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NASA Welcomes Latvia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

Latvia’s Minister for Education and Science Dace Melbārde, second from right, signs the Artemis Accords, as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman,…

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Wheels Up for X-59

NASA NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies over the Mojave Desert in California in this April 14, 2026, image.…

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Watch the Lyrid meteor shower 2026 online this week with these free livestreams

These global night sky cams let you hunt for Lyrids from the comfort of your own home.

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NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Just Mapped the Cosmic Ices That Will Someday Build Planets

New missions mean new capabilities - and one particularly interesting new mission is finally up and running. Data is starting…

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Space Force sets up ‘cislunar coordination’ office to focus beyond Earth orbit

Officials say civil-military overlap with NASA grows as lunar activity accelerates The post Space Force sets up ‘cislunar coordination’ office…

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In the wake of Artemis 2, America needs to consider the ‘why’ of its government space program

The moon itself does not wax and wane as frequently as American public opinion on its space program. The Artemis…

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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has Discovered 11,000 New Asteroids, and It’s Barely Even Started!

Rubin’s largest asteroid haul yet, gathered before the Legacy Survey of Space and Time even begins, is just the “tip…

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Space Force weighs Vulcan flights without solid boosters

Vulcan would be allowed to fly lower-energy missions as investigation of solid rocket motors anomaly continues The post Space Force…

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Watch SpaceX launch advanced GPS satellite for US Space Force early on April 20

SpaceX will launch a new GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force early Monday morning (April 20), and you can…

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Giant BlueBird 7 mobile phone satellite will be deorbited after faulty Blue Origin launch

Blue Origin, the space launch company founded by Jeff Bezos, achieved a successful recovery of its first reused orbital-class rocket,…

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