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NASA

• Northwest Earth and Space Science Pathways Project Celebrates Student Innovation Through ROADS from Earth to Venus National Challenge
  June 29, 2026
  The Northwest Earth and Space Science Pathways (NESSP) project recently concluded its 2025–2026 ROADS (Rover Observation And Discoveries in Space) from Earth to Venus National Challenge, a NASA Science Activation program student challenge that engaged more than 500 students on 120 teams from eight states in authentic science and engineering experiences inspired by Venus exploration. […]
• NASA, SBA Announce New Initiative to Scale American Space Economy 
  June 29, 2026 by Jessica Taveau
  NASA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) launched the SBIC-NASA Initiative on Monday to increase investment in American manufacturers of industrial components and providers of technologies critical to space exploration to support a sustained presence on the Moon and Mars.  Under the Memorandum of Agreement, NASA will identify technology priorities and connect businesses to funding opportunities […]
• NASA’s Newest Wind Tunnel Builds on Legacy of Innovation
  June 29, 2026 by Joseph Atkinson
  For more than 100 years, wind tunnels at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have helped shape the future of flight.   Now, two of NASA’s longest-serving facilities — the 12-Foot Low-Speed Tunnel and the 20-Foot Vertical Spin Tunnel — will pass the torch to the Flight Dynamics Research Facility (FDRF), the first major NASA wind tunnel built in more than 40 years.   “The FDRF […]
• NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Preps for Spacewalk
  June 29, 2026 by HQ Web Team
  Flight engineer Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) helps flight engineer Chris Williams of NASA as he tries on his spacesuit on June 23, 2026, testing its comfort and mobility as well as its communications and life support systems inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock. Williams will go on a spacewalk on June […]
• Mapping Earth’s Observations, featuring Betsy Ford
  June 29, 2026 by Sondra Woodward
  NASA’s Earth-observing satellites track an enormous range of phenomena: how aerosols move through the atmosphere, how moisture descends through soil, how land-cover shifts over decades. It’s some of the most consequential data NASA produces, informing science, policy, agriculture, and climate research around the world. As NASA’s Earth Science Division (ESD) manages this vast portfolio, they […]

SpaceNews

• Study argues bigger launch vehicles may not always be better
  June 30, 2026
• ESA to seek lunar mapping capability for Argonaut lander
  June 29, 2026
• Beck: Iridium acquisition the “logical next step” for Rocket Lab
  June 29, 2026
• Discovering the Universe – Astrophysics Flagship Space Observatories Offer Insights to Key Questions
  June 29, 2026
• Quantum computing is about to become a national security problem in orbit
  June 29, 2026

ArsTechnica

• US renewable boom passes key milestone in April
  by John Timmer
• Ozone loss was a thing even before CFCs were widely used
  by Scott K. Johnson
• Quantum computing startup says it will leapfrog everybody
  by John Timmer
• Think tank games out how to respond to disaster scenarios in space warfare
  by Stephen Clark
• Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck?
  by Jennifer Ouellette