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NASA selects Falcon Heavy to launch ESA Mars rover mission despite budget threat

NASA has selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch a European Mars rover, support for which the agency is once again…

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NorthStar to go public via SPAC to expand space-based SSA network

NorthStar Earth and Space plans to raise funds to expand the space-based sensor network behind its space situational awareness business…

2 months ago

New moon of April 2026 brings incredible views of the constellation Hydra, Jupiter, Venus and more this week

The new moon is the perfect time to spot faint constellations, galaxies and a quartet of planets in the dawn…

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CSDA Quality Assessment Report Evaluates Satellogic NewSat Data

Issued March 9, 2026, the Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition Program Satellogic NewSat Radiometric & Geometric Quality Assessment Report documents the…

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How a Black Hole and a Shredded Star Could Light Up a Galaxy

In 2014, a strange cloudy object called G2 made a close approach to Sagittarius A*, (Sag A*) the supermassive black…

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Webinar 4/29: NASA CSDA Program Vendor Focus- MDA Space

Artistic rendering of the MDA Space CHORUS-C (right), RADARSAT-2 (centre), and CHORUS -X (left) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth observation…

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Small Trojan Asteroids Defy Expectations

Understanding the beginning of the solar system requires us to look at some very strange places. One such place is…

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NASA Artemis II Human Research Data Methodology Challenge

art002e013365 (April 7, 2026) – The Artemis II crew – (clockwise from left) Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy…

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Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete third spacewalk, mission extended by a month

China’s Shenzhou-21 astronauts conducted an extravehicular activity outside the Tiangong space station Thursday, installing debris-protection hardware and inspecting the orbital…

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