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NASA

• Rising Over Louisiana
  September 2, 2026 by Gary Daines
  On Aug. 28, 2026 (the evening of Aug. 27 in some time zones), the Moon passed into Earth’s shadow, creating a deep partial lunar eclipse. At the moment of greatest eclipse, 12:13 a.m. EDT, 96.3% of the Moon’s disk was immersed in Earth’s umbra—the central, darkest part of the shadow where sunlight is completely blocked. […]
• NASA Rocket Takes First Multi-Point Look Inside Radio-Disrupting Clouds
  September 2, 2026
  High above Earth, thin veils of metallic haze drift through the edge of space. Known as sporadic E layers, these high-altitude “clouds” form from the vaporized dust of burnt-up meteors, earning their name from the unpredictable way they emerge and then dissipate. Now, new results from a NASA sounding rocket — a suborbital research rocket […]
• NASA Selects Blue Origin as Mars Telecommunications Network Provider
  September 1, 2026 by Jessica Taveau
  NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract Tuesday to develop the agency’s Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-generation communications system that will enable reliable, high-bandwidth communications and navigation services for current and future Mars missions. The firm-fixed-price contract has a maximum potential value of approximately $700 million to deliver a high-performance Mars telecommunications orbiter to NASA no […]
• What’s Up: September 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
  September 1, 2026
  Brilliant Venus and a Harvest Moon Use the Moon to find Antares and the Teapot, spot brilliant Venus, welcome the equinox, and see the Harvest Moon near Saturn and Neptune. Skywatching Highlights Transcript The Moon joins a tea party… Venus cranks up the brightness… the seasons officially change… and the Harvest Moon meets up with […]
• Historic Engines Take Their Place on Artemis III
  September 1, 2026 by Gary Daines
  On Aug. 24, technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida began installing the four RS‑25 engines in the core stage of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will carry the Artemis III crew into low Earth orbit in 2027. Each RS‑25 engine has a unique serial number that records its detailed flight […]

SpaceNews

• Agile Space Industries Celebrates Durango Headquarters Expansion with Ribbon Cutting
  September 2, 2026
• Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes Two New Associate Members
  August 31, 2026
• Speed to Field Starts Below the Prime
  August 31, 2026
• The electronics ‘under the hood’ of space networking
  August 27, 2026
• LatConnect 60 and Phi Earth Partner to Connect Space and Soil
  August 27, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Without new landers or rovers, it's helicopters or bust for NASA's Mars program
  by Stephen Clark
• Raindrops are tiny lightning bolts, and they’re corroding cars, study finds
  by Jacek Krywko
• El Niño is now stronger than at any point in the last 1,000 years, study finds
  by Jacek Krywko
• NASA's next "great observatory" begins mission to widen our view of the Universe
  by Stephen Clark