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- Webb opens a Treasure Chest filled with stars ESA · 6 Aug 2026 This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month takes us to a fantastical realm within our home galaxy, where piercing starlight and billowing winds sculpt dust clouds into inventive shapes. This scene...
- APOD: 2026 August 6 – New Sharpest Image of the Sun Uncovers Instability NASA · 6 Aug 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 6 – New… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photogr...
- How the Tide Turns at the Mouth of the Elbe NASA · 6 Aug 2026 The ocean’s ebbs and flows reveal dynamic tidal flats and a well-traveled shipping route along the coast of Germany.
- NASA and Roscosmos continue seat barter agreement SpaceNews · 6 Aug 2026 NASA and Roscosmos have agreed to continue exchanging seats between Soyuz and Crew Dragon spacecraft, but that agreement does not yet extend to Starliner.
- New Glenn explosion linked to rocket engine valve SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2026 Blue Origin has traced the explosion of its New Glenn rocket during a static-fire test in May to a valve in the rocket’s BE-4 engine.
- This Atlantic hurricane season is looking like a dud, but there will be a price to pay Ars Technica · 5 Aug 2026 "The models are forecasting something outside the envelope of anything we have ever observed."
- CNES Sets 2028 Target for Hot-Fire Test of New High-Thrust Rocket Engine European Spaceflight · 5 Aug 2026 The head of the French space agency CNES told lawmakers in April that a subscale prototype of a future reusable full-flow staged-combustion rocket engine is expected to be tested for the first time in 2028. CNES Presiden...
- NASA’s IXPE May Have Proven 90-Year-Old Theory NASA · 5 Aug 2026 A first of its kind measurement of a magnetar may have captured empty space behaving in a way physicists have predicted for 90 years, but never directly observed. The results published Wednesday in Nature. Fast facts Sci...
- Artemis III Orion Crew and Service Models Joined NASA · 5 Aug 2026 Technicians joined the Orion crew and service modules together on July 30, 2026, inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew module will carry and sustai...
- Capella, Iceye and Umbra win NRO radar-data contracts SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2026 SAN FRANCISCO – The National Reconnaissance Office has awarded contracts to Capella Space, Iceye U.S. and Umbra to expand the U.S. government’s use of commercial synthetic aperture radar (SAR). The […]
- NASA’s Perseverance Captures Phobos and Earth NASA · 5 Aug 2026 Description This composite of seven images from the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover shows Earth, visible as a small bright dot moving from upper left to lower right, passing behind the Martian...
- NASA’s Perseverance Rover Watches Earth Vanish Behind Martian Moon NASA · 5 Aug 2026 Earth and the Martian moon Phobos dance together in a series of images recently acquired by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Earth appears as a point of light in the Martian sky, disappearing behind the crescent of Phobos...
- Finding room in Starlink’s shadow SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2026 Another wave of constellations has staked claims for communications satellites in non-geostationary orbit (NGSO), but what hope do newcomers have alongside the industry’s entrenched, vertically integrated giants? A mix o...
- Your chance to run software in deep space on ESA's asteroid mission ESA · 5 Aug 2026 The European Space Agency is offering European researchers and companies a rare and exciting opportunity to run their innovative software directly in deep space aboard ESA’s Hera mission, millions of kilometres distant.
- Advanced Mini-laboratories Automate Space Station Research NASA · 5 Aug 2026 The International Space Station hosts hundreds of science experiments at a time. Some experiments can take hours to perform, and researchers need to account for astronauts’ limited time. Fully automated devices, like Red...
- Satellite manufacturing thrives in California despite cost and regulatory pressures SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2026 The mood was celebratory at the ribbon-cutting for Muon Space’s San Jose, California, manufacturing facility in June. State, local, United States Space Force and Pentagon representatives lauded the startup and, […]
- Europe’s forests losing more biomass since 2018 ESA · 5 Aug 2026 Europe’s forests are losing more biomass than previously thought, with disturbances such as drought and pests causing increasingly large losses from some of the oldest forests in Europe. This situation has deteriorated m...
- Total solar eclipse: how to watch live from home ESA · 5 Aug 2026 A total solar eclipse is coming to Europe. The European Space Agency (ESA) will broadcast live from 19:30 CEST on 12 August, allowing you to experience this rare event from anywhere in the world.
- Think tank warns Europe’s orbital compute gap is widening SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2026 Europe risks becoming dependent on foreign orbital computing infrastructure as U.S. companies and China’s government-led push accelerate the development of space-based data centers, according to the European Space Policy...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 3 AST SpaceMobile BlueBird satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 5 Aug 2026 The BlueBird 11-13 mission is the third time SpaceX will fly satellites to orbit supporting AST SpaceMobile’s direct-to-device constellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled during...
- Neuraspace raises $18 million to expand sovereign space awareness SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2026 Neuraspace, the Portuguese space traffic management startup, announced around $18 million in fresh funding Aug. 5 to expand European space domain awareness and defense capabilities.
- APOD: 2026 August 5 – Spokes on Saturn’s B Ring NASA · 5 Aug 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 5 – Spokes… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or phot...
- The Paradox of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park NASA · 5 Aug 2026 The coastal dune field in Brazil looks like a desert but fills with freshwater lagoons every year.
- Voyager seeks relaxed requirements in NASA commercial space station RFP SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2026 Voyager Technologies remains upbeat about the prospects for its Starlab commercial space station but is hoping for some tweaks to NASA’s plans to support the station’s development.
- Next Starship Will Deliver Operational V3 Starlinks to Orbit, Maybe Catch Ship SpacePolicyOnline.com · 5 Aug 2026 During its first earnings call since going public, SpaceX officials said today the next Starship test flight, IFT-14, will put operational Starlink Version 3 satellites into orbit. If they get
- SpaceX to begin Starship orbital flights SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2026 SpaceX plans to start deploying upgraded Starlink satellites into orbit on the next flight of its Starship vehicle, scheduled for as soon as the end of the month.
- Rocket Lab, STR win Space Force contracts for airborne-target tracking technologies SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2026 The companies, along with a third unidentified vendor, won $615 million in contracts for the AMTI satellite program
- Telesat lands $1.63 billion Canadian defense contract SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2026 Arctic communications award will fund an expansion of Telesat’s Lightspeed, taking the planned LEO network to 225 spacecraft
- Crew-13 pilot reflects on career, training, and upcoming science ahead of flight to ISS NASASpaceflight · 4 Aug 2026 After a previously targeted launch date in November, NASA has moved up the next International…
- NOAA purchases Spire hyperspectral microwave sounder data SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2026 SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will continue to evaluate data from Spire Global’s Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HyMS) under a $3 million contract extension announced Aug. 4. […]
- NASA Will Attempt to Observe Rocket Part’s Lunar Impact NASA · 4 Aug 2026 Using ground-based telescopes and space-based assets, NASA and SpaceX are tracking a used Falcon 9 upper stage from a commercial mission expected to impact the Moon on Wednesday, Aug. 5, near the Einstein and Bell crater...
- NASA’s PUNCH Sharpens Solar Storm Forecasting in First Test NASA · 4 Aug 2026 Using continuous imagery from NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, scientists predicted the near-Earth arrival of a solar eruption to within 30 minutes in an initial proof of concept te...
- Ames Science Stars of the Month – August 2026 NASA · 4 Aug 2026 The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Danielle Lopez, Jennifer Claudio, and Duncan Mifsud. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entrepreneur...
- August 2026 Satellite Puzzler NASA · 4 Aug 2026 Your challenge is to tell us the location of the satellite image and why it is interesting.
- While SpaceX recovers Ship 40, Ship 41 prepares for testing ahead of Flight 14 NASASpaceflight · 4 Aug 2026 SpaceX is recovering the intact Ship 40 from the Indian Ocean after its soft landing…
- NASA Provides Updates on Moon Base Cargo Landers, Tech Demonstrations NASA · 4 Aug 2026 NASA is making progress in building the Moon Base, which will become a resilient outpost near the Moon’s South Pole for science, technology, and eventual human operations. To advance lunar surface infrastructure developm...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Spaceflight Now · 4 Aug 2026 The Starlink 17-53 mission is the 90th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 10:05 a.m. PDT (1:05 p.m. EDT / 1705 UTC).
- Roman Space Telescope Plaque Install NASA · 4 Aug 2026 Technicians installed a commemorative plaque, seen in this July 28, 2026, photo, on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The plaque honors the legacy of Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer and one o...
- Rubicon ASCENT thruster moves from hot-fire testing to production SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2026 SAN FRANCISCO – Rubicon Space Systems completed hot-fire testing of its Velox 5-newton ASCENT monopropellant thruster, paving the way for on-orbit operations in 2027. “The program demonstrated performance beyond our […]
- Military demand shapes market for satellite propulsion SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2026 Startups and established spacecraft manufacturers are investing in engines designed to give small satellites more freedom to change orbit