On this day in space! Oct. 15, 1997: NASA launches Cassini-Hugyens probe on 7-year voyage to Saturn
On Oct. 15, 1997, NASA launched the Cassini spacecraft on a mission to explore Saturn and its moons. It lifted off aboard a Titan 4B rocket from Cape Canaveral Air…
SpaceX launches classified mission for the US Space Force (video)
SpaceX launched a classified mission for the U.S. Space Force from California this evening (Oct. 15). A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 8:01…
NASA Satellites Observe Historic 2026 El Niño
6 Min Read NASA Satellites Observe Historic 2026 El Niño This visualization compares three ocean data products, sea surface temperature anomaly, apparent visible wavelength, and sea surface height anomaly, over…
Vaonis unveils Atlas, the world’s 1st modular smart telescope system
Vaonis has just announced its new generation of smart telescope technology, known as Atlas. Less of a single smart telescope and more of a new optical system, Atlas was designed…
Power Up: Roll Out Solar Arrays Boost Space Station Power Supply
2 Min Read Power Up: Roll Out Solar Arrays Boost Space Station Power Supply From the International Space Station’s unique position 250 miles above Earth, the Sun is a vital…
Host Stars Shape Their Planetary Systems Into Two Families
New research draws a link between a host star and the characteristics of its planetary system. Higher mass stars create one family of systems, while lower mass stars create another.…
NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Over Texas Farmland
A NASA Dynamic Aviation A200 aircraft will conduct low-flying research flights over farmland near Transit, Texas, from Thursday, Oct. 22, through Monday, Nov. 9. These flights will measure gaseous and…
NASA Welcomes All Ages, Experience Levels for Space Apps Challenge
Registration is open for the 2026 NASA Space Apps Challenge, a two-day global event on Saturday, Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 15, where teams work to create solutions inspired by…
NASA’s SkyFall helicopters will ‘show us parts of Mars we’ve never seen before’, scientists say
NASA is accelerating the development of three helicopters that will be deployed into the sky above Mars after a voyage aboard NASA’s Space Reactor‑1 Freedom spacecraft. Slated for launch in…
How NASA is thinking about a moon base
In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss talks with NASA’s Shatel Bhakta, the principal systems engineer for Moon Base, about what’s needed between now and 2028 and the incremental steps to…