News IN Space

NASA

• Curiosity Blog, Sols 4995-5001: 5,000 (Martian) Days on Mars
  September 9, 2026
  Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 28, 2026 The span of sols spanned by this blog post is noteworthy in several ways. First, Curiosity became a world-class (for Mars at least) mountaineer by passing the 1 kilometer mark of elevation from its landing site on the floor […]
• Anak Krakatau Rumbles Again
  September 9, 2026
  A powerful eruption from the Indonesian volcano lofted ash into the atmosphere, disrupting thousands of flights and degrading air quality.
• From the Corps to the Cosmos, featuring Jaden Caradine
  September 8, 2026 by Sondra Woodward
  Jaden Caradine knew he wanted to be an engineer at eight years old. He just took a winding road to get there. Before he enrolled at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, before he discovered the field that would become his focus, and before he landed a Pathways internship at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, Caradine […]
• NASA Calls for Proposals to Accelerate Lunar Surface Technologies 
  September 8, 2026 by Lauren E. Low
  NASA is seeking proposals to advance the technology and infrastructure needed to explore the Moon and establish a Moon Base in the lunar South Pole region. Announced on Tuesday, Sept. 8, the solicitation targets capability gaps, including power generation, oxygen extraction, and producing materials on the Moon required for construction and operations. These technologies are […]
• Superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud
  September 8, 2026 by HQ Web Team
  NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures a photogenic nebula, N44, in the Large Magellanic Cloud in this Sept. 3, 2026, image. N44 is dominated by two features: a vast central void and a shell of dense, dusty gas. The central void is a ‘superbubble’ spanning roughly 210 by 140 light-years across. The glittering stars at the […]

SpaceNews

• Galaxia Takes Next Step in Earth Observation with purchase of Simera Sense Hyperspectral Imager
  September 3, 2026
• 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

ArsTechnica

• NIH to use part of its budget to pay for Department of Defense research
  by John Timmer
• Update to Google’s AI weather model improves forecast accuracy
  by Scott K. Johnson
• The secret to protecting next-gen spacecraft might be eggshells
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• German company becomes first in Europe to launch fully commercial orbital rocket
  by Stephen Clark
• Farmed salmon may not be as nutritious as it once was, new research suggests
  by Georgina Gustin, Inside Climate News