Space and Science
Hubble and Gaia revisit fate of our galaxy
Over a decade’s worth of NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope data was used to re-examine the long-held prediction that the Milky Way galaxy will collide with the Andromeda galaxy in about 4.5 billion years. The astronomers found that, based on...
EYCORE – Emerging Polish Space Defence Company Bec...
During the recent 3rd ESA Security Conference held in Warsaw, the winning consortium for the implementation of Poland’s National Earth Observation Program CAMILA (Country Awareness Mission in Land Analysis) was […] The post EYCORE – Emerging Polish Space Defence...
Space assets could be held ransom. Will we have an...
Ransomware exploits value. Attackers put victims against a decision to pay for the hope of the return of their system or lose it. For victims, it is hard to justify […] The post Space assets could be held ransom....
SpaceNews Appoints Laurie Diamond as VP of Busines...
Washington, D.C. — SpaceNews, the trusted source for space industry news and analysis for more than 35 years, announces the appointment of Laurie Diamond as Vice President of Business Development. […] The post SpaceNews Appoints Laurie Diamond as VP...
Donald Trump torpedoes Elon Musk's friend's hopes ...
Jared Isaacman was selected by Trump at the height of his bromance with Musk, who has a long and storied connection with the fellow billionaire.
Trump withdraws nomination of Musk ally to lead NA...
Jared Isaacman was selected by Trump at the height of his bromance with Musk, who has a long and storied connection with the fellow billionaire.
NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 Launch Fifth Anniversary
President Donald Trump walks onstage to speak to a crowd at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, following the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission on May 30, 2020. The mission was the first crewed launch of the SpaceX...
NASA Tech Gives Treadmill Users a ‘Boost’
Creators of the original antigravity treadmill continue to advance technology with new company.
NASA Tests New Ways to Stick the Landing in Challe...
Advancing new hazard detection and precision landing technologies to help future space missions successfully achieve safe and soft landings is a critical area of space research and development, particularly for future crewed missions. To support this, NASA’s Space Technology...
NASA Awards Project Support Bridge Contract
NASA has awarded a bridge contract to ASRC Federal System Solutions LLC of Beltsville, Maryland, to provide financial support and project planning and control services to the agency. The Program Analysis and Control Bridge Contract has a total potential...
JPL to Transition to Fully Onsite Work
In an email to employees, the director’s office announced that a transition to fully onsite work will occur this year.
NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Students i...
NASA astronaut and Spokane, Washington, native Anne McClain will participate in an event with students from the Mobius Discovery Center located in her hometown. McClain will answer prerecorded questions submitted by students from aboard the International Space Station. Watch...
NASA’s Moffett Federal Airfield Hosts Boeing Digit...
New technology tested by an industry partner at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley could improve how commercial planes taxi to and from gates to runways, making operations safer and more efficient on the surfaces of airports....
Winners Announced in NASA’s 2025 Gateways to Blue ...
A team from South Dakota State University, with their project titled “Soil Testing and Plant Leaf Extraction Drone” took first place at the 2025 NASA Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, which challenged student teams to research aviation solutions to...
NASA-French Satellite Spots Large-Scale River Wave...
In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially hazardous flood waves traveling down U.S. rivers. The three waves they tracked were likely caused by extreme rainfall and...
Devil’s in Details in Selfie Taken by NASA’s Mars ...
The rover took the image — its fifth since landing in February 2021 — between stops investigating the Martian surface. A Martian dust devil photobombed NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover as it took a selfie on May 10 to mark...
Station Nation: Meet Megan Harvey, Utilization Fli...
Megan Harvey is a utilization flight lead and capsule communicator, or capcom, in the Research Integration Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. She integrates science payload constraints related to vehicles’ launch and landing schedules. She is also...
NASA Sets Coverage for 32nd SpaceX Resupply Missio...
Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated on May 22, 2025, to reflect new return timing for SpaceX’s 32nd commercial resupply services mission for NASA. Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated on May 22, 2025, as NASA and SpaceX are...
Unearthly Plumbing Required for Plant Watering in ...
NASA is demonstrating new microgravity fluids technologies to enable advanced “no-moving-parts” plant-watering methods aboard spacecraft. Crop production in microgravity will be important to provide whole food nutrition, dietary variety, and psychological benefits to astronauts exploring deep space. Unfortunately, even...
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover to Take Bite Out of...
Scientists expect the new area of interest on the lower slope of Jezero Crater’s rim to offer up some of the oldest rocks on the Red Planet. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is exploring a new region of interest the...