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- 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...
- How College Students Really Afford Rent And Groceries Now SpaceDaily · 6 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Many college students say that rent and basic food costs feel harder to manage than any other part of school. It's not unusual for students to work, budget, and still feel short at the e...
- What Makes Air Refrigeration Safer for Food Storage SpaceDaily · 6 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Food businesses rely on cold rooms and process chillers to keep products safe from farm to fork. When cooling systems fail or behave unpredictably, the result can be spoilage, recalls, o...
- Nullschool launches new mobile app for popular Earth weather platform SpaceDaily · 6 Jan 2026 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Cameron Beccario, creator of the global weather visualization site earth.nullschool.net, has created a new company called Nullschool Technologies to support the platform's operation a...
- Reaching the Precipice in Angola NASA · 6 Jan 2026 The Huíla plateau, bounded by dramatic cliffs and chasms, stands above the arid coastal plains in the country’s southwest.
- Launch Previews: SpaceX and ISRO to launch rideshare missions into SSO NASASpaceflight · 6 Jan 2026 SpaceX leads the week’s launch manifest with three scheduled missions and, at the time of…
- Solar probes follow hyperactive sunspot region through three full rotations SpaceDaily · 6 Jan 2026 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 The sun rotates about once every 28 days, so active regions on its surface are usually visible from Earth for only around two weeks before they move out of view behind the limb. Ioa...
- Momentus to flight test 3D printed fuel tank on Vigoride 7 SpaceDaily · 6 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Momentus Inc. has developed an additively manufactured metal fuel tank that will undergo flight testing on the companys Vigoride-7 Orbital Service Vehicle in orbit. The tank, produced in...
- Chinese astronauts hone extreme cave survival skills SpaceDaily · 6 Jan 2026 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Twenty-eight astronauts and trainees have completed China's first cave-survival training program, a nearly monthlong exercise run by the Astronaut Center of China in Chongqing's Wulong dis...
- 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...
- Third COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation radar satellite enters service ramp-up SpaceDaily · 6 Jan 2026 Paris, France (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 The third satellite in the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation radar constellation has been launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on a SpaceX Falcon 9 for the Italian Space A...
- Thin ice may have protected lake water on frozen Mars SpaceDaily · 6 Jan 2026 Houston TX (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Small lakes on ancient Mars may have remained liquid for decades, even with average air temperatures well below freezing. Using a climate model adapted for Martian conditions, a team of rese...
- Rogue planet mass pinned down for the first time SpaceDaily · 6 Jan 2026 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Peking University, January 2, 2026: A coordinated observation campaign using space- and ground-based telescopes has yielded the first precise mass measurement of a rogue planet, confirming...
- ALMA views giant dusty disk in Gomezs Hamburger with signs of early giant planet formation SpaceDaily · 6 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ALMA have identified the earliest phases of giant planet formation inside the dense layers of gas and dust in the nearl...
- Starfighters completes supersonic tests for GE Aerospace ramjet program SpaceDaily · 6 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Starfighters Space Inc has completed a supersonic flight test campaign for GE Aerospace in which a company F-104 aircraft carried an advanced propulsion test vehicle on multiple flights...
- Dept. of the Air Force opens bidding for Space Launch Complex 14 at Vandenberg SFB Spaceflight Now · 6 Jan 2026 The U.S. Space Force aims to attract new launch capabilities for the Western Range to bolster domestic access to space. Responses are due by Feb. 12, 2026.
- 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...
- I Am Artemis: Jacki Mahaffey NASA · 5 Jan 2026 Listen to this audio excerpt from Jacki Mahaffey, Artemis II chief training officer: When the Artemis II crew travels around the Moon aboard the Orion spacecraft, they will have spent countless hours training for their l...
- Array Labs raises $20 million to scale production of radar satellites for 3D Earth mapping SpaceNews · 5 Jan 2026 Startup aims to mass-produce radar hardware and deploy formation-flying satellites
- 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...
- A Rare Orbital Electron from Wallops Space Scout · 5 Jan 2026 Rocket Lab’s Electron made a rare orbital flight out of Wallops Island, Virginia on December 18, 2025, lifting off just
- Press conference with ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot ESA · 5 Jan 2026 Media representatives joined French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, on Monday 5 January, for a hybrid press conference to learn more about her first mission to space.
- 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.
- ARCHE ORBITAL SYSTEMS Signs Strategic MoU with MSRO to Advance National Space Capabilities for the Maldives SpaceNews · 5 Jan 2026 Dubai / Male’ November 18, 2025 – ARCHE ORBITAL SYSTEMS, a global space-technology company specializing in advanced mission design and in-orbit services operations, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) […]
- No more free rides: it’s time to pay for space safety SpaceNews · 5 Jan 2026 A small but important change can be found at the end of President Trump’s sweeping December 18, 2025, Executive Order, “Ensuring American Space Superiority.” The Executive Order removes the requirement for the United Sta...
- Tree planting for εpsilon ESA · 5 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Tree planting for εpsilon ESA · 5 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- China’s astronauts complete cave training amid preparations for moon missions SpaceNews · 5 Jan 2026 China’s astronaut corps has completed a near month-long underground cave training, conducted in part to prepare for future crewed lunar landing missions.
- L3Harris to sell majority stake in space propulsion unit to AE Industrial for $845 million SpaceNews · 5 Jan 2026 Private equity firm to revive Rocketdyne name, L3Harris keeps RS-25 engine
- There’s a big shake-up near the top of our annual US launch company rankings Ars Technica · 5 Jan 2026 There are some fresh faces entering the rankings this year.
- Space Rider drone inspection ESA · 5 Jan 2026 Animation showing possible operations for ESA’s reusable laboratory Space Rider deploying an inspection drone.