NASA is reserving a small amount of space on a Mars telecommunications spacecraft for science, which could be one or more cubesats. The post NASA reserves science payload space for Mars telecommunications mission appeared first on SpaceNews.

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An additional 25 ‘high-energy’ missions are being forecast for 2027-2029 The post Space Force faces surge in demand for heavy-lift launches appeared first on SpaceNews.

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NASA's Curiosity rover found complex organics in an ancient Mars rock, revealing long‑hidden clues to the planet's past chemistry.

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See the Moon phase expected for April 25, 2026 as well as when the next Full Moon is expected.

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Contracts with 12 companies aim to test competing designs for boost-phase missile intercept from space The post Space Force awards up to $3.2 billion for Golden Dome interceptor prototypes appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Listen to this audio excerpt from Peter Rossoni, Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System flight manager: As a child, Peter Rossoni watched the Apollo missions launch with his family. In April 2026, he became a part of NASA’s Artemis...

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NASA celebrates Hubble’s 36th anniversary with a new image of the Trifid Nebula, a star-forming region it first captured in 1997. The telescope leveraged almost its full operational lifetime to show us changes in the nebula on human time...

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Students in Missouri will hear from NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway as they answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions while aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 10:50 a.m. EDT...

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Week in images: 20-24 April 2026 Discover our week through the lens

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For 10 years, a NASA initiative has helped the agency produce breakthrough aeronautical innovations while fostering the aviation workforce of tomorrow – and the University Leadership Initiative (ULI) is still flying high, making awards with the potential to change 21st century...

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For more than two decades in sourcing and supply-chain architecture, we’ve watched industries scale only when their supply chains become predictable, certifiable and repeatable.  Orbital and lunar data centers are now approaching that same inflection point. Hardware gets us...

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Astrobotic, a developer of lunar landers and suborbital rockets, has successfully tested an advanced rocket engine that could power those vehicles. The post Astrobotic tests advanced rocket engine appeared first on SpaceNews.

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As sea ice continues to succumb to the climate crisis, measuring its decline with precision has never been more urgent. To meet this challenge, the European Space Agency is developing three new Copernicus satellites, each employing distinct but complementary...

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Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image highlights a distinctive cloud formation north of the Canary Islands of Tenerife and La Gomera.

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Diversity reigns across the farmland of Yunlin County in southwestern Taiwan—a region that produces an array of crops on small farms.

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See the Moon phase expected for April 24, 2026 as well as when the next Full Moon is expected.

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Even before the charred body of NASA engineer Joshua LeBlanc was found in his burnt-out Tesla , his family had raised the alarm about his mysterious disappearance.

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The National Space Club & Foundation announced its annual award recipients March 13, 2026, in Washington, D.C.   Two dedicated leaders from NASA’s Johnson Space Center were recognized for their contributions to human spaceflight.  Orion Program Manager Howard Hu received the Norman...

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The Federal Communications Commission has moved to lock down incumbent rights to Mobile Satellite Service spectrum, dismissing bids by SpaceX and others to access frequencies increasingly prized for direct-to-device connectivity. The post FCC throws out satellite spectrum challenges as...

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The contract is to demonstrate space-based data links using the Link-182 standard that will support Golden Dome The post SpaceX wins $57 million U.S. military contract for satellite crosslink demo appeared first on SpaceNews.

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