News IN Space

NASA

• A Shift in What’s Shaping U.S. Landscapes
  May 28, 2026
  Wild disturbances are on the rise, while land disturbed by human activity has been decreasing.
• NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety
  May 27, 2026 by Milan Loiacono
  With peak wildfire season approaching, scientists with NASA’s FireSense project have created low-cost thermal sensors to install on fire bulldozers that will alert firefighters when heat from a nearby fire reaches a dangerous level. The sensors also provide researchers with important data on what happens beneath the canopy during a fire. In April, researchers and […]
• Released: NASA Goddard Issues Draft Request for Proposal for the Landsat 10 Spacecraft
  May 27, 2026
  The Landsat 10 Spacecraft Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) is available for review via SAM.gov.
• La NASA ofrece información actualizada sobre rovers, módulos de alunizaje y misiones de Base Lunar
  May 27, 2026 by María José Viñas
  Durante una sesión informativa sobre el programa Base Lunar, celebrada en la sede de la NASA en Washington, la agencia anunció nuevos contratos para el desarrollo de vehículos lunares con capacidad para transportar tripulación y módulos de aterrizaje de carga no tripulados con destino a la Luna. Directivos de la NASA también dieron a conocer […]
• Girl Scouts Event Brings Space Science to the Next Generation
  May 27, 2026
  In early May 2026, NASA employees, contractors, and volunteers helped to bring Heliophysics to girls of all ages in a fun-filled weekend of hands-on science activities and experiments.

SpaceNews

• Virgin Galactic returns Unity to flight to prepare for next-generation spaceplane
  May 28, 2026
• FAA requires mishap investigation into latest Starship launch
  May 28, 2026
• House Armed Services draft bill eliminates SDA, Space RCO as separate entities
  May 27, 2026
• Mars to Titan: the next rallying call?
  May 27, 2026
• European space industry warns EU Space Act could slow competitiveness
  May 27, 2026

ArsTechnica

• "Little red dot" in early Universe is a naked supermassive black hole
  by John Timmer
• US Space Force confirms SpaceX will build sensor-to-shooter targeting network
  by Stephen Clark
• Want an oxygen-rich atmosphere? Stuff oxygen’s friends in the mantle.
  by Scott K. Johnson
• Whatever the mirror test tells us, beluga whales pass it
  by Federica Sgorbissa
• SpaceX's Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly successful on first flight
  by Stephen Clark