Space and Science
NASA Astronaut Zena Cardman
NASA astronaut Zena Cardman inspects her spacesuit’s wrist mirror at the NASA Johnson Space Center photo studio on March 22, 2024.
Lynk Global’s SPAC merger on the rocks
Slam Corp, the shell company founded by former MLB player Alex Rodriguez, is suing Lynk Global to stop the direct-to-smartphone satellite operator from walking away from their long-delayed merger. The post Lynk Global’s SPAC merger on the rocks appeared...
NASA Sets Coverage for Axiom Mission 4 Launch, Arr...
NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting 2:31 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 25, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4. The mission will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at...
NICER Status Updates
June 24, 2025 NASA’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, has paused observations due to a problem with one of the motors that drives its ability to track cosmic objects. The...
Live or Fly a Plane in California? Help NASA Measu...
Ozone high in the stratosphere protects us from the Sun’s ultraviolet light. But ozone near the ground is a pollutant that harms people and plants. The San Joaquin Valley has some of the most polluted air in the country,...
Launch Roundup: Launch manifest remains busy as 20...
With summer and winter for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres now in full swing, the… The post Launch Roundup: Launch manifest remains busy as 2025’s halfway point approaches appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
North Atlantic’s volcanic secrets – it’s about bei...
Iceland is one of the most active volcanic regions in the world, but its seismic nature is part of a much broader geological history.In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists, supported by an ESA-funded project, have uncovered the underlying forces that...
Threatening the endless frontier of U.S. science
Eighty years ago, presidential science advisor Vannevar Bush delivered to President Harry S. Truman a remarkable report entitled “Science-The Endless Frontier.” In this report, Bush described the immense benefits of […] The post Threatening the endless frontier of U.S....
The Exploration Company claims partial success of ...
The Exploration Company said it achieved “partial success” on a test flight of a reentry capsule but lost the spacecraft before it splashed down. The post The Exploration Company claims partial success of Mission Possible reentry spacecraft appeared first...
Rubin Observatorys first images flaunt millions of...
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory released its first images June 23. Some of these pictures could solve mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.
Laser rangefinder problems blamed for second ispac...
Japanese company ispace says it believes its second lunar lander mission crashed because of problems with a laser rangefinder used to determine altitude during its descent. The post Laser rangefinder problems blamed for second ispace lunar lander crash appeared...
Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on ...
See the moon phase expected for June 24, 2025 as well as when the next full moon is expected.
Space Inventor Launches First Danish Arctic Satell...
BIFROST is a Danish-Swedish surveillance satellite originally developed by Space Inventor. Since then, Terma, Gatehouse SatCom, DTU, and Swedish Unibap Space Solutions have joined the development project, which is financially […] The post Space Inventor Launches First Danish Arctic...
York Space launches U.S. military satellite on Spa...
Dragoon is the first of 12 satellites York is building under a contract with the Space Development Agency The post York Space launches U.S. military satellite on SpaceX rideshare appeared first on SpaceNews.
Ukraine and partner countries to raise funds for i...
A consortium of Ukrainian, Nordic and eastern European companies is hoping to raise more than 100 million euros ($115 million) to build a constellation of 70-plus imagery satellites that would provide intelligence along Russia’s border. The post Ukraine and...
NASA’s SLS Solid Rocket Boosters: What is DM-1?
Demonstration Motor-1 (DM-1) is the first full-scale ground test of the evolved five-segment solid rocket motor of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. The event will take place in Promontory, Utah, and will be used as an opportunity to...
Mission Accomplished! Artemis ROADS III National C...
The NASA Science Activation program’s Northwest Earth and Space Sciences Pathways (NESSP) team has successfully concluded the 2024–2025 Artemis ROADS III National Challenge, an educational competition that brought real NASA mission objectives to student teams (and reached more than...
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Starts Unpacking Boxwo...
The rover recently drilled a sample from a new region with features that could reveal whether Mars’ subsurface once provided an environment suitable for life. New images from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover show the first close-up views of a...
A Martian Volcano in the Mist
Arsia Mons, one of the Red Planet’s largest volcanoes, peeks through a blanket of water ice clouds in this image captured by NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter on May 2, 2025.
Clay Minerals From Mars’ Most Ancient Past?
Recent detections of clay-bearing bedrock on Jezero’s crater rim have the Perseverance Science Team excited and eager to sample. Written by Alex Jones, Ph.D. candidate at Imperial College London Since finishing its exploration of spherule-rich stratigraphy at Witch Hazel...