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NASA Names Stephen Cash Marshall Space Flight Center Director
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NASA Names Stephen Cash Marshall Space Flight Center Director

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has named Stephen Cash director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, effective Monday, Oct. 19. Cash, a veteran NASA engineer and aerospace executive, returns to lead the center where he began his career more than four decades ago. “Marshall contributions to NASA’s missions are historic and it’s […]

Artemis II Heat Shield After Splashdown
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Artemis II Heat Shield After Splashdown

Shortly after NASA’s Artemis II mission splashed down on April 10, 2026, U.S. Navy divers captured underwater imagery of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield. In the months after, the agency measured whether the thermal protection system effectively safeguarded the crew and Orion systems as the spacecraft reentered Earth’s atmosphere. This rigorous analysis confirmed that the […]

I Am Artemis: Allison Mjoen
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I Am Artemis: Allison Mjoen

As the supercooled propellant flowed into the core stage, and NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket roared to life, Allison Mjoen and her family watched with awe and pride. Mjoen, NASA’s operations manager for the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems program, helped shape the systems and ground operations that will one day send humans back to […]

Blue Origin to add new Florida launch pads, seeks aggressive increase in New Glenn flight rate
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Blue Origin to add new Florida launch pads, seeks aggressive increase in New Glenn flight rate

The launch infrastructure improvements also include a substantial manufacturing expansion at Rocket Park and the addition of new landing barges.

UK to Award £25M Space Surveillance Radar Contract in July 2027
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UK to Award £25M Space Surveillance Radar Contract in July 2027

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is expected to award a £25 million contract for a ground-based space surveillance radar in July 2027. The call, published in late September, follows several changes to the government’s procurement plans for the installation. According to the call, the contract will cover the development and manufacture of a high-power radar […]

NASA’s Hubble Spies Spiral’s Edge
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NASA’s Hubble Spies Spiral’s Edge

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the edge-on, intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1827, located roughly 37 million light-years away in the constellation Columba, the Dove.

Blue Origin is going all in on the New Glenn rocket
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Blue Origin is going all in on the New Glenn rocket

The infrastructure is designed to support multiple flights per week by the end of the decade.

Isaias Dims the Gulf Coast
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Isaias Dims the Gulf Coast

High-definition images of nighttime lights show where the hurricane knocked out power along the Florida Panhandle and how quickly the lights came back.

Carbon Fibre Troubles Force Rocket Lab to Delay Neutron Debut to No Earlier Than 2027
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Carbon Fibre Troubles Force Rocket Lab to Delay Neutron Debut to No Earlier Than 2027

Rocket Lab has delayed its Neutron launch vehicle once again after carbon fibre manufacturing problems…

JAXA’S MMX Mars Mission Readies for Launch with Two NASA Instruments
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JAXA’S MMX Mars Mission Readies for Launch with Two NASA Instruments

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is getting ready to launch its Martian Moons eXploration mission early next week. The spacecraft will collect samples of Phobos, one of the moons […]

Oct. 29: Applying AI to the GEOINT Mission
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Oct. 29: Applying AI to the GEOINT Mission

Join us for a conversation on how machine learning is transforming the GEOINT mission across different markets

Oct. 29: Applying AI/SI to the GEOINT Mission
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Oct. 29: Applying AI/SI to the GEOINT Mission

Join us for a conversation on how machine learning is transforming the GEOINT mission across different markets

NASA to Help Unlock Mysteries of Mars’ Moons in Upcoming Mission
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NASA to Help Unlock Mysteries of Mars’ Moons in Upcoming Mission

NASA is playing an important role in JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission, to advance our understanding of Mars’ moons and build on the agency’s long history of exploring the Red Planet. The mission aims to characterize and determine the origin of Mars’ moons Phobos and Deimos and deliver a sample […]

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch classified payload for U.S. Space Force
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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch classified payload for U.S. Space Force

Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 15, at 4:57 p.m. PDT (7:57 p.m. EDT / 2357 UTC).

NASA Satellites Observe Historic 2026 El Niño
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NASA Satellites Observe Historic 2026 El Niño

A phenomenon rarer than a solar eclipse and more powerful than any single storm system is unfolding this fall, and NASA is tracking it closely. El Niño is a natural climate pattern that emerges roughly every two to seven years marked by warmer-than-normal water temperatures in parts of the equatorial Pacific. NASA scientists are keeping […]