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• NASA Starts Up Gateway’s Power System for First Time NASA · 8 Jan 2026 Development continues on NASA’s Power and Propulsion Element, a solar electric propulsion spacecraft designed to provide power for Gateway in lunar orbit. Able to generate 60 kilowatts of thrust, the element was successf...
• Early Return of Crew-11 Possible Due to Ailing Astronaut SpacePolicyOnline.com · 8 Jan 2026 NASA is considering an early return of Crew-11 because one of the astronauts is ill. For privacy reasons the agency is declining to say who it is or identifying the
• ESA Strikes New Deal with NASA for Its CSOC Commitments for the ISS European Spaceflight · 8 Jan 2026 After cancelling a call for proposals in December for a commercial cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that was intended to meet its obligations related to the station’s Common System Operations Costs...
• Second ESCAPADE spacecraft completes key trajectory fix on path to Mars SpaceDaily · 8 Jan 2026 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 NASA's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft are back on a fully synchronized path to Mars after mission controllers successfully carried out a critical trajectory correction maneuver for the second p...
• NASA continues to work toward February launch of Artemis 2 SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2026 NASA says it is continuing to prepare for a possible Artemis 2 launch as soon as February, but with remarkably little publicity for the historic mission.
• NASA postpones first spacewalk of 2026 due to a ‘medical concern’ with an ISS crew member Spaceflight Now · 7 Jan 2026 U.S. spacewalk 94 was slated to have NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman perform a variety of operations around the orbiting outpost during the roughly 6.5-hour-long event. A new date for the spacewalk hasn’t be...
• NASA Celebrates Artemis II During Houston Texans Space City Day NASA · 7 Jan 2026 NASA’s Johnson Space Center was front and center Jan. 4, 2026, as the Houston Texans faced the Indianapolis Colts during Space City Day at NRG Stadium. Fans watched the Texans win while getting a close look at NASA’s Art...
• 25 Years in Orbit: Science, Innovation, and the Future of Exploration NASA · 7 Jan 2026 NASA and its partners have supported humans continuously living and working in space since November 2000. A truly global endeavor, the International Space Station has been visited by more than 290 people from 26 countrie...
• Lightning from Above NASA · 7 Jan 2026 NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured this image of lightning while orbiting aboard the International Space Station more than 250 miles above Milan, Italy on July 1, 2025. Storm observations from space station help scien...
• NASA's IXPE Measures White Dwarf Star for First Time SpaceDaily · 7 Jan 2026 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 05, 2026 For the first time, scientists have used NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star. Using IXPE's unique X-ray polarization capability, astronomers exam...
• NASA selects industry partners to mature Habitable Worlds Observatory technologies SpaceDaily · 7 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 NASA has chosen a set of industry proposals to advance technologies for its Habitable Worlds Observatory concept, a planned flagship space telescope intended to directly image Earth-like...
• NASA seeks to accelerate development of Habitable Worlds Observatory SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2026 NASA is ramping up work on its next flagship space telescope while also laying the groundwork for future observatories.
• NASA works to extend Swift’s life ahead of reboost mission SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2026 As preparations continue for a mission to raise the orbit of NASA’s Swift astrophysics spacecraft, project officials are also pursuing steps to extend the satellite’s life in case of delays.
• Supernova Remnant Video From NASA’s Chandra Is Decades in Making NASA · 6 Jan 2026 A new video shows the evolution of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory captured over more than two and a half decades. Kepler’s Supernova Remnant, named after the German astronomer...
• NASA Awards Launch Range Contract for Wallops Flight Facility NASA · 6 Jan 2026 NASA has selected ARES Technical Services Corporation of McLean, Virginia, to provide launch range operations support at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Wallops Range Contract has a total potential...
• NASA Marshall Prepares for Demolition of Historic Test, Simulation Facilities NASA · 6 Jan 2026 NASA is preparing for the demolition of three iconic structures at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Crews began demolition in mid-December at the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator, a facility bu...
• Scientists Identify ‘Astronomy’s Platypus’ with NASA’s Webb Telescope NASA · 6 Jan 2026 After combing through NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of astronomers at the University of Missouri says they have identified a sample of galaxies that hav...
• NASA Webb Finds Early-Universe Analog’s Unexpected Talent for Making Dust NASA · 6 Jan 2026 Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted two rare kinds of dust in the dwarf galaxy Sextans A, one of the most chemically primitive galaxies near the Milky Way. The finding of metallic iron dust...
• Space Station Research Informs New FDA-Approved Cancer Therapy NASA · 6 Jan 2026 NASA opens the International Space Station for scientists and researchers, inviting them to use the benefits of microgravity for commercial and public research, technology demonstrations, and more. Today, a portion of th...
• First Sky Map from NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory NASA · 6 Jan 2026 NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, as seen here in this image released on Dec. 18, 2025. This image features a selection of colors emitted primarily by stars (blue, green, and wh...
• Is the race for moon missions lunacy? SpaceNews · 6 Jan 2026 Even as NASA prepares for its Artemis 2 moon-circling mission, an Artemis 3 lunar-landing mission has suffered multiple delays, with no assurance of a launch before 2030. That may be a good thing because NASA still has n...
• Diving Into Human Spaceflight Safety with NASA Johnson’s Craig Shannon NASA · 6 Jan 2026 Growing up in Houston, Craig Shannon was always inspired by NASA and the spirit of exploration the agency represents. Yet it was a passion for scuba diving that unexpectedly led to his more than 23-year career at NASA’s...
• Hubble confirms dark starless relic cloud near galaxy M94 SpaceDaily · 6 Jan 2026 Paris, France (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 A team using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has identified a new type of astronomical object, a starless gas-rich dark-matter cloud considered a relic of early galaxy formation and nicknam...
• Hubble tracks Betelgeuse companion carving dense wake in giant star atmosphere SpaceDaily · 6 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope with ground-based observatories, astronomers have traced how Betelgeuse's recently identified companion star, Siwarha, disturbs gas in the red supergi...
• NASA’s science budget won’t be a train wreck after all Ars Technica · 5 Jan 2026 "There's very little to not like in this."
• Great News for NASA in the House-Senate FY2026 Appropriations Report SpacePolicyOnline.com · 5 Jan 2026 The House and Senate Appropriations Committees released the text of their joint conference agreement on the FY2026 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) bill today with a wholesale rejection of the dire cuts to
• NASA’s IXPE Measures White Dwarf Star for First Time NASA · 5 Jan 2026 By Michael Allen For the first time, scientists have used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star. Using IXPE’s unique X-ray polarization capability, astronomers examined a star call...
• NASA Selects Tech Proposals to Advance Search-for-Life Mission NASA · 5 Jan 2026 NASA announced Monday the selection of industry proposals to advance technologies for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory concept – the first mission that would directly image Earth-like planets around stars like o...
• What’s Up: January 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA · 5 Jan 2026 Jupiter is at its biggest and brightest all year, the Moon and Saturn pair up, and the Beehive Cluster buzzes into view.
• NASA Hubble Helps Detect ‘Wake’ of Betelgeuse’s Elusive Companion Star NASA · 5 Jan 2026 Using new observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, astronomers tracked the influence of a recently discovered companion star, Siwarha, on the gas around Betelgeuse. The research, fr...
• NASA to Cover US Spacewalks 94, 95 at International Space Station NASA · 5 Jan 2026 NASA astronauts will conduct two spacewalks Thursday, Jan. 8, and Thursday, Jan. 15, outside the International Space Station, and the agency will provide comprehensive coverage. The first spacewalk is scheduled to begin...
• NASA’s Hubble Examines Cloud-9, First of New Type of Object NASA · 5 Jan 2026 A team using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object — a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud considered a “relic” or remnant of early galaxy formation. Nicknamed “Cloud-9,” this is...
• Cloud-9: a new celestial object found by Hubble ESA · 5 Jan 2026 A team using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object – a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud that is considered a 'relic' or remnant of early galaxy formation. Nicknamed 'Clo...
• Scientific Balloon Begins Antarctic Ascent NASA · 5 Jan 2026 A scientific balloon starts its ascent into the air as it prepares to launch carrying NASA’s Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) mission. The mission lifted off from Antarctica at 5:56 a.m. NZST, Saturday, D...
• Minibus provides $24.4 billion for NASA for fiscal year 2026 SpaceNews · 5 Jan 2026 House and Senate appropriators have released the text of a final appropriations bill for fiscal 2026 that largely rejects the steep cuts the Trump administration proposed for NASA.
• NASA and Boeing advance control strategies for flexible long span airliner wings SpaceDaily · 5 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 The airliners of coming decades may feature long, slender wings that change the look of commercial aircraft while improving ride quality and cutting fuel use. Those high aspect ratio win...
• Curiosity's Nevado Sajama postcard captures Mars on the eve of conjunction SpaceDaily · 3 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2026 From its perch on a rugged ridge in Gale Crater, NASA's Curiosity rover has stitched together a holiday postcard that doubles as a science panorama, framing the Nevado Sajama drill site...
• Hubble Glimpses Galactic Gas Making a Getaway NASA · 2 Jan 2026 A sideways spiral galaxy shines in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden), NGC 4388 is a resident of the Virgo galaxy cluster. This e...
• Finally, some good news for Russia—the space station is no longer leaking Ars Technica · 2 Jan 2026 "NASA and Roscosmos continue to monitor and investigate the previously observed cracks."
• Heliophysics missions move toward operations SpaceNews · 31 Dec 2025 Two NASA heliophysics missions launched together in September are performing well, while a third mission launched earlier this year is beginning limited operations despite problems with one spacecraft.