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- NASA’s Newest Wind Tunnel Opens at NASA Langley NASA · 31 Jul 2026 On Friday, July 31, 2026, NASA leadership and Virginia government officials opened NASA’s first major new wind tunnel in more than 40 years, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hamp...
- TB 26-04 Webbings for Use in Elevated Oxygen Environments NASA · 31 Jul 2026 Flammability test results for commercial-off-the-shelf webbings that meet NASA flammability requirements are reported for use in elevated oxygen environments anticipated for future lunar and Martian missions. Testing dem...
- TB 26-05 Webbings for Use in Elevated Oxygen Environments NASA · 31 Jul 2026 Flammability test results for commercial-off-the-shelf webbings that meet NASA flammability requirements are reported for use in elevated oxygen environments anticipated for future lunar and Martian missions. Testing dem...
- NASA, SpaceX Advance Wind Tunnel Tests for Starship Rocket NASA · 31 Jul 2026 NASA and its industry partners are preparing for next year’s Artemis III demonstration mission by completing new wind tunnel tests on SpaceX’s Super Heavy Version 3 rocket booster. The tests, conducted at NASA’s Ames Res...
- NASA Opens New Flight Dynamics Research Facility in Virginia NASA · 31 Jul 2026 NASA opened its newest wind tunnel, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, Friday, providing a critical resource for the agency and its partners to test the safety and performance of future generations of aircraft, rocke...
- NASA’s Roman Telescope to Carry 1.35 Million Names to Deep Space NASA · 31 Jul 2026 On July 27, technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida installed a memory card containing 1,350,144 names as part of a commemorative plaque on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The names were submitted by...
- NASA still assessing Starliner-1 flight opportunities SpaceNews · 31 Jul 2026 A NASA official says that work with Boeing on the company’s CST-100 Starliner vehicle is making “good progress” but declined to offer a date when the spacecraft could fly again.
- Still No Date for Starliner’s Next Flight SpacePolicyOnline.com · 31 Jul 2026 NASA declined again today to indicate when the next Starliner flight will take place. The agency and Boeing agreed after problems encountered with the 2024 Crewed Flight Test that the
- Students Take on Airborne Field Research with NASA NASA · 30 Jul 2026 The gusty wind didn’t make it easy to hold tight to a balloon so large. The balloon, a scientific instrument called an ozonesonde, was about to be released into the atmosphere above the Texas Gulf Coast by students from...
- Roman Space Telescope on track for late August launch SpaceNews · 30 Jul 2026 NASA’s next flagship space telescope is set to launch in late August, nine months ahead of schedule.
- Jim Bridenstine on his new role at Quantum Space SpaceNews · 30 Jul 2026 In this episode, David Ariosto speaks with former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, who is now the CEO of Quantum Space. Bridenstine talks about the strategic shift to proliferation in low […]
- NASA Assigns Astronaut Deniz Burnham to First Space Station Mission NASA · 30 Jul 2026 NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham will embark on her first mission to the International Space Station, serving as an Expedition 76 flight engineer. Burnham will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-30 spacecraft with cosmonau...
- Starburst Galaxy Centaurus A NASA · 30 Jul 2026 In this July 6, 2026, image, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals the nearby galaxy Centaurus A, exposing the dusty structures and hidden activity that shape this unusual system. Cen...
- NASA Johnson Interns Shaping the Future of Exploration NASA · 30 Jul 2026 NASA interns at Johnson Space Center are applying their talents to real-world projects while working alongside the engineers, scientists, communicators, and innovators advancing human spaceflight. Learn how these student...
- NASA Awards 2026 Innovative Technology Concepts NASA · 29 Jul 2026 The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program has created 18 new awards to support visionary ideas to improve aerospace technologies in areas ranging from the exploration of the solar system to understanding the u...
- Swift Reboost Mission Encounters Setback SpacePolicyOnline.com · 29 Jul 2026 Katalyst Space’s efforts to reboost NASA’s Swift observatory has encountered a setback. The LINK on-orbit servicing spacecraft is in a multi-axis spin. LINK must attach itself to Swift and raise
- NASA Sets Coverage for August Northern Hemisphere Total Solar Eclipse NASA · 29 Jul 2026 On Wednesday, Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal. NASA will stream the eclipse live with views across...
- NASA’s Curiosity Views a Sand-Capped Butte NASA · 29 Jul 2026 Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this sand-capped butte, nicknamed “Miraflores,” estimated to be about 20 feet (6 meters) tall, with its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, on June 11, 2026, the 4,923rd Martian day,...
- NASA’s Curiosity Discovers a Field of Martian Polygons NASA · 29 Jul 2026 Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree view of an expanse of terrain covered in surface features called polygons on June 19 and 20, 2026, the 4,930th and 4,931st Martian days, or sols, of the mi...
- NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers Field of Honeycomb Textures NASA · 29 Jul 2026 As NASA’s Curiosity rover recently began climbing up a Martian valley nicknamed “Valle Grande,” it sent back images that were a familiar sight to mission scientists: honeycomb-like textures called polygonal fractures, ea...
- Understanding How Martian Auroras Are Made NASA · 29 Jul 2026 This July 23, 2026, illustration depicts charged particles from a solar storm stripping away charged particles of Mars’ atmosphere, one of the processes of Martian atmosphere loss studied by NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere...
- NASA Webb Explores Family Tree of Newly Discovered Distant Objects NASA · 29 Jul 2026 Since their discovery by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in 2022, little red dots (LRDs) have been the subject of great interest to astronomers. Understanding the nature of these extremely distant, compact red sources...
- Contractor to Civil Servant: NASA Welcomes Ray Williams NASA · 29 Jul 2026 Ray Williams’ progression at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, has uniquely prepared him for his new role. As part of NASA’s plan to restore core competencies by converting contractors to civil...
- Boeing still working with NASA to schedule next Starliner flight SpaceNews · 29 Jul 2026 Boeing is still working with NASA to determine when to fly its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle on a cargo mission to the International Space Station.
- Swift reboost mission encounters attitude control problems SpaceNews · 28 Jul 2026 A spacecraft launched nearly a month ago in a high-risk bid to boost the orbit of a NASA astrophysics satellite is suffering attitude control problems that could jeopardize its mission.
- ESA opens call to repurpose Gateway communications module SpaceNews · 28 Jul 2026 JOHANNESBURG — The European Space Agency is moving ahead with plans to examine the feasibility of repurposing Lunar Link, a communications system developed for NASA’s now-paused Gateway space station, as […]
- NASA selects successor to CAPSTONE lunar mission SpaceNews · 28 Jul 2026 NASA has selected Advanced Space to fly a successor to a cislunar smallsat mission that will test rendezvous and proximity operations around the moon.
- NASA Astronaut Chris Williams to Discuss Space Station Mission NASA · 27 Jul 2026 NASA astronaut Chris Williams will recap his recent eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 2:45 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 4, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston....
- Despite recent successes, rapid reuse of Starship remains a tough nut to crack Ars Technica · 27 Jul 2026 NASA has not made substantial investments in thermal protection research for decades.
- NASA Science Soars During August Total Solar Eclipse NASA · 27 Jul 2026 Each time the Moon covers the Sun during a total solar eclipse — darkening daytime skies and briefly revealing the Sun’s ethereal outer atmosphere, the corona — it presents new opportunities to better understand our star...
- NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Returns to Earth NASA · 27 Jul 2026 NASA astronaut Chris Williams is all smiles in this July 26, 2026, photo taken shortly after he landed with Expedition 74 Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev in Kazakhstan. This was Williams’ fir...
- NASA’s Swift Sees ‘Wandering’ Mega Black Hole Shredding Star NASA · 27 Jul 2026 NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory captured an “orphan” black hole lighting up as it devoured a star on the outskirts of a faraway galaxy. These phenomena are rare to begin with, and none had ever before been seen so...
- NASA to Cover Three US Spacewalks, Host Preview News Conference NASA · 27 Jul 2026 NASA will provide coverage as astronauts venture outside the International Space Station during three spacewalks in August to continue upgrading solar arrays, replace a communications antenna, and connect power and data...
- NASA’s Hubble Shows Star Formation in Andromeda Galaxy Winding Down NASA · 27 Jul 2026 NASA’s Hubble finds that star formation in the Andromeda galaxy has undergone a 500-million-year decline.
- Blue Origin to test New Glenn upper stages at Stennis SpaceNews · 27 Jul 2026 Blue Origin will use NASA’s Stennis Space Center to test New Glenn upper stages as it rebuilds its Cape Canaveral launch complex.
- Juno reveals surprising subsurface tempertures at Io, remarkably smooth surface NASASpaceflight · 26 Jul 2026 Following two flybys of Jupiter’s innermost Galilean moon Io, teams using data from NASA’s Juno…
- Soyuz MS-28 Back Home After 8 Months on ISS SpacePolicyOnline.com · 26 Jul 2026 NASA astronaut Chris Williams and two Russian cosmonauts, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, returned to Earth this morning after 8 months on the International Space Station. The three-man crew undocked
- NASA Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Return from Space Station NASA · 26 Jul 2026 Concluding an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Williams returned to Earth on Sunday alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev. The crew...
- NASA and ESA facilities avoid major damage from wildfires in Spain SpaceNews · 26 Jul 2026 Key ground stations in Spain operated by NASA and the European Space Agency have avoided serious damage from major wildfires in the country.
- Fires near Madrid Force Evacuation of NASA’s DSN Facility SpacePolicyOnline.com · 24 Jul 2026 Wildfires near Madrid, Spain forced the evacuation of NASA’s Deep Space Network facility there today. The agency reports that everyone is safe. The Madrid station is one of three around