NASA/Kim Shiflett A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 24, 2025, carrying three missions that will investigate the Sun’s influence across the
Representatives of the Artemis Accords signatories, including acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, met Sept. 29, 2025, for a principals meeting during the 76th International
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WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a European reconnaissance satellite and several secondary payloads Aug. 26 in another example of the company’s rideshare launch services efforts. To continue reading
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This view of tracks trailing NASA’s Curiosity was captured July 26, 2025, as the rover simultaneously relayed data to
Cloud cover can keep optical instruments on satellites from clearly capturing Earth’s surface. Still in testing, JPL’s Dynamic Targeting uses AI to avoid imaging clouds, yielding a higher proportion of
About a third of the 49 young isolated stars surveyed by the researchers were found to be misaligned with their protoplanetary disk. Photo Credit Lauren Biddle, The University of Texas
For Northern Hemisphere observers, August is usually regarded as “meteor month” with one of the best displays of the year reaching its peak near midmonth. That display is, of course,
WASHINGTON — The chief executive of commercial space station developer Vast says he supports NASA’s revised approach to supporting development of such stations, calling it the best way to avoid






