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- Artemis II closing in on Earth return NASASpaceflight · 10 Apr 2026 After a groundbreaking 10-day mission that carried humans farther from Earth than ever before, the…
- Earthset From the Lunar Far Side NASA · 10 Apr 2026 The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission captured extraordinary images of our home planet during their journey around the far side of the Moon.
- Artemis II Getting Ready For Splashdown Tomorrow SpacePolicyOnline.com · 10 Apr 2026 The crew of Artemis II is busy configuring the Orion capsule for reentry tomorrow, with splashdown off the coast of San Diego at 8:07 pm ET. NASA Associate Administrator Amit
- Artemis II: splashdown ESA · 10 Apr 2026 Today, at 17:07 local time on 10 April (01:07 BST/02:07 CEST 11 April), NASA’s Orion spacecraft and its crew splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of the Artemis II mission. ESA’s European Service Mo...
- Indoor Testing Facilities available at the NASA Unmanned Autonomy Research Complex (NUARC) NASA · 9 Apr 2026 Windshaper A large WindShaper fan array is available for dynamic low-speed and hovering flight research. The WindShaper is ideal for generating arbitrary wind gradients and wind gusts via a simple Python API. A companion...
- Indoor Testing Facilities available at the NASA Unmanned Autonomy Research Complex (NUARC) NASA · 9 Apr 2026 Windshaper A large WindShaper fan array is available for dynamic low-speed and hovering flight research. The WindShaper is ideal for generating arbitrary wind gradients and wind gusts via a simple Python API. A companion...
- I Am Artemis: Dan Florez NASA · 9 Apr 2026 Listen to this audio excerpt from Dan Florez, test director for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program: At 1:47 a.m. EST November 16, 2022, as the Artemis I engines ignited, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and Dan Florez,...
- Indoor Testing Facilities available at the NASA Unmanned Autonomy Research Complex (NUARC) NASA · 9 Apr 2026 WindShaper A large WindShaper fan array is available for dynamic low-speed and hovering flight research. The WindShaper is ideal for generating arbitrary wind gradients and wind gusts via a simple Python API. A companion...
- Starstruck NASA · 9 Apr 2026 The Artemis II crew captured this photo of our galaxy, the Milky Way, on April 7, 2026. The Milky Way’s elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Spanning mor...
- Watching the Artemis II Mission Unfold at JPL’s Space Flight Operations Facility NASA · 9 Apr 2026 Description Staff at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California watch the agency’s Artemis II mission unfold soon after launch on April 1, 2026, at the Space Flight Operations Facility, which operates the De...
- The Deep Space Network Acquires Artemis II Signal NASA · 9 Apr 2026 Description A graphical representation of the Deep Space Network’s radio frequency antennas indicate signal acquisition from NASA’s Artemis II mission to the Moon on April 1, 2026, inside the Space Flight Operations Faci...
- The Deep Space Network Acquires Artemis II Signal NASA · 9 Apr 2026 Description The acquisition of the radio frequency signal from the Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon by NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) is indicated by the peak in the data signal shown on the top computer screen. So...
- Watching Over the Deep Space Network Before Artemis II Signal Acquisition NASA · 9 Apr 2026 Description Blanca Renteria, Artemis Deep Space Network (DSN) operations chief, monitors data at the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California shortly after Artemis II la...
- Watching the Artemis II Launch From JPL’s Space Flight Operations Facility NASA · 9 Apr 2026 Description Staff at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California watch the launch of the agency’s Artemis II mission to the Moon on April 1, 2026, at the Space Flight Operations Facility, which operates the D...
- JPL’s ‘Lucky Peanuts’ Before Artemis II Launch NASA · 9 Apr 2026 Description A container of “lucky peanuts” sits above workstations within the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory shortly before the launch of the Artemis II mission to the Moon on April...
- Supporting Artemis II From JPL’s Space Flight Operations Facility NASA · 9 Apr 2026 Description The Artemis II mission patch appears in the center screen of the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on April 1, 2026, shortly before the mission launch...
- PLD Space secures $35 million European Investment Bank loan for MIURA 5 launcher SpaceNews · 9 Apr 2026 MILAN – PLD Space signed a 30 million euro ($35 million) venture debt loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) on April 7, a move to support the final development stage of MIURA 5, PLD’s lightweight rocket. Miura 5,...
- Heather Pringle on the upcoming Space Symposium and future international collaboration in space SpaceNews · 9 Apr 2026 In this episode of the Space Minds podcast, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews Heather Pringle, a retired Major General of the US Air Force who is now the CEO of the […]
- China conducts pair of Long March launches for Thousand Sails and Guowang megaconstellations SpaceNews · 9 Apr 2026 China carried out separate Long March 8 and Long March 6A launches this week, adding new batches of satellites to the country’s megaconstellation projects.
- A new kind of arsenal: commercial satellites SpaceNews · 9 Apr 2026 he Pentagon is no longer asking whether commercial space will matter in future conflicts. It is building a strategy around the assumption that it will.
- Moon joy, Earth love ESA · 9 Apr 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- What returning to lunar space means for human health SpaceNews · 9 Apr 2026 Preparing to send astronauts back to the moon is no small feat. Spaceflight exposes the body to both known and unknown risks, some of which are subtle, cumulative, and difficult to predict. When humans were last on the l...
- Portal Space Systems raises $50 million to accelerate spacecraft development SpaceNews · 9 Apr 2026 Space mobility company Portal Space Systems has raised $50 million to scale up development of its highly maneuverable spacecraft.
- Pointing in the (b)right direction ESA · 9 Apr 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Space Force taps 14 firms for $1.8 billion GEO surveillance program SpaceNews · 9 Apr 2026 The companies will compete for contracts to build ‘neighborhood watch’ satellites
- Albedo prepares second VLEO mission for 2027 launch SpaceNews · 9 Apr 2026 SAN FRANCISCO – Albedo, the former Earth-observation startup now focused on satellite manufacturing, announced plans April 9 to send its second spacecraft into very low-Earth orbit (VLEO). Vicinity, scheduled to launch i...
- China debuts new launchers, tests orbital servicing and outlines future deep-space missions NASASpaceflight · 9 Apr 2026 CAS Space and Space Pioneer have both debuted new Chinese commercial launchers within days of…
- Lockheed Martin wins $105 million contract for GPS ground control system as OCX winds down SpaceNews · 9 Apr 2026 The contract supports next-generation GPS IIIF satellites through 2030
- Vantor to expand imaging satellite fleet, adding smallsats to increase revisit rates SpaceNews · 9 Apr 2026 The new architecture combines high resolution with rapid revisit
- Apex to develop larger satellites for missile defense, space-based computing SpaceNews · 9 Apr 2026 ‘Comet Mini’ and ‘Comet XL’ target energy-intensive missions
- ESA Spent €82 Million to Launch Sentinel-1D Satellite on Ariane 6 European Spaceflight · 9 Apr 2026 The European Space Agency has disclosed that launching the Sentinel-1D Earth observation satellite aboard an Ariane 62 rocket in November 2025 cost €82,070,773. As part of its involvement in the development of the Europe...
- Snow in the Shadow of the Andes NASA · 9 Apr 2026 An early autumn storm left higher elevations in southern Argentina with a fresh and fleeting coat of white.
- Artemis II Less Than Two Days from Home SpacePolicyOnline.com · 9 Apr 2026 The Artemis II crew continued a variety of tests of the Orion capsule today as they began preparations for splashdown in the Pacific Ocean in less than two days. They
- Improved thresholds and SSA accuracy can reduce most satellite collision risk SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2026 Improving the accuracy of space situational awareness data and using tighter thresholds for potential conjunctions can help retire most satellite collision risk in LEO, a new study concludes.
- Twin NASA Control Rooms Support Artemis Safety, Success NASA · 8 Apr 2026 Twin control rooms at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are actively supporting real-time mission operations in lunar orbit as part of the agency’s Artemis II mission, helping ensure astronaut s...
- Space Sovereignty Is No Longer Optional SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2026 A Critical Infrastructure Under Strain Space has quietly become the infrastructure beneath modern life. From financial transactions synchronised by satellite timing to military operations reliant on secure communications...
- Solar Eclipse of the Heart NASA · 8 Apr 2026 The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings. During lunar flyby, the Artemis II astronauts observed a...
- April 30: Opportunities for On-Orbit Computing SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2026 Join us in Washington, D.C., for the next event in our orbital data centers series
- With Orion still flying, NASA is nearing key decisions about Artemis III Ars Technica · 8 Apr 2026 "One of the questions is what the initial orbit will be for Artemis III."
- Preparing for the next NASA budget battle SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2026 When Congress passed a fiscal year 2026 “minibus” appropriations bill in January, much of the space community breathed a sigh of relief. Congress had rejected the steep cuts proposed by the Trump administration, includin...