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• AI-driven solar model aims to extend space weather warnings SpaceDaily · 24 Feb 2026 New York (SDX) Feb 23, 2026 New research by Southwest Research Institute and the National Science Foundation's National Center for Atmospheric Research has produced a new tool that could eventually extend space weather f...
• What is the universe made of? SLAC experts weigh in on the mysterious force that shapes our cosmic history SpaceDaily · 29 Jan 2026 Menlo Park CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2026 Cosmologists Josh Frieman and Risa Wechsler look back on the Dark Energy Survey, sharing how it is paving the way for the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory to dig deeper into some of the...
• NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory spots record-breaking asteroid in pre-survey observations SpaceDaily · 8 Jan 2026 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 As part of the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory First Look event in June 2025, Rubin announced that it had observed thousands of asteroids cruising about our Solar System, about 1900 of...
• Proposal to dismantle NCAR would have space science impacts SpaceNews · 29 Dec 2025 A proposal by the Trump administration to dismantle a leading atmospheric science center would also have implications for space science.
• Mystery Raptors spotted arriving at McGregor NASASpaceflight · 29 Jul 2025 A curious delivery caught the eyes of NSF’s cameras at SpaceX’s McGregor test site in…
• Blue Origin, Relativity Space, Stoke Space, and more all completing major upgrades at Cape Canaveral NASASpaceflight · 18 Jul 2025 Numerous upgrades have been observed during NSF’s recent flyover, as efforts continue to bring upgraded…
• First Rubin Observatory images released amid concerns about budget cuts SpaceNews · 25 Jun 2025 A celebration of the long-awaited first images from a major new observatory is overshadowed by proposed severe budget cuts at the NSF.
• Summary of the Second OMI–TROPOMI Science Team Meeting NASA · 12 Nov 2024 Introduction The second joint Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)–TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) Science Team (ST) meeting was held June 3–6, 2024. The meeting used a hybrid format, with the in-person meeting...
• Firefly offers insight on MLV testing, reusability plans NASASpaceflight · 27 Sep 2024 As Firefly Aerospace prepares for its upcoming Alpha rocket launches, work continues apace on its next-generation Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV) rocket with its Miranda and Vira engines, utilizing its Briggs test site in Te...
• Firefly preparing new launch pads in Virginia, Sweden for Alpha rocket NASASpaceflight · 12 Sep 2024 Firefly Aerospace, the decade-old spaceflight company based in Cedar Park, Texas, is now working on an additional launch site for its operational Alpha small satellite launcher and upcoming Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV) in...
• From Countdown to Touchdown: Flying Aboard Virgin Galactic NASASpaceflight · 24 Nov 2023 For only the second time, VSS Unity, Virgin Galactic’s suborbital space plane, was transformed into a science laboratory. Galactic 05 successfully completed its mission on Nov. 2, but for Kellie Gerardi, Galactic 05 crew...
• NSF NOIRLab Observatory Offline Following Cyber Attack The Launch Pad · 2 Aug 2023 The National Science Foundation's NOIRLab has announced that on August 1st it encountered an alarming cyber attack that targeted its computer systems.
• NSF and SpaceX reach agreement to reduce Starlink effects on astronomy SpaceNews · 12 Jan 2023 NSF has reached an agreement with SpaceX to mitigate the effects of the company’s second-generation Starlink satellites on astronomy, even as another organization goes to court to block the constellation’s deployment.
• Senators seek funding boost for NASA and NSF astrophysics programs SpaceNews · 6 Jan 2023 Five senators are asking the White House to add at least $300 million in the next budget proposal for NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support priorities from the astrophysics decadal survey.
• NASA, NSF Join Forces to Bolster Student Diversity in Engineering NASA · 26 Apr 2021 NASA and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on an initiative to open new avenues to engineering careers for communities underserved and underrepresented in...
• NSF report estimates Arecibo cleanup cost at up to $50 million SpaceNews · 8 Mar 2021 A report by the National Science Foundation estimates it will cost up to $50 million to clean up the damage from the collapsed Arecibo radio telescope, but that it is still too soon to determine whether or how to rebuild...
• NASA, NSF Sign Agreement to Advance Space, Earth, Biological, Physical Sciences NASA · 7 Jan 2021 NASA, NSF Sign Agreement to Advance Space, Earth, Biological, Physical Sciences
• NSF says it’s too early to decide whether to replace Arecibo SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2020 Two days after its dramatic collapse, National Science Foundation officials said it is too soon to determine whether the giant radio telescope at Arecibo Observatory will be, or should be, replaced.
• NSF to decommission Arecibo radio telescope SpaceNews · 19 Nov 2020 The NSF announced Nov. 19 it will perform a “controlled decommissioning” of the giant radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, citing recent damage that made it unsafe to operate or even repair.
• NSF preparing for another government shutdown SpaceNews · 1 Feb 2019