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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
Astronauts March 26, 2026 | Artemis II: The Canadian Space Agency and NASA set coverage for Moon mission
Astronauts March 18, 2026 | Artemis II: SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft rolled out to launch pad ahead of April launch
Astronauts March 12, 2026 | Artemis II: NASA targets April 1 for the launch
Research Areas in Space document - 2025 - Released
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
Release of ROCERS (Remote sensing enabled Online Chemical Emergency Response System) for Kerala by Government of Kerala on 11th October, 2025
ISRO organises XPoSat National Meet and Opens up the Scientific Data from the XPoSat Mission along with Announcement of Opportunity for National Guest Observer

La NASA anunciará la tripulación de Artemis III e informará sobre el progreso de la misión
La NASA informará sobre los avances de la misión Artemis III de la agencia y anunciará los astronautas asignados a este vuelo de prueba durante un evento en vivo a las 11 a.m. EDT (hora del este) del

Students Build Moon Robots for NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge
Katherine Rauscher of Michigan Technological University prepares her team’s prototype lunar robot for its turn during the finals for NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge competition on Tuesday, May 19, 20

NASA-European Sea Level Mission Homes in on El Niño
Sea level data from a satellite launched by NASA and European partners shows that a swell of warm water hundreds of miles wide has arrived in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America, a sign t

NASA’s Webb Reveals Black Hole That Formed Before Its Galaxy
Which comes first, the galaxy or the black hole? We don’t know, but scientists have long thought it could be the galaxy: Large stars within an existing galaxy consume their fuel and collapse to form b

Webb reveals black hole that formed before its galaxy
Using the unprecedented imaging and spectroscopic power of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have mapped the motion and composition of gas orbiting a black hole in the centre of

National Institutes of Health Nutrition Education Challenge
NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) assists in the use of crowdsourcing across the federal government. CoECI’s NASA Tournament Lab offers the contract capability to run ex
Hot surfaces during Europe's heatwave 'seen' by Sentinel-3
Image: Europe is in the middle of a heatwave – Copernicus Sentinel-3 captured this image on Tuesday 26 May

NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics: Winning Student Teams Engineering Lunar Future
Resilient. Efficient. Autonomous. These are qualities NASA demands of its hardware, especially as the agency accelerates plans for a permanent Moon Base. NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge put those tra
Hubble Spies Faint Irregular Galaxy
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017, roughly 12,000 light-years in diameter and some 23 million light-years away in the constellation Canis Major. Th

Ever Restless Mount Dukono Erupts
The volcano on Indonesia’s Halmahera Island routinely ejects ash, volcanic gases, and volcanic bombs.
[release] Successful Controlled Re-entry of HTV-X1
HTV-X1 successfully re-entered the atmosphere after its final de-orbit maneuver at around 22:44 on

NASA to Announce Artemis III Crew, Provide Mission Progress Update
NASA will provide an update on the agency’s Artemis III mission and announce the astronauts assigned to the test flight during a live event at 11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 9, at the agency’s Johnson S

NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York
Students in New York will hear from NASA astronaut Jessica Meir as she answers their prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions while aboard the International Space
NASA Provides Update on Moon Base Rovers, Landers, Missions
Editor’s note: Release was updated May 27, 2026, to provide additional details on the crewed lunar terrain vehicles. During a Moon Base event Tuesday at NASA’s Headquarters in Washington, the agency a
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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.
