Each month, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office releases a monthly update featuring the most recent figures on NASA’s planetary defense efforts, near-Earth object close approaches, and other timely facts about comets and asteroids that could pose an impact hazard...

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The European Space Agency’s Plato spacecraft has safely arrived at ESTEC, ESA’s technical heart in the Netherlands. There, engineers will complete the spacecraft by connecting its solar panels and sunshield, and carry out a series of critical tests to...

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NASA has uncovered the 'clearest evidence' yet for the existence of life on Mars. Now, scientists have revealed what these alien organisms really might have looked like.

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House appropriators offered support, but no specific funding, for several NASA missions slated for cancellation in the administration’s 2026 budget proposal. The post House appropriators offer support to threatened NASA missions appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Eutelsat has teamed up with French satellite connectivity startup Skynopy to explore offering Earth observation operators spare capacity on the ground stations used for OneWeb, its LEO broadband service. The post Eutelsat partners with Skynopy to explore opening OneWeb...

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See the moon phase expected for September 11, 2025 as well as when the next full moon is expected.

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Scientists have found potential evidence of past life on Mars in a rock sample collected by a NASA rover, even as a proposed budget cancels plans to return those samples. The post NASA highlights potential evidence of past life...

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NASA has certified a new lander flight training course using helicopters, marking a key milestone in crew training for Artemis missions to the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA explore the lunar South Pole, paving the way for human exploration farther...

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New evidence from Martian rock sample collected by NASA's Perseverance rover strengthens the case for a sign of ancient microbes.

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NOTE TO READERS: After more than three decades associated with or directly employed by NASA, Steve Platnick [GSFC—Deputy Director for Atmospheres, Earth Sciences Division] stepped down effective August 8, 2025. Steve began his civil servant career at GSFC in...

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Introduction The NASA Arctic–Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) is a large-scale ecological study in the northern regions of North America (Alaska and western Canada) that was developed to understand environmental changes in the region and the implications of those changes...

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Media are invited to see NASA’s fully assembled Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft in mid-October before its crewed test flight around the Moon next year.   The event at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...

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In a much anticipated press conference, NASA officials revealed stunning findings from the Perseverance rover on Mars.

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When Uruguay faced its worst drought in nearly a century, the nation’s water authority turned to NASA satellite data and trainings to build a reservoir-monitoring tool.

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The first 3D-printed arrays will be deployed on small satellites built by Millennium Space The post Boeing turns to 3D printing to speed production of satellite solar arrays appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. A sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life. Taken from a rock named “Cheyava Falls” last year,...

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Space missions rely on cryogenic fluids — extremely cold liquids like liquid hydrogen and oxygen — for both propulsion and life support systems. These fuels must be kept at ultra-low cryogenic temperatures to remain in liquid form; however, solar...

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Dinner is served aboard the International Space Station! One tray features shrimp cocktail on whole grain wheat crackers, while the other holds sushi made with seaweed, Spam, tuna, and rice.

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A startup has raised an initial round of funding to commercialize a technology that could create large structures in orbit. The post Rendezvous Robotics raises funding to develop technology for self-assembling space structures appeared first on SpaceNews.

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The satellites, made by York Space Systems, make up the first plane of a mesh network projected to have 126 spacecraft The post SpaceX launches 21 satellites for Space Development Agency ‘Transport Layer’ military network appeared first on SpaceNews.

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