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- Human Rating and NASA-STD-3001 NASA · 15 Aug 2025 Human-rating is a critical certification process that validates the safety, reliability, and suitability of space systems—including orbiters, launch vehicles, rovers, spacesuits, habitats, and other crewed elements—for h...
- NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in Minnesota NASA · 15 Aug 2025 NASA astronauts Michael Finke and Zena Cardman will connect with students in Minnesota as they answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions aboard the International Space Station....
- Countdown to Space Station’s Silver Jubilee with Silver Research NASA · 15 Aug 2025 This November marks a quarter century of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station, which has served as a springboard for developing a low Earth economy and NASA’s next great leaps in exploration,...
- NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency Ars Technica · 15 Aug 2025 NASA's charter clearly states the agency should study planet Earth, however.
- Spacewalk Pop-Up NASA · 15 Aug 2025 Former NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough is photographed as he left the airlock hatch during a spacewalk on Jan. 13, 2017. Kimbrough performed nine spacewalks during his three spaceflights. He retired in July 2022. Astronau...
- East Coast sees major progress for future operations at the Cape NASASpaceflight · 15 Aug 2025 Amid recent Falcon 9 and Vulcan launches, a considerable amount of important construction work in…
- NASA Seeks Proposals for 2026 Human Exploration Rover Challenge NASA · 15 Aug 2025 NASA now is accepting proposals from student teams for a contest to design, build, and test rovers for Moon and Mars exploration through Sept. 15. Known as the Human Exploration Rover Challenge, student rovers should be...
- Spartan Space and Airbus Complete CNES Lunar Surface Airlock Study European Spaceflight · 15 Aug 2025 Spartan Space and Airbus Defence and Space have completed a feasibility study for a lunar habitat airlock, commissioned by the French aerospace agency CNES. In September 2021, CNES launched its Lunar Integrated Shelter f...
- Week in images: 11-15 August 2025 ESA · 15 Aug 2025 Week in images: 11-15 August 2025
- Hubble Examines Low Brightness, High Interest Galaxy NASA · 15 Aug 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image zooms in on the feathery spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 45, which lies just 22 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus (the Whale). The portrait uses data drawn from...
- Summer Triangle Corner: Altair NASA · 15 Aug 2025 Altair is the last stop on our trip around the Summer Triangle! The last star in the asterism to rise for Northern Hemisphere observers before summer begins, brilliant Altair is high overhead at sunset at the end of the...
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4627-4628: A Ridge Stop in the Boxworks NASA · 15 Aug 2025 Earth planning date: Monday Aug. 11, 2025 Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center On the Curiosity team, we’re continuing our exploration of the boxwork-forming region in Gale Crate...
- NASA Seeks Industry Feedback on Fission Surface Power NASA · 14 Aug 2025 As part of the agency’s initiative to return humanity to the Moon and eventually send the first astronaut – an American – to Mars, NASA is surveying industry for interest and feedback on a fission surface power system, t...
- Astronauts Plant Seed Pillows in New Space Agriculture Study NASA · 14 Aug 2025 When the Crew-11 astronauts launched to the International Space Station on August 1, 2025, they carried with them another chapter in space farming: the latest VEG-03 experiments, complete with seed pillows ready for plan...
- Skyrora weighs options on the path to the UK’s first vertical launch NASASpaceflight · 14 Aug 2025 Edinburgh-based Skyrora was granted its Spaceflight Operator Licence from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)…
- After Storied 34 Year Career, Steve Platnick Retires from NASA NASA · 14 Aug 2025 Dr. Steven “Steve” Platnick stepped down from his role at NASA on August 8, 2025, after more than three decades of public service. Steve began his career at NASA as a physical scientist at Goddard Space Flight Center in...
- Small Companies Win Big in NASA’s TechLeap Challenge NASA · 14 Aug 2025 NASA announced 10 winning teams for its latest TechLeap Prize — the Space Technology Payload Challenge — on June 26. The winners emerged from a record-breaking field of more than 200 applicants to earn cash prizes worth...
- New Research Connects Plant Nutrition and Astronaut Gut Health NASA · 14 Aug 2025 New research uncovers the connection between space agriculture and astronaut health. A study published in npj Microgravity shows how analyzing diverse datasets together can reveal insights that might otherwise be missed...
- NASA’s Apollo Samples, LRO Help Scientists Predict Moonquakes NASA · 14 Aug 2025 Moonquakes pose little risk to astronauts during a mission lasting just a few days. But their effects on longer-term lunar surface assets could be significant.
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Astronauts to Discuss Science Mission NASA · 14 Aug 2025 After spending almost five months in space, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts will discuss their science mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 4:15 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 20, from t...
- Say Cheese! NASA · 14 Aug 2025 Eleven International Space Station crew members gather inside the space station’s Unity module for a portrait on Aug. 3, 2025. In the front row, from left are, Kimiya Yui of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Zen...
- MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5: from cleanroom to space ESA · 14 Aug 2025 Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite – which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission – has launched aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from the European spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lif...
- The Exploration Company Taps Agile Space for Nyx Earth Thrusters European Spaceflight · 14 Aug 2025 The Exploration Company has awarded US-based Agile Space a contract to provide thrusters for its Nyx Earth spacecraft. Founded in 2021, The Exploration Company is developing a reusable spacecraft that will initially be u...
- NASA’s Stennis Space Center Employees Receive NASA Honor Awards NASA · 14 Aug 2025 NASA Stennis Space Center Director John Bailey and Deputy Director Christine Powell presented NASA Honor Awards to employees during an onsite ceremony Aug. 13. One NASA Stennis employee received NASA’s Outstanding Leader...
- NASA Glenn Earns Commercial Invention of the Year Award NASA · 14 Aug 2025 NASA’s Inventions and Contributions Board (ICB) has awarded Commercial Invention of the Year to NASA Glenn Research Center’s GRX-810: A 3D Printable Alloy Designed for Extreme Environments. NASA Alloy GRX–810, an oxide d...
- NASA Tests Research Aircraft to Improve Air Taxi Flight Controls NASA · 14 Aug 2025 Flying the friendly skies may one day include time-saving trips in air taxis to get from point A to point B – and NASA researchers are currently working to make that future a reality. They are using wind tunnel and fligh...
- FLEX instrument meets its satellite ESA · 14 Aug 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 14 Aug 2025 The Starlink 10-20 mission will add another 28 broadband internet satellites to SpaceX’s megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled at 6:47 a.m. EDT (1047 UTC).
- Trump Issues Executive Order on Commercial Space SpacePolicyOnline.com · 13 Aug 2025 President Trump issued a broad Executive Order this afternoon addressing commercial space activities overseen by the Department of Transportation and the Department of Commerce. Among the provisions, DOT must reform
- U.S. Transportation Secretary & Acting NASA Administrator Sean P. Duffy Joins President Trump Executive Order Signing to Boost U.S. Space Competitiveness NASA · 13 Aug 2025 U.S. Transportation Secretary and acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy joined President Donald J. Trump at the White House Wednesday for the historic signing of the Executive Order (EO), “Enabling Competition in the Comm...
- Ship 37 completes a Spin Prime test following Engine Swap NASASpaceflight · 13 Aug 2025 The target launch date for Flight 10 is one step closer after the retest of…
- The NASA RASC-AL 2026 Competition NASA · 13 Aug 2025 NASA is calling on the next generation of collegiate innovators to imagine bold new concepts pushing the boundaries of human exploration on the Moon, Mars, and beyond through the 2026 NASA Revolutionary Aerospace Systems...
- Alligator Goes for a Swim NASA · 13 Aug 2025 An alligator moves through a brackish waterway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this May 8, 2017, photo. The center shares space with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. More than 330 native and migr...
- Portugal’s ASC Granted Licence for Santa Maria Launch Centre European Spaceflight · 13 Aug 2025 Portugal has granted the Atlantic Spaceport Consortium a licence to build and operate a rocket launch facility on the island of Santa Maria. The Atlantic Spaceport Consortium (ASC) was founded in 2019 with the goal of de...
- Tracking the climate-driven shift in Antarctic plankton from space ESA · 13 Aug 2025 Combining 25 years of space-based data with ocean sampling, scientists have uncovered a change in the microscopic organisms that underpin the Southern Ocean’s food chain and carbon storage.
- International Space Station undergoes crew handover, change of command NASASpaceflight · 13 Aug 2025 Expedition 73 aboard the International Space Station (ISS) continues to perform its scheduled science and…
- NASA’s Hubble Uncovers Rare White Dwarf Merger Remnant NASA · 13 Aug 2025 An international team of astronomers has discovered a cosmic rarity: an ultra-massive white dwarf star resulting from a white dwarf merging with another star, rather than through the evolution of a single star. This disc...
- No Earth-like atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1 d ESA · 13 Aug 2025 The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d intrigues astronomers looking for possibly habitable worlds beyond our solar system because it is similar in size to Earth, rocky, and resides in an area around its star where liquid water on i...
- NASA’s SpaceX-33 Resupply Mission Launches Research to Station NASA · 13 Aug 2025 Research traveling to the International Space Station aboard NASA’s SpaceX 33rd commercial resupply mission includes testing 3D bioprinting of an implantable medical device, observing behavior of engineered liver tissues...
- Webb Narrows Atmospheric Possibilities for Earth-sized Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d NASA · 13 Aug 2025 The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d intrigues astronomers looking for possibly habitable worlds beyond our solar system because it is similar in size to Earth, rocky, and resides in an area around its star where liquid water on i...