Don’t miss the crescent moon shine close to the red light of Mars before dawn on Aug. 9
Early risers will catch a spectacular sight in the predawn hours of Aug. 9, as the slender crescent moon shines close to the red light of Mars among the stars…
On this day in space! Aug. 8, 1977: Soviet Union’s Salyut 5 reconnaissance space station burns up in Earth’s atmosphere
On Aug. 8, 1977, the Salyut 5 space station fell out of space and burned up in Earth’s atmosphere. Salyut 5 was a Soviet space station and part of the…
APOD: 2026 August 8 – A Messier Moment for Tempel 2
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 8 – A… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each…
Scientists Watch as a Distant World’s Atmosphere Shrinks and Thins
As dwarf planet Pluto moves along in its distant, high-obliquity 248-year orbit, its atmosphere is changing. That’s because it’s beginning to travel through colder, darker parts of the outer Solar…
SpaceX Junk Hits the Moon. Not a Good Sign
The spent upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has struck the Moon, illustrating the hazard posed by debris in cislunar space. This problem will increase as launches to…
Senate installs new chiefs for U.S. military space acquisition, spy satellites
Erich Hernandez-Baquero will take over military space acquisition; Roger Mason will lead the National Reconnaissance Office The post Senate installs new chiefs for U.S. military space acquisition, spy satellites appeared…
SpaceX serious about building factories on the moon: ‘It’s going to happen,’ Elon Musk says
As usual, SpaceX is dreaming big. The company plans to build factories on the moon, using robots to do much of the heavy lifting, Elon Musk said on Tuesday (Aug.…
‘Not looking good right now’: Starship likely to be lost at sea 2 weeks after epic 13th test flight, Elon Musk says
It looks like Starship’s two-week-long ocean adventure won’t have a happy ending. The SpaceX megarocket conducted its 13th test flight on July 24, lifting off from the company’s Starbase site…
NASA figured out how to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for yet another year
NASA just made an interstellar tweak to the Voyager 2 spacecraft, known as the “Big Bang”, to keep its remaining 50-year-old science instruments running a little longer. Voyager 2 and…
2026 IGARSS Hyperwall Schedule
Explore This Section Earth Earth Observer Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News In Memoriam Announcements Archives IGARSS 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth…