The World Cup From 250 Miles Up
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University Team Proposed Retractable, Pressurized Tunnels for Missions to Mars
As part of NASA’s Moon to Mars eXploration Systems and Habitation (M2M X-Hab) 2026 Academic Innovation Challenge, a University of Michigan team proposed an actuated, pressurized tunnel system that would…
Even astronauts in space saw America 250 fireworks on the Fourth of July. See their ISS view of Los Angeles (video)
The U.S. just celebrated its 250th birthday, and Americans living off the planet had a great view of some of the parties down below. “The International Space Station orbited over…
Watch SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch 81 satellites early on July 7
SpaceX will launch a passel of satellites to orbit early Tuesday morning (July 7), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 81 payloads is scheduled…
More clues surface about the origins of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
More evidence that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is much older than our solar system has come to light, along with clues that it formed on the outskirts of the protoplanetary…
Blue Origin continues work on lunar landers during recovery from New Glenn explosion
Blue Origin is continuing to develop its Blue Moon lunar landers, with seven vehicles in production, while recovering from the New Glenn pad explosion more than a month ago. The…
Iridium folds Aireon aviation safety service into Rocket Lab-bound business
Iridium Communications has completed its takeover of Aireon, bringing the aircraft-tracking venture fully in-house ahead of the satellite operator’s planned $8 billion sale to Rocket Lab. The post Iridium folds…
NASA just found a planet ‘hiding’ in TESS spacecraft data, all thanks to Einstein
NASA’s exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) has a new method for detecting worlds beyond the solar system. The technique relies on a phenomenon introduced by Einstein in his…
Andromeda’s Newest Dwarf Galaxy is Extremely Dim
Astronomers have discovered an extremely low-mass and dim dwarf galaxy around Andromeda. Called And 35, it’s an Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy (UFDG) and so far, the researchers have detected only 46…
NASA Takes Flight For America’s 250th
NASA/Keegan Barber NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman leads a flyover featuring his personally owned Northrop F-5 Tiger during the Great American State Fair on July 4, 2026, on the National Mall…