NASA Science at NSTA Hyperwall Schedule, April 16-18, 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #1265) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. THURSDAY, APRIL 16 11:00 AMTeaching Space Weather in the Artemis Mission EraChristina Milotte11:15 ... Continue Reading »

Description An observation made by NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) shows the chemical signatures of water ice (shown in bright blue) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (orange) in Cygnus X, one of ... Continue Reading »

NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) mission has mapped interstellar ice at an unprecedented scale. Covering regions in our Milky Way galaxy more than 600 light-years across, the ice was found ... Continue Reading »

NASA’s Artemis II crew – NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen – smile at friends, family, and colleagues. They shared brief remarks with the crowd after landing at Ellington ... Continue Reading »

Dr. Alex Goetz, who passed away in 2025, was a member of the Landsat 7 Science Team and a key figure in the history of Landsat science. Continue Reading »

Services Catalog Click here to view the FY26 Services Catalog The catalogs provide service description, chargeback rate, unit of measure, and service level indicators for each NSSC service. Service Level Agreement (SLA) Click here to view the Service Level Agreement ... Continue Reading »

After the Laurentide Ice Sheet retreated from present-day Hudson Bay, rebounding land has revealed striking nearshore topography. Continue Reading »

Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Friday, April 10, 2026 Curiosity spent the past week driving towards a small crater, about 10 meters (32 feet) in diameter. Today the team informally ... Continue Reading »

Scientists have found that young stellar cousins of our Sun are calming down and dimming more quickly in their X-ray output than previously thought, according to a new study using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. A paper describing the results published ... Continue Reading »

Since it began in 1958, NASA has been charged by law with spreading the word about its work to the widest extent practicable. From typewritten press releases to analog photos and film, the agency has effectively moved into social media ... Continue Reading »

West Coast SpaceX Falcon 9 mission launches 25 Starlink satellites  Spaceflight NowLate-night Florida rocket launch. Best places to watch, liftoff time  Florida TodayVandenberg rocket launch today. Where, when to see SpaceX liftoff  Ventura County StarSpaceX launches two Starlink satellite groups 19 hours apart  SpaceSpaceX ... Continue Reading »

See Comet PanSTARRS glow above a false dawn in stunning new photo  SpaceIs the next 'great comet' coming? See Comet PanSTARRS brighten in the night sky this week.  Live ScienceEarly risers may catch Comet C/2025 R3 this week  WTOPRare comet will be visible ... Continue Reading »

Artemis II astronauts made most of professional photography training  Reuters2026 April 8 – Earthset  NASA (.gov)The Best Photos of the Artemis II Mission  Nautilus | ScienceSee NASA’s Artemis II mission around the moon in 12 stunning photos  Scientific AmericanArtemis II crew brought a human ... Continue Reading »

Astronomers Just Dropped the Largest High-Res 3D Map of the Universe  GizmodoNew 3D map of Universe could solve dark energy mystery  Ars TechnicaLargest ever map of universe captures 47 million galaxies and quasars  New ScientistA dark energy tool just created the most comprehensive ... Continue Reading »

‘Welcome home’: New video shows recovery team reaching Artemis II crew after splashdown  WYFF News 4‘Return to the Moon’ Review: Artemis II’s Achievement on PBS  WSJArtemis II Crew Returns to Houston  NASA (.gov)NASA's Artemis II crew helped by Navy exiting the capsule in ... Continue Reading »

Axiom Space Is Ready to Test Its Next-Generation Spacesuit in 2027  GizmodoAxiom Space plans 2027 flight test of spacesuit  SpaceNewsAxiom Targets First Spaceflight For New Suit In 2027  Aviation Week Continue Reading »

NASA astronaut’s dog ‘over the moon’ for her return. Watch the heartwarming video  WVTMView Full Coverage on Google News Continue Reading »

Oregon’s first major meteor shower of the year has arrived  OregonLive.comLyrid Meteor Shower Begins Tonight — When To Get The Best View  ForbesThe Lyrids Meteor Shower Begins Tonight — Here's How to Watch  People.comLyrid meteor shower returns to Nevada. Here’s when it peaks  Reno ... Continue Reading »

White House wants Pentagon to demo nuclear space power by 2031  Breaking DefenseNASA needs nuclear power for its moon base. Here’s the Trump administration’s plan to get it  Scientific AmericanFresh off Artemis, America is now turning its attention to creating nuclear power ... Continue Reading »

Blue Origin moves toward launch at Vandenberg  SpaceNewsU.S. Space Force selects Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin for Vandenberg site  KSBY NewsBlue Origin's Vandenberg Play: What a West Coast Launch Pad Means for National Security Space Competition  Space DailyBlue Origin Tapped For West Coast Heavy-Lift ... Continue Reading »

Isaacman ‘gaining confidence’ both landers will participate in Artemis III  Aerospace AmericaSpaceX, Blue Origin moon landers in focus after NASA's Artemis success  ReutersNASA Changes Moon Plan: Landing Now Depends On SpaceX Or Blue Origin  ForbesDoes Artemis II's lunar flyby set the table for ... Continue Reading »

Universe's expansion gap is becoming harder and harder to explain  Earth.comInternational Collaboration Helps Pinpoint Universe’s Expansion Rate  NASA Science (.gov)Most Precise Measurements Yet Of Nearby Universe’s Expansion Strengthen Tension With Cosmic Microwave Background  IFLScienceThe Universe is expanding too fast and scientists still can’t ... Continue Reading »

A Crew of Worms on the ISS Aims to Help Scientists Unlock the Secrets of Space Travel  Gizmodo‘Space worms’ are en route to the International Space Station  Popular ScienceSpace worms! A microscopic crew goes into orbit to support future moon missions  Phys.orgWorms sent ... Continue Reading »

The Final Frontier  QuilletteView Full Coverage on Google News Continue Reading »

What if Dark Matter Is Actually Black Holes From Another Universe?  ScienceAlertExploding black holes could explain an antimatter mystery  Science NewsRipples in spacetime may have revealed 1st evidence of tiny black holes born in the Big Bang  SpacePrimordial Black Holes: The Dawn of ... Continue Reading »

Put science back in the driver’s seat  SpaceNews82 NASA missions at risk under new proposal  The Planetary SocietyTop GOP lawmaker pushes back on NASA’s budget cuts  PoliticoOpinion | As Artemis II splashes down, the Trump admin is trying to slash NASA’s budget  MS NOWNASA ... Continue Reading »

Space Force’s STARCOM to hire more than 400 civilians amid push to expand the force  Federal News Network Continue Reading »

NASA Invites Media to Rollout Event for Artemis III Moon Rocket Stage  NASA (.gov)Prep for next Artemis mission begins with launch pad’s Crawler-Transporter  Central Florida Public MediaExperience Rollout Of SLS Hardware For Artemis III  Mirage NewsNASA invites digital creators to witness SLS rollout ... Continue Reading »

A worst-case solar storm could trigger panic buying and public unrest, report warns  SpaceTiming of Geomagnetic Storms Shapes Their Impact  eos.orgNew report outlines how extreme space weather could impact human life  primetimer.comThe U.K. Just Spelled Out What a Carrington-Class Solar Storm Would Cost ... Continue Reading »

Vast offers new docking adapter for large space stations  SpaceNews Continue Reading »

In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss talks with Nightwing’s Joe Mazur to discuss the intersection of cyber and space. They chat about the acceleration of cyber operations, the […] The post Rethinking cyber and space with Joe Mazur appeared ... Continue Reading »

Paris, France [April 2026] – Novaspace, in partnership with Orbital Gateway Consulting (OGC), launches the China Space Industry Intelligence Catalog, providing global stakeholders clear, data‑driven insight into China’s rapidly expanding space market. The catalog draws on […] The post Novaspace and OGC Unveil the China Space Industry ... Continue Reading »

Commercial space station developer Vast unveiled a new docking interface the company is offering to the broader industry for future large stations and spacecraft. The post Vast offers new docking adapter for large space stations appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

Satellite operators seeking EU market access may face a fundamental shift in how spectrum is authorized, how services are delivered across borders, and what operational obligations apply. The Digital Networks Act (DNA) is the European Commission’s proposed regulation on digital ... Continue Reading »

Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 15, 2026 — Ecliptic Enterprises, a long‑standing leader in space avionics and imaging systems with more than 220 missions flown over 25 years, announced a major […] The post New Wireless Access Point, Camera, and Remote Interface ... Continue Reading »

Washington Harbour Partners leads Series B funding round The post Turion Space raises $75 million to expand maneuverable satellite fleet appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

The European Space Agency has picked Canadian small satellite operator Kepler Communications to lead a hosted payload mission to test terminal interoperability for HydRON, ESA’s flagship optical relay network program. The post Kepler to lead interoperability tests for ESA’s HydRON optical ... Continue Reading »

COLORADO SPRINGS – Blue Origin moved a step closer to launching New Glenn rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base with a U.S. Space Force decision to conduct final negotiations of a lease for Space Launch Complex (SLC)-14. “By taking the ... Continue Reading »

COLORADO SPRINGS – The National Reconnaissance Office, the agency responsible for U.S. spy satellites, seeks partners to accelerate its adoption of state-of-the-art intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. “We are ready to work with anyone who can deliver, government, industry, academia, ... Continue Reading »

SES announced an agreement with Boeing April 14 to start integrating multi-orbit hardware during aircraft production, marking a key step away from retrofit installations to incorporate LEO broadband. The post SES and Boeing move toward factory-installed multi-orbit inflight connectivity appeared first ... Continue Reading »

April 14, 2026 – Washington, D.C.—The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) and ispace technologies U.S., inc. (ispace-U.S.) today announced that ispace-U.S., a U.S.-based commercial lunar exploration company, has joined its Board […] The post Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes ispace-U.S. to Board of ... Continue Reading »

Oceaneering International, Inc. and Seagate Space Corporation today announced a strategic relationship to advance the development of Seagate Space’s offshore launch platform design. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a long-term […] The post Seagate Space and Oceaneering Join Forces to Build ... Continue Reading »

Science at NASA is becoming a hitchhiker. After decades in the driver’s seat, where dedicated science missions made historic discoveries such as alien oceans, the accelerating universe and potential biosignatures on Mars, the agency now asks science to stand with ... Continue Reading »

In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss sits down with Fang Qian to discuss the future of GPS satellites. They chat about the need for jam-resistant signals, what comes […] The post The future of GPS satellites with Fang Qian ... Continue Reading »

The White House released a policy April 14 directing NASA, the Pentagon and the Department of Energy to develop space nuclear power systems that could launch as soon as 2028. The post White House releases space nuclear policy appeared first on ... Continue Reading »

BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin are developing maneuvering satellites that can be refueled The post Defense firms unveil new satellite designs for orbital warfare appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

Aerospace Corp. is swimming in data. After testing spacecraft and components for more than 65 years, the Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) is training artificial intelligence models to inform spacecraft designs and speed up anomaly diagnosis, Tanya Pemberton, ... Continue Reading »

Gen. Stephen Whiting calls for a shift from fixed spacecraft to maneuverable assets, with wargames planned to test the concept The post Space Command pushes new warfighting model built on moving satellites appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

Linda Godwin, a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of four space shuttle missions, knows what it’s like to spend a significant time in space. She chalked up more than 38 days in orbit. She carried out two spacewalks, becoming ... Continue Reading »

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission returned safely to Earth the evening of April 10, completing a critical early step in the agency’s effort to send astronauts back to the moon. The Orion spacecraft Integrity splashed down in the Pacific Ocean near ... Continue Reading »

BOULDER, Colo. (April 14, 2026) — Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies, part of RTX’s (NYSE: RTX) Raytheon business, is increasing reaction wheel production capacity to support […] The post RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies expands reaction wheel production ... Continue Reading »

New constellation aims to turn the planet into a continuous data stream for machine learning The post Xoople and L3Harris team up to build satellites for ‘Earth AI’  appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

Oxford, UK – Archangel Lightworks announces the successful close of an oversubscribed $13.5m Series A funding round to accelerate the commercialisation of its deployable optical ground station, the TERRA-M.  Archangel […] The post Archangel Lightworks Raises Over $13.5m In Series A ... Continue Reading »

Amazon plans to buy satellite operator Globalstar in a deal valued at around $11 billion, marking its entry into the emerging market for providing connectivity directly to mobile phones and other cellular devices. The post Amazon buys Globalstar to catapult into ... Continue Reading »

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Shrinking ice is arguably one of the most visible indicators of climate change – particularly in the Arctic. However, a European Space Agency-funded study used information from satellites to show that Antarctica is now experiencing similar dramatic changes, with profound ... Continue Reading »

Noticeable change on Mars often takes millions of years – but the European Space Agency’s Mars Express has captured a blanket of dark ash creeping across the planet in just decades. Continue Reading »

Actionable data from space could be delivered in seconds in the future, thanks to progress towards the European Space Agency’s (ESA) faster and more secure laser communications network, HydRON. At the 41st Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Canadian satellite communications company Kepler was awarded a contract to ... Continue Reading »

Video: 00:03:39 Artemis II completed a 10-day journey around the Moon, carrying humanity farther into space than it has gone in over 50 years.ESA played a critical role in the mission’s success. The European Service Module powered and sustained Orion throughout ... Continue Reading »

Since July 2025, the European Space Agency’s pair of Proba-3 satellites has already created 57 artificial solar eclipses. So far, the mission has collected more than 250 hours of high-resolution videos of the Sun’s atmosphere, called the corona. That’s the same amount of observing time as about 5000 total solar eclipse campaigns carried out on Earth.  But ... Continue Reading »

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Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captures an active lava flow on the Piton de la Fournaise volcano on Réunion Island. Continue Reading »

Image: Orion and its European Service Module bringing the crew around the Moon and back to Earth Continue Reading »

Want to make the most of the long spring and summer ... Continue Reading »

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument has completed its five-year mission to ... Continue Reading »

The Jupiter-bound spacecraft JUICE spotted the interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS spraying ... Continue Reading »

The new Artemis 2 NOVA documentary "Return to the Moon" will ... Continue Reading »

"In the inner corona, a region very difficult to observe, we ... Continue Reading »

The comet is already visible to the naked eye ahead of ... Continue Reading »

Scientists warn that extreme space weather could influence human behavior, from ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets 19 hours apart, both carrying ... Continue Reading »

Artemis 2 kicks off a lunar "relay race" that will lead ... Continue Reading »

Chevron seven, locked! ... Continue Reading »

NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission wowed the world enough to earn ... Continue Reading »

"The discovery of this exceptional object has allowed us to accurately ... Continue Reading »

"Rise Wiseman" might be the most beloved mission mascot in history. ... Continue Reading »

A little patience, luck and a well-placed camera can still deliver ... Continue Reading »

Astronauts aboard Artemis 2 and the ISS connected across a record-breaking ... Continue Reading »

New research shows that craters near the moon's south pole that ... Continue Reading »

It just goes on and on, my friends. ... Continue Reading »

"This is the least transparent NASA budget request I've ever seen ... Continue Reading »

The uncrewed Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft, the S.S. Steven R. ... Continue Reading »

Rise joined the Artemis 2 crew as a mascot of the ... Continue Reading »

Artemis 2's Victor Glover and Christina Koch are all smiles after ... Continue Reading »

The Artemis 2 mission to the moon beamed back some incredible ... Continue Reading »

A rare stargazing spectacle will unfold on Friday, April 13, 2029, ... Continue Reading »

Scientists outline how a once-in-a-century solar storm could disrupt the technology ... Continue Reading »

Experience the Aug. 12, 2026 total solar eclipse from Spain and ... Continue Reading »

The Artemis 2 astronauts are back on Earth, and they've begun ... Continue Reading »

On Episode 205 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and ... Continue Reading »

Northrop Grumman's second "Cygnus XL" cargo ship launched toward the International ... Continue Reading »

NASA doesn't plan to rest on its laurels after the historic ... Continue Reading »

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts came home today (April 10), wrapping up ... Continue Reading »

Thousands of enthusiasts, professionals and curious skywatchers will gather this weekend ... Continue Reading »

A newly released NASA timelapse reveals the moon crossing the sun ... Continue Reading »

A rare long-period comet is here — here's how to find ... Continue Reading »

We chat with "For All Mankind" creators Ben Nedivi and Matt ... Continue Reading »

Artemis 2 is the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 ... Continue Reading »

Earth shines above the lunar horizon in a new Artemis 2 ... Continue Reading »

Gravitational waves may have provided the first tantalizing evidence of tiny ... Continue Reading »

Live coverage of Artemis 2's splashdown begins this evening as four ... Continue Reading »

The Artemis 2 astronauts will return to Earth this evening (April ... Continue Reading »

Artemis 2 splashes down on April 10. Here's everything you need ... Continue Reading »

It's splashdown day for NASA's Artemis 2 moon astronauts. Here's what ... Continue Reading »

'We all thought that movie was really uplifting and inspiring.' ... Continue Reading »

A crew of tiny worms will spend six months aboard the ... Continue Reading »

In response to a request from the U.S. government, Planet Labs ... Continue Reading »

The asteroid is on the European Space Agency's Risk List, but ... Continue Reading »

A Virtual Telescope Project livestream will track NASA's Artemis 2 Orion ... Continue Reading »

The Lyrid meteor shower peaks overnight on April 21-22. ... Continue Reading »

'I’m proof that if you keep dreaming big, you too can ... Continue Reading »

Astronaut Christina Koch poses with zero-gravity indicator "Rise" in the viewport ... Continue Reading »

Just after they broke the human spaceflight distance record, the Artemis ... Continue Reading »