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NASA

• Belts of Green in the Washington Suburbs
  April 22, 2026
  Along the northeast side of the Capital Beltway in Maryland, green spaces weave through the developed landscape.
• Artemis II Mission Milestones: An Image and Video Recap
  April 22, 2026 by Sumer Loggins
  On April 1, 2026, Artemis II launched on a nearly 10-day voyage around the Moon, marking the first crewed flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, splashed down on April 10 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego.  At their farthest […]
• Curiosity Blog, Sols 4867-4872: Sand Fill In Antofagasta Crater and Finding Our Next Drill Target
  April 22, 2026
  Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, April 17, 2026 At the beginning of the week, Curiosity arrived right on target on the rim of the 10-meter (33 feet) “Antofagasta” crater.   The crater looked fresh and deep as we had hoped with a nice well-defined […]
• NASA Invites Media to Jordan Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony
  April 21, 2026 by Jennifer M. Dooren
  The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 9:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, April 23, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host Ambassador Dina Kawar of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and U.S. Department of State Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and […]
• New NASA Views of Earth, From (S)PACE
  April 21, 2026
  NASA has a fleet of satellites in orbit, gathering data around the clock, to explore unique views of our home planet’s ocean, atmosphere, and land surfaces.

SpaceNews

• Commerce Department budget proposal would halt work on TraCSS
  April 22, 2026
• China backs orbital data center startup with $8.4 billion in credit lines
  April 22, 2026
• Northrop Grumman takes $71 million charge on Vulcan booster issue
  April 22, 2026
• Trump taps Raytheon executive for top military space acquisition post
  April 21, 2026
• Pentagon details funding strategy behind Trump’s proposed $1.45 trillion defense budget
  April 21, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Global growth in solar "the largest ever observed for any source"
  by John Timmer
• Pentagon pulls the plug on one of the military's most troubled space programs
  by Stephen Clark
• Meet Bruce, the "beak-jousting" parrot
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Blue Origin's rocket reuse achievement marred by upper stage failure
  by Stephen Clark
• I’ve fired one of America’s most powerful lasers—here’s what a shot day looks like
  by Ahmed Helal, The Conversation