of NASA’s moon missions and what’s next  YahooOpinion: For the United States, outer space has always been about foreign ... Continue Reading »

How Plants Could Betray Themselves Across the Galaxy  Universe Today Continue Reading »

Northern Lights Alert: 10 States May See Aurora Sunday Night  ForbesView Full Coverage on Google News Continue Reading »

Seeing Blue During Schirmacher’s Summer Melt Season  NASA Science (.gov) Continue Reading »

MILAN — The European Space Agency has launched the first two satellites of the Celeste in-orbit demonstration mission from New Zealand aboard a Rocket Lab Electron launcher on March 28. The two satellites were launched at 10:14 CET and separated ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX launched the latest in its series of dedicated rideshare missions March 30, delivering more than 100 payloads to sun-synchronous orbit. The post SpaceX launches Transporter-16 rideshare mission appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

Chinese firm CAS Space successfully reached orbit with the first launch of its Kinetica-2 launch vehicle Monday, with a prototype cargo spacecraft among the payloads. The post China’s Kinetica-2 rocket debuts successfully, sending prototype cargo spacecraft to orbit appeared first on ... Continue Reading »

Space Force considers shifting to upgraded legacy ground system The post Pentagon weighing termination of Raytheon GPS ground control contract after years of delays appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

Here’s the version of the orbital data center story you keep reading: Elon Musk says space will be the cheapest place to run AI within 36 months. LoneStar announces plans for a lunar data center. NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin Space-1 makes headlines. These are real announcements, ... Continue Reading »

SAN FRANCISCO – Voyager Technologies announced plans March 30 to help Icarus Robotics test a free-flying platform, called Joyride, on the International Space Station. Under the agreement, Voyager will handle payload integration, safety certification, coordination of a 2027 launch, on-orbit ... Continue Reading »

Starcloud has raised $170 million to accelerate development of its next-generation spacecraft, reaching a $1.1 billion valuation as it awaits permission to deploy an 88,000-strong orbital data center network. The post Starcloud achieves unicorn status with $170 million raise for orbital ... Continue Reading »

While the Artemis 2 mission is primarily a test flight, the four astronauts on board will conduct some science during the nearly 10-day mission. The post Science finds a place on Artemis 2 appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

Executives say lack of incentives and interoperability slows ‘tipping and cueing’ across vendors The post Satellite imaging industry’s next challenge: getting systems to talk to each other appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

While NASA outlined plans to increase the cadence of robotic lunar lander missions at a recent event, it said little about accelerating work on crewed lunar landers. The post ‘Shots on goal and win the game’: NASA’s effort to accelerate lunar ... Continue Reading »

Starfish Space has changed plans for a docking demonstration mission after its original partner backed out. The post Starfish Space finds a new partner for docking demonstration mission appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

The four Artemis 2 astronauts arrived in Florida March 27 for final preparations ahead of a launch still scheduled as soon as April 1. The post Artemis 2 astronauts arrive at KSC appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

March 27, 2026 – Washington, D.C.—The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) is pleased to welcome Astrolab and Zeno Power, two innovative companies advancing planetary mobility and reliable energy in extreme environments. […] The post Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes Two New Associate Members ... Continue Reading »

MUNICH — For more than a year, questions have swirled about Artemis changes and the Gateway’s role in U.S. lunar ambitions. Following NASA’s March 24 decision to halt work on Gateway, the lunar-orbiting station that had been intended to support ... Continue Reading »

India-based Bellatrix Aerospace announced March 27 it has raised $20 million to ramp up production of its satellite propulsion systems after securing its first large commercial customer outside the country. The post India’s Bellatrix raises $20 million following overseas expansion drive ... Continue Reading »

On this episode of the Space Minds podcast, host David Ariosto speaks with Mark Bigham, the Vice President of Defense Programs at Longshot Space Technologies Corporation, a new hardware startup […] The post Building a hypersonic pathway to orbit with Mark ... Continue Reading »

The Earth observation sector is experiencing a golden age. Satellite hardware and launch costs have plummeted, and computer power, driven by AI and analytics, continues to improve. That’s led to a genuine revolution in precision agriculture and automated supply chain ... Continue Reading »

NASA’s proposed changes to its support of commercial space stations have created concern and confusion among companies developing them, the head of an industry organization warned. The post Industry says proposed NASA changes to commercial space station plans create confusion appeared ... Continue Reading »

SAN FRANCISCO – Canadian startup SBQuantum plans to send a quantum diamond magnetometer into low-Earth orbit March 30 on a Spire Global satellite flying on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare. Spire is providing the satellite, ground stations and data processing ... Continue Reading »

Japanese company ispace is revising its lunar lander design and further delaying the first mission by its American subsidiary while also unveiling plans for a lunar satellite constellation. The post ispace redesigns lunar lander, introduces lunar communications service appeared first on ... Continue Reading »

Commercial space tracking data shows U.S. satellites coordinating maneuvers to maintain proximity and continuous observation of a pair of Chinese spacecraft in geostationary orbit. The post U.S. GSSAP satellites execute GEO handoff to monitor China’s Shijian-29 spacecraft appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

The new headquarters building is expected to be completed by 2031 The post Space Command begins phased move to Alabama  appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

While government agencies are increasingly turning to commercial contracting mechanisms for space capabilities, that does not necessarily translate to additional business opportunities for the companies offering them. The post Government use of commercial procurement models has limitations in space appeared first ... Continue Reading »

While the space economy is expanding across multiple fronts, questions remain about how some of its most promising opportunities could translate growing demand into sustainable profits. The post Turning growth into profits remains a challenge as space demand grows appeared first ... Continue Reading »

εpsilon Continue Reading »

On 28 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) took a major step forward in strengthening Europe's ambition for more resilient satellite navigation, as the first two satellites of the Celeste in-orbit demonstration mission lifted off from New Zealand aboard Rocket ... Continue Reading »

Video: 00:03:15 At 10:14 CET on 28 March, the first two satellites of ESA’s Celeste LEO-PNT in-orbit demonstration mission lifted off aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Māhia, New Zealand.Celeste is Europe’s first initiative to bring satellite navigation into low Earth ... Continue Reading »

Week in images: 23-27 March 2026 Discover our week through the lens Continue Reading »

Video: 00:04:13 Artemis II will send astronauts around the Moon and safely home. At the core of the mission is the European Service Module: providing propulsion, power and life support for their journey into deep space. Continue Reading »

Everyone knows what a hurricane is, but a lesser-known storm type – a medicane – recently made landfall in Libya. While the arrival of Medicane Jolina, a rare Mediterranean cyclone, brought extreme weather, it also provided scientists with a crucial ... Continue Reading »

Image: Western Australia’s Kimberley region is featured in this double view from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Continue Reading »

Image: Hubble image of barred spiral galaxy IC 486 Continue Reading »

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have joined forces to capture new views of Saturn, revealing the planet in strikingly different ways. Infrared and visible observations show layers and storms in the ringed planet’s ... Continue Reading »

The Artemis 2 astronauts will spend about 10 days flying to ... Continue Reading »

NASA's SLS moon rocket casts a striking silhouette against the rising ... Continue Reading »

Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian flying to the moon on board NASA's ... Continue Reading »

An X1.4 solar flare triggered radio blackouts and launched a fast ... Continue Reading »

Space weather experts have been working overtime to hone their forecasts ... Continue Reading »

Going to the moon? Been there, done that — right? Some ... Continue Reading »

With the perfect balance of humour and heart, Star Trek: Lower ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX will launch 119 payloads to orbit from California early Monday ... Continue Reading »

NASA has a high degree of confidence that its historic Artemis ... Continue Reading »

In the grim darkness of the future, there's only real-time strategy ... Continue Reading »

In herTV series debut, 'The Twilight Saga' star will portray the ... Continue Reading »

The Apollo astronauts peed into roll-on cuffs and pooped into plastic ... Continue Reading »

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, commander Artemis 2, the first moon mission ... Continue Reading »

Jeremy Hansen grew up in a world with no Canadian astronauts. ... Continue Reading »

NASA astronaut Victor Glover says he is not solely focused on ... Continue Reading »

"We are firing on all cylinders." ... Continue Reading »

Four astronauts. Two countries. One destination: the moon. ... Continue Reading »

A new atlas of 45 potentially habitable planets makes us think ... Continue Reading »

The Antennae galaxies are witnessed in the process of merging into ... Continue Reading »

On Episode 203 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and ... Continue Reading »

'Seeing Ryan add all these layers, I'm like, 'Oh good, he’s ... Continue Reading »

Ideal for adults and children alike, this super-compact tabletop Celestron Firstscope ... Continue Reading »

Artemis 2 aims to fly to the moon with four astronauts ... Continue Reading »

The Astronauts for NASA's Artemis 2 mission to fly around the ... Continue Reading »

NASA's long-anticipated Artemis 2 mission — the first crewed flight to ... Continue Reading »

While you wait for Star Wars: Ahsoka Season 2, step back ... Continue Reading »

Sperm struggles to find its way to an egg in microgravity, ... Continue Reading »

With bright meteors sighted over Ohio, Texas, and Europe, you might ... Continue Reading »

New simulations suggest Saturn's rings formed from a shattered moon called ... Continue Reading »

'We will not back down! It's high time we bring Mars ... Continue Reading »

A NASA X-ray telescope has captured a breathtaking portrait of a ... Continue Reading »

NASA may not be able to move forward with all three ... Continue Reading »

What is nuclear electric propulsion and how is it different from ... Continue Reading »

With up to $513 off, a $50 Amazon voucher and four ... Continue Reading »

The unprecedented observations of comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák show its rotation slowing, reversing ... Continue Reading »

The powerful magnetic field belonging to the sun is generated far ... Continue Reading »

“We're thrilled to have the opportunity to finish the story the ... Continue Reading »

The moon will sweep past the 1,000-strong stellar beehive overnight on ... Continue Reading »

Monday, March 30, 2026: See our latest news and updates on ... Continue Reading »

NASA released a new image of its next-generation Nancy Grace Roman ... Continue Reading »

Observations from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes reveal Saturn's ... Continue Reading »

From Greek mythology to modern spaceflight, Artemis and her twin brother ... Continue Reading »

A new catalog of potentially habitable exoplanets provides the framework for ... Continue Reading »

Want to show your solidarity with the crew of the Artemis ... Continue Reading »

Lightning on Jupiter may pack more than 100 times the power ... Continue Reading »

Get to know NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission with Space.com's exclusive ... Continue Reading »

Astronomers have discovered an additional 100 new worlds in data collected ... Continue Reading »

The king of the planets meets a waxing half moon at ... Continue Reading »

Canada has canceled its first-ever moon rover mission, which had been ... Continue Reading »

Flying right out of Disney+'s Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, ... Continue Reading »