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  • NASA seeks commercial and exploration links for new Earth science missions SpaceNews · 16 Apr 2026 Two new proposed NASA Earth science missions will attempt to address key research topics while leveraging both commercial and exploration capabilities. During NASA’s “Ignition” event March 24, the agency announced two ne...
  • Artemis 2 is a benchmark in our space exploration program — and it depends on steady NASA funding SpaceNews · 16 Apr 2026 Now that the Artemis 2 mission has been successfully completed, it’s worth taking a look at where NASA stands on the role of humans in exploring space and what its path forward should be. Doing this is especially importa...
  • Just opened: five tonnes of science and supplies ESA · 16 Apr 2026 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway, Jessica Meir and Chris Williams take a moment to capture the occasion as they first open the Cygnus NG‑24 cargo spacecraft after its installation on the Inte...
  • I Am Artemis: Rebekah Tolatovicz NASA · 15 Apr 2026 Listen to this audio excerpt from Rebekah Tolatovicz, a mechanical technician lead supporting the Orion spacecraft’s main contractor Lockheed Martin: At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, there is a fleet of Orion s...
  • NASA Selects Voyager for Seventh Private Mission to Space Station NASA · 15 Apr 2026 NASA and Voyager Technologies have signed an order for the seventh private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than 2028 from Florida. This is the company’s first selection...
  • NASA seeks proposals for commercial TDRSS replacement SpaceNews · 15 Apr 2026 NASA plans to seek proposals for commercial communications services that can be backward compatible with the agency’s aging fleet of relay satellites. NASA issued April 10 a draft solicitation for Project NEXUS, a part o...
  • NASA Launches Six CubeSats to International Space Station NASA · 15 Apr 2026 Experiments and supplies bound for the International Space Station launched on April 11 as part of the agency’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission. As part of the approximately 11,000 pounds cargo t...
  • Senators seek increased funding for NASA Mars missions SpaceNews · 15 Apr 2026 Several senators are asking appropriators to increase funding for NASA’s robotic Mars exploration efforts, fearing “severe and irreversible harm” if funding is not restored.
  • 2026 NSTA Hyperwall Schedule NASA · 15 Apr 2026 NASA Science at NSTA Hyperwall Schedule, April 16-18, 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #1265) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. THURSDAY, APRIL 16 11:00 AMTeaching Space We...
  • NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Maps Water Ice Throughout Cygnus X NASA · 15 Apr 2026 Description An observation made by NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) shows the chemical signatures of water ice (shown in bright blue) and polyc...
  • ‘Interstellar Glaciers’: NASA’s SPHEREx Maps Vast Galactic Ice Regions NASA · 15 Apr 2026 NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) mission has mapped interstellar ice at an unprecedented scale. Covering regions in our Milky Way galaxy more t...
  • Artemis II Crew Returns to Houston NASA · 15 Apr 2026 NASA’s Artemis II crew – NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen – smile at friends, family, and colleagues. They shared brief remarks with...
  • New Wireless Access Point, Camera, and Remote Interface Unit Join NASA Human Rated Class 1 Layer 3 Ethernet Switch Family SpaceNews · 15 Apr 2026 Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 15, 2026 — Ecliptic Enterprises, a long‑standing leader in space avionics and imaging systems with more than 220 missions flown over 25 years, announced a major […]
  • Curiosity Blog, Sols 4859-4866: One Small Crater and Thousands of Polygons NASA · 15 Apr 2026 Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Friday, April 10, 2026 Curiosity spent the past week driving towards a small crater, about 10 meters (32 feet)...
  • NASA Finds Young Stars Dim in X-rays Surprisingly Quickly NASA · 14 Apr 2026 Scientists have found that young stellar cousins of our Sun are calming down and dimming more quickly in their X-ray output than previously thought, according to a new study using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. A pape...
  • NASA Receives 7 Nominations for the 30th Annual Webby Awards NASA · 14 Apr 2026 Since it began in 1958, NASA has been charged by law with spreading the word about its work to the widest extent practicable. From typewritten press releases to analog photos and film, the agency has effectively moved in...
  • Put science back in the driver’s seat SpaceNews · 14 Apr 2026 Science at NASA is becoming a hitchhiker. After decades in the driver’s seat, where dedicated science missions made historic discoveries such as alien oceans, the accelerating universe and potential biosignatures on Mars...
  • White House releases space nuclear policy SpaceNews · 14 Apr 2026 The White House released a policy April 14 directing NASA, the Pentagon and the Department of Energy to develop space nuclear power systems that could launch as soon as 2028.
  • Q&A: Astronaut Linda Godwin on lessons learned from Artemis SpaceNews · 14 Apr 2026 Linda Godwin, a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of four space shuttle missions, knows what it’s like to spend a significant time in space. She chalked up more than 38 days in orbit. She carried out two spacewalks, be...
  • ‘The show goes on:’ NASA looks beyond Artemis 2 SpaceNews · 14 Apr 2026 NASA’s Artemis 2 mission returned safely to Earth the evening of April 10, completing a critical early step in the agency’s effort to send astronauts back to the moon. The Orion spacecraft Integrity splashed down in the...
  • A Hug for Home Away from Home NASA · 14 Apr 2026 NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, hugs the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha, Saturday, April 11, 2026. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Koch, and CSA (Ca...
  • NASA’s Webb Redefines Dividing Line Between Planets, Stars NASA · 14 Apr 2026 Planets, like those in our solar system, form in a bottom-up process where small bits of rock and ice clump together and grow larger over time. But the heftier the planet, the harder it is to explain its formation that w...
  • NASA Invites Media to Rollout Event for Artemis III Moon Rocket Stage NASA · 13 Apr 2026 NASA will roll the largest section of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, which will launch the second crewed Artemis mission, out of the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Monday, April 20....
  • NASA Announces 32nd Annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge Winners NASA · 13 Apr 2026 NASA’s 32nd annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge, one of the agency’s longest-standing student challenges, culminated April 10-11 with its final excursion event at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center near NASA’s Marshall...
  • NASA Awards Data Engineering, Informatics Support Contract NASA · 13 Apr 2026 NASA has selected Development Seed of Washington to provide research and development services to the Office of Data Science and Informatics (ODSI) at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The...
  • NASA to Host Artemis II Crew Postflight News Conference NASA · 13 Apr 2026 Fresh off their return to Earth, the Artemis II astronauts will hold a news conference at 2:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 16, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss their historic mission around the Moon. NAS...
  • Artemis II Astronauts Aboard USS John P. Murtha NASA · 13 Apr 2026 The first astronauts to travel to the Moon in more than half a century are back on Earth after a record-setting mission aboard NASA’s Artemis II test flight. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (commander), Christina Koch (miss...
  • Artemis II Safe and Sound on Earth Space Scout · 13 Apr 2026 After spending nine days in space, visiting the Moon for the first time in a generation, and traveling farther from home than anyone in history, the crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission is safe on Earth once again.
  • NASA Night-light Imagery Tracks US Energy Transition, Global Volatility NASA · 13 Apr 2026 New nighttime maps based on NASA satellite imagery are upending assumptions, revealing a world where artificial brightening and dimming have intensified over the past decade. The findings show intense flaring over major...
  • First-of-its-kind ship-to-ship call ESA · 13 Apr 2026 The first‑of‑its‑kind ship‑to‑ship call between astronauts on deep‑space and low Earth orbit missions.On 7 April, the Artemis II crew of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, together with CSA (...
  • Hubble Spies an Active Spiral NASA · 13 Apr 2026 A luminous swirl set against the deep black of space, the barred spiral galaxy IC 486 glows with a soft, ethereal light in this new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. IC 486 lies right on the edge of the constellation Ge...
  • Key Senate appropriator rejects proposed NASA budget cuts SpaceNews · 13 Apr 2026 The chairman of the Senate appropriations subcommittee that funds NASA says he opposes proposed cuts to part of NASA’s budget and will seek to fund the agency at 2026 levels.
  • Q&A: Building a broadband constellation for a contested space era SpaceNews · 13 Apr 2026 As a wave of plans for low Earth orbit (LEO) broadband constellations enters the market, a 63-year-old former NASA Branch Chief and Google executive is betting on narrow beams, higher […]
  • La NASA da la bienvenida a la Tierra a los exploradores lunares de Artemis II, quienes batieron récords NASA · 11 Apr 2026 Los primeros astronautas en viajar a la Luna en más de medio siglo han regresado a la Tierra tras una misión que ha establecido nuevos récords a bordo del vuelo de prueba Artemis II de la NASA. Los astronautas de la NASA...
  • NASA Science, Cargo Launch Aboard Northrop Grumman CRS-24 NASA · 11 Apr 2026 NASA is sending more science, technology demonstrations, and crew supplies to the International Space Station following the successful launch of the agency’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission, or N...
  • Artemis II Splashes Down NASA · 11 Apr 2026 This image from April 10, 2026, captures NASA’s Orion spacecraft, with its parachutes deployed, seconds before splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The Artemis II crew accomplished many milestones on their nearly 10-day miss...
  • NASA Cheers First Successful Moon Mission Since 1972 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 11 Apr 2026 NASA is cheering the return of the Artemis II crew tonight after a 9-day mission around the Moon. Administrator Jared Isaacman aboard the recovery ship USS John P. Murtha declared
  • The Artemis II mission has ended. Where does NASA go from here? Ars Technica · 11 Apr 2026 "The work ahead is greater than the work behind us."
  • NASA Welcomes Record-Setting Artemis II Moonfarers Back to Earth NASA · 11 Apr 2026 The first astronauts to travel to the Moon in more than half a century are back on Earth after a record-setting mission aboard NASA’s Artemis II test flight. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koc...
  • They’re Home! Artemis II is Back on Earth SpacePolicyOnline.com · 11 Apr 2026 The Artemis II crew is back on Earth after the first trip around the Moon since 1972. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency

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