Watch SpaceX launch its 100th mission of the year tonight
SpaceX is about to hit the century mark for the third year in a row. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base…
JWST Peeks at Callisto’s Ancient Scars
Of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons, Callisto is the one that gets the least attention. Io is constantly being resurfaced by volcanoes. Europa has a giant liquid water ocean. And Ganymede…
NASA’s B777 Gets New Coat of Paint
NASA’s Boeing 777 returns to the agency’s Langley Research Center after receiving a new paint scheme. NASA/James Blair NASA’s Boeing 777 shows off a new paint job in this Aug.…
A Quantum Trick for Spotting Gravitational Waves
Gravitational wave astronomy has seen plenty of improvements since the original signal was captured in 2015. Despite that, it remains an engineering challenge to actually create the detectors needed for…
NASA Glenn’s Legacy Forged Through Decades of Flight Research
William “Bill” Swann, one of the first-generation pilots at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics’ Flight Propulsion Research Laboratory (predecessor to NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland), prepares to board…
New report takes closer look at the Space Force spending surge
Aerospace Corp. analysis finds most growth concentrated in classified programs, target tracking, missile warning and command and control The post New report takes closer look at the Space Force spending…
Eoptic, Inc. Selected to Supply DeepScan™ Imaging Payloads Scheduled for Launch in 2027
Rochester, NY – August 18, 2026 – Eoptic, Inc., a developer of advanced multi-spectral and multi-modal imaging systems, today announced it has been selected as an approved supplier in support…
What Can We Actually Find on an Exoplanet? Part 2: A Machine to Find Another Earth
The Habitable Worlds Observatory is being built for one purpose: to directly image another living Earth. Inside the coronagraph that must block ten billion times the planet’s light, the picometer-stable…
NRO to expand use of HawkEye 360’s satellite intelligence
NRO contract increases U.S. government access to satellite data used to locate radars, ships and other electronic emitters The post NRO to expand use of HawkEye 360’s satellite intelligence appeared…
APOD: 2026 August 18 – Perseids from Perseus
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 18 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day…