Space and Science
2025-2026 DWU: High School Engineering Challenge
2025-2026 DWU: High School Engineering Challenge Challenge Materials Challenge Materials The 2025 Challenge Materials are coming soon. Register now to get copies as soon as they are released. Overview: What is an Uncrewed Aircraft System? An uncrewed aircraft system...
2025-2026 DWU: Middle School Aviation Challenge
2025-2026 DWU: Middle School Aviation Challenge Challenge Theme AgAir: Integrating UAS into the Agriculture Industry The agricultural industry is an important part of life in the US and around the world by providing food, fuel, economic development, and more....
Golden Lake
This stunning Earth image taken from the International Space Station looks at a large lake in eastern Kazakhstan with golden sunglint: Lake Balkhash. It is one of the largest lakes in Asia and is the 15th largest lake in...
Join NASA on Oct. 4 in Looking Up, Celebrating Moo...
Join observers from around the world on Saturday, Oct. 4, for NASA’s International Observe the Moon Night. This annual event offers an opportunity for earthlings to celebrate the inspiring bond between Earth and the Moon, and, this year, to...
New contract signed between the NSSTC and U-Space:...
Sept. 26, 2025 – The Emirati National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) and U-Space, a French smallsat constellation manufacturer, signed a major contract for the design and manufacture of […] The post New contract signed between the NSSTC...
I Am Artemis: Diamond St. John
Listen to this audio excerpt from Diamond St. John, engineer working on the Artemis III heat shield for the Orion Program at Lockheed Martin: For four-generations, Diamond St. John’s family has been supporting human spaceflight at NASA’s Kennedy Space...
Week in images: 22-26 September 2025
Week in images: 22-26 September 2025 Discover our week through the lens
Hubble Captures Puzzling Galaxy
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy that’s hard to categorize. The galaxy in question is NGC 2775, which lies 67 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer (the Crab). NGC 2775 sports a smooth, featureless center...
Redefining space diplomacy for the 21st century: f...
While the world tracks the diplomatic rivalry between the United States-led Artemis Accords (which, with Senegal’s recent signing, is now at 56 member nations) and the China-led International Lunar Research Station partnership, at risk of being overshadowed is the...
Webb captured this stunning nursery of baby stars....
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has delivered new images of Sagittarius B2, the largest star-forming cloud near the Milky Way's center.
ESA shares stage with international partners at IA...
The European Space Agency (ESA) is participating in the 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), which will open its doors on Monday 29 September and last until Friday 3 October in Sydney, Australia. Over 8000 participants from 90 countries are...
Earth from Space: Northeast Greenland National Par...
Image: Part of the icy landscape of the Northeast Greenland National Park, the largest national park in the world, is pictured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image.
Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on ...
See the moon phase expected for September 26, 2025 as well as when the next full moon is expected.
NASA modifies Dream Chaser ISS cargo contract as S...
Sierra Space and NASA have sharply revised a contract to use the company’s Dream Chaser vehicle to deliver cargo to the ISS as the company pivots to defense applications. The post NASA modifies Dream Chaser ISS cargo contract as...
NASA Flights Study Cosmic Ray Effects for Air, Fut...
Recent airborne science flights to Greenland are improving NASA’s understanding of space weather by measuring radiation exposure to air travelers and validating global radiation maps used in flight path planning. This unique data also has value beyond the Earth...
SpaceX, Blue Origin, Stoke, and others make major ...
The two spaceport launch facilities in the Cape Canaveral area — NASA’s Kennedy Space Center… The post SpaceX, Blue Origin, Stoke, and others make major progress on Cape launch facilities appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
Artemis 2 could launch as soon as February
NASA’s Artemis 2 mission around the moon could launch as soon as early February, as both agency officials and the mission’s four-person crew say they are ready for the flight. The post Artemis 2 could launch as soon as...
L3Harris looks to scale production of hybrid satco...
Under a partnership with Amazon’s Kuiper, L3Harris would bring the broadband service to military users The post L3Harris looks to scale production of hybrid satcom radios after successful Air Force tests appeared first on SpaceNews.
NASA Opens 2026 Human Lander Challenge for Life Su...
NASA’s 2026 Human Lander Challenge is seeking ideas from college and university students to help evolve and transform technologies for life support and environmental control systems. These systems are critical for sustainable, long-duration human spaceflight missions to the Moon,...
NASA, Sierra Space Modify Commercial Resupply Serv...
In 2016, NASA awarded a Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract to Sierra Space, formerly part of Sierra Nevada Corporation, to resupply the International Space Station with its Dream Chaser spaceplane and companion Shooting Star cargo module. As part of its contract, Sierra...