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NewsCategory: News.|Solar SystemCategory: Solar System.NewsCategory: News.|Solar SystemCategory: Solar System.NASA Testing Advanced Capabilities for Moon, Mars RoversA prototype rover built with a new design for tackling rugged terrain is helping teams refine capabilities that could one day be used on future lunar and Red Planet missions. .June 18, 2026
NewsCategory: News.|TechnologyCategory: Technology.NewsCategory: News.|TechnologyCategory: Technology.NASA’s Quantum Lab Aboard Space Station Gets Chilly UpgradeUpgraded hardware will allow the Cold Atom Lab to set new records in quantum physics and help develop new technologies. .June 16, 2026
NewsCategory: News.|JPL LifeCategory: JPL Life.NewsCategory: News.|JPL LifeCategory: JPL Life.Explore JPL to Take Place Oct. 10, 11NASA’s leading center for the robotic exploration of the universe is opening its doors for a two-day event. Tickets, available in late August, will go fast. .June 15, 2026
NewsCategory: News.|EarthCategory: Earth.NewsCategory: News.|EarthCategory: Earth.NASA, USGS Scientists Go Rock Hounding in California’s High DesertThe discovery of topaz on a volcanic outcrop in the Mojave Desert may hint at a porphyry copper deposit below. .June 11, 2026
NewsCategory: News.|CubeSats and SmallSatsCategory: CubeSats and SmallSats.NewsCategory: News.|CubeSats and SmallSatsCategory: CubeSats and SmallSats.NASA’s INCUS Mission on Road to Launch, Study Storms From SpaceThe mission’s three SmallSats will provide insights to improve storm forecasting, potentially mitigating loss of life and property damage in affected communities. .June 5, 2026
NewsCategory: News.|EarthCategory: Earth.NewsCategory: News.|EarthCategory: Earth.NASA-European Sea Level Mission Homes in on El NiñoWaves of higher, warmer water move eastward across the Pacific Ocean a few months before an El Niño emerges. Several have shown up in 2026 satellite data. .May 27, 2026
NewsCategory: News.|JPL LifeCategory: JPL Life.NewsCategory: News.|JPL LifeCategory: JPL Life.JPL Prime Contract UpdateCaltech President Thomas F. Rosenbaum along with Caltech Vice President and JPL Director Dave Gallagher issued the following memo to the Caltech and Jet Propulsion Laboratory community. .May 22, 2026
Satellites June 11, 2026 | Building the future of Canada's Earth observation satellites
Exploration June 10, 2026 | Joint issue on Canadarm2
Exploration June 9, 2026 | Preparing the future of Moon exploration
Science May 19, 2026 | Equipment for new Canadian science experiments launched to the ISS
Astronauts April 23, 2026 | CSA's Joshua Kutryk assigned to Crew-13 Space Station mission
Science April 15, 2026 | Aqualunar Challenge winner to advance a Moon water purification technology
Science April 11, 2026 | Tomato seeds on their way to the International Space Station
Astronauts March 27, 2026 | The Artemis II crew arrives in Florida ahead of the launch
Research Areas in Space document - 2025 - Released
XPoSat Mission: Announcement of Opportunity (AO) soliciting proposals for the second AO cycle observations
ISRO and IIG Jointly Launch Space Weather Summer School 2026 to Nurture Future Space Scientists
Indian Space Situational Awareness Report (ISSAR) for 2025 Released
Aditya-L1 Mission: Announcement of Opportunity (AO) soliciting proposals for the second AO cycle observations
Announcement on START-2026 Inauguration
Announcement of Opportunity: Indian Microgravity Experiments – IMEx-2026
Aditya-L1 Mission: Announcement of Opportunity (AO) soliciting proposals for the first AO cycle observations

UPDATE | Rocket Lab to acquire Iridium Communications
Hear from Rocket Lab CEO - Sir Peter Beck, Iridium CEO - Matt Desch and Rocket Lab CFO - Adam Spice about Rocket Lab's latest acquisition. Full details and important information:...

UPDATE | Rocket Lab's Latest Acquisition
Rocket Lab founder & CEO Sir Peter Beck shares an update on our latest acquisition to grow our space powerhouse. Full details and important information:...

The future of space travel might be sitting in your fish tank 🌱
You know that moss growing in your aquarium? Turns out it filters water, pumps out oxygen, and actually gets stronger when exposed to low doses of radiation. Researchers at the University of Naples Fe

Rocket Lab Robotics
Rocket Lab Robotics brings mission-tested Mars heritage with advanced multi-degree of freedom robotic arms, actuators, and drive electronics that have enabled some of the most ambitious planetary expl

Independence Day Wishes from the Space Station
Happy 250th to the U.S.A., from 250 miles above Earth! NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, and Chris Williams celebrate the Fourth of July from the International Space Station and look ahead
NASA Announces Winners for 2026 Human Lander Challenge
NASA has announced the top student-developed solutions for environmental control and life support systems in future crewed lunar landers from participants in the 2026 Human Lander Challenge. The annou
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Hubble Captures Rare Post-Starburst Galaxy 100 Million Light-Years Off
Hubble captures a rare post-starburst galaxy 100 million light-years away, revealing a crucial transition phase in galactic evolution.

HTV-X1 Splashed Down 23:09 and 00:09 JST
HTV-X1 splashed down successfully on May 26-27 JST after completing its mission to deliver cargo to the International Space Station and serve as a technology.
Students in New York to Question Astronaut at 11:05 p.m. EDT
Students in York, New York, question NASA astronaut Jessica Meir live from the International Space Station at 11:05 p.m.

VISTA Survey Pinpoints Roman’s Targets Near Milky Way’s Center
The VISTA survey pinpoints potential targets for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope near the Milky Way’s crowded center, building on data from the Hubble Space.

Consistent Lunar Reflections Fine-Tune Landsat Instruments Since 1972
Since 1972, NASA’s Landsat program utilizes consistent lunar reflections to calibrate its instruments and ensure data accuracy over decades of Earth.

PUEO Uses Antarctic Ice to Detect Highest-Energy Neutrinos
PUEO uses Antarctic ice to detect ultrahigh-energy neutrinos, the most energetic particles in the universe.
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SpaceX IPO 2026: The $1.75T Offering
Confidential S-1 filed April 1. Timeline, valuation, how to invest, and what it means for space stocks.
Program HistoryArtemis II Mission Recap
What we learned from NASA's first crewed lunar return — launch, flyby, splashdown, Artemis III implications.
Launch VehiclesStarship V3: Flight 12 Preview
Booster 19, Ship 39, V3 upgrades, new Pad 2, Raptor 3 engines — everything we know about May 2026.
Markets DeskHow America cornered the space industry
775 of 1,752 organisations in our directory are American — more than the next ten countries combined. Why it got that lopsided.
Markets DeskThe funding trapdoor
Of 1,752 directory entries, ninety have a disclosed market cap. The other 1,662 are running on something else.
Exploration DeskSix probes still in flight
Europa Clipper, JUICE, Hera, Psyche, ESCAPADE, OSIRIS-APEX. Where they're going. When they get there.
Aerospace DeskThe launch market is now three rockets
SpaceX flew 134 missions in 2024. Everyone else combined did 119. Where the consolidation goes from here.
Markets DeskThe mega-constellation thirst trap
Eighteen mega-constellations announced since 2017. Two operational. One profitable. The math on the rest never closed.
Markets DeskWhat a kilogram costs
Saturn V $11,400 / kg. Shuttle $24-60k. Falcon 9 $2,500. Starship target $200. The economics of access.
Aerospace DeskThe Soviet rocket that built the modern world
Korolev's R-7. 1,930+ flights. Sputnik to today. The most-flown rocket in history is still flying.
Markets DeskGEO isn't dying, it's becoming a niche
For ten years pundits called geostationary's death. Instead it stabilised at 12-15 launches/year while LEO exploded around it.
Exploration DeskWhy Mars hasn't happened yet
Three decades of timelines. Zero crewed missions. The honest case against the slideware.
