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Strategic angle: NASA is saying this all with a straight face and pretending this is serious work regarding safety, not merely something it wanted to do because why wouldn't it.
Part of the launch site in Kazakhstan collapsed during the lift-off of Soyuz MS-28 in November last year, temporarily preventing Russia from being able to send cosmonauts into space.
Strategic angle: Plains around the San Andreas Fault and across Carrizo Plain National Monument are awash with yellow as wildflowers bloom.
Strategic angle: Swissto12 signs contract to develop the first optical relay spacecraft using its HummingSat platform.
Strategic angle: Explore Vision Studies, Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) Studies, and White Papers from NASA.
Strategic angle: Understanding avian temperature regulation is crucial for conservation amidst climate change.
Strategic angle: Astronomers have uncovered surprising evidence of a thick atmosphere surrounding TOI-561 b, a scorching, fast-orbiting rocky planet once thought too extreme to hold onto any gas.
Strategic angle: Big Tech companies including Nvidia and Elon Musk's SpaceX are making large bets on a new layer of critical infrastructure that's emerging above our heads.
Strategic angle: Sixty years after Neil Armstrong barely survived an emergency in orbit around Earth on Gemini 8, never-before-seen photos of his heroic return have been donated to the Ohio museum that bears his name.
NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft is gearing up for its second flight, paving the way for extensive flight testing in 2026.
Strategic angle: Rocket Lab successfully deployed the latest satellite for Synspective, enhancing radar imaging capabilities.
Strategic angle: The GPS III SV-10 satellite will now be launched by SpaceX due to ongoing issues with ULA's Vulcan Centaur rocket.
Strategic angle: A research team from the University of Bremen and the German Aerospace Center has made significant progress in developing a sustainable farming solution for Mars.
Strategic angle: 14 university teams chosen for the 2026 RASC-AL Competition to design innovative aerospace concepts.
Strategic angle: The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will soon leave our solar system, but its observations will enrich NASA’s public data archives.
Strategic angle: Real-life space exploration and big-screen science fiction will converge on Friday as NASA prepares to launch Artemis II.
Strategic angle: Planet Labs shows impressive results, leading to a surge in space-related stocks.
Strategic angle: NASA on Thursday began returning its towering SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to its Florida launch pad ahead of a planned flyby of the moon, after completing necessary repairs.
NASA's Artemis II mission plans to fly around the moon and back this April.
Strategic angle: Episode 43 of the Hawaiian volcano’s current eruption was marked by high lava fountains and widespread ash dispersal.