April 30: Opportunities for On-Orbit Computing
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Artemis 2 astronauts spy the Milky Way | Space photo of the day for April 8, 2026
The image captures the glowing ribbon of the galactic plane, where the vast majority of the Milky Way’s stars are concentrated.
Preparing for the next NASA budget battle
When Congress passed a fiscal year 2026 “minibus” appropriations bill in January, much of the space community breathed a sigh of relief. Congress had rejected the steep cuts proposed by…
Tracking the next SDA challenge
A flurry of commercial innovation has left the U.S. government with no shortage of sensors and AI-driven insights to monitor the increasingly packed and contested space environment. The challenge is…
Meet Orpheus – A Hopper Mission Built To Hunt For Life In Martian Volcanoes
We’ve spent decades scratching the surface of Mars trying to uncover life there. But we’ve been searching a barren wasteland bombarded by radiation and bathed in toxic perchlorates. The entire…
Artemis 2 moon astronauts capture space history — on their iPhones
The Artemis 2 astronauts are capturing spectacular photos of the moon and Earth on their iPhones in space.
Celestial Wonders in Leo
3 Min Read Celestial Wonders in Leo Showing a large portion of M66, this Hubble photo is a composite of images obtained at visible and infrared wavelengths. The images have…
The Artemis 2 space toilet is actually working fine. But there is another problem
“The challenge that we’re working through is evacuating the tank.”
SuperCDM Experiment Reaches Critical Temperature, Bringing it One Step Closer to Detecting Dark Matter
The Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) experiment has reached its coldest operating temperature, hundreds of times colder than outer space.
NASA’s Artemis II Crew Beams Official Moon Flyby Photos to Earth
The Moon, backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse, is photographed by NASA’s Orion spacecraft on Monday, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II mission. Orion is visible in…