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NASA

• Ribbon-Cutting Event for NASA Deep Space Network’s Deep Space Station 23
  August 30, 2026
  Description Leadership from NASA Headquarters, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Deep Space Network (DSN) stand in front of the recently completed Deep Space Station 23 antenna at the Deep Space Network’s Goldstone complex near Barstow, California, on Aug. 25, 2026.  From left: Germaine Aziz (project manager, DSN Aperture Enhancement Project, JPL); Bradford Arnold (manager, […]
• NASA Deep Space Network’s New Goldstone Antenna Goes Online
  August 30, 2026
  Description Long shadows are cast by the recently completed Deep Space Station 23 at the Deep Space Network’s Goldstone complex near Barstow, California, in August 2026. A 34-meter (114-foot) multifrequency beam-waveguide antenna, DSS-23 will boost the DSN’s capacity and enhance NASA’s deep space communications capabilities for decades to come. NASA leadership and personnel as well […]
• Panorama Showcasing the 34-Meter Antennas of the DSN’s Goldstone Complex
  August 30, 2026
  Description Five antennas soak in the summer sun at the Deep Space Network’s Goldstone complex near Barstow, California, in August 2026. The recently completed Deep Space Station 23, a 34-meter (114-foot) beam-waveguide antenna, can be seen to the right of the frame in the foreground. The other three 34-meter antennas are, from left, DSS-26, DSS-25, and […]
• NASA’s Dark Universe-Seeking Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches
  August 30, 2026 by Jennifer M. Dooren
  Now on a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon reveal the universe’s darkest secrets. The mission launched at 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Roman pairs a large field of […]
• NASA’s Artemis II Crew Receives Congressional Space Medal of Honor
  August 28, 2026 by HQ Web Team
  From left to right: NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor from President Donald J. Trump on Aug. 28, 2026, for their service during the Artemis II mission. The Congressional Space Medal of Honor was authorized […]

SpaceNews

• 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
• RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies introduces new spacecraft mission enabler
  August 26, 2026
• The threat environment and processing at the edge
  August 26, 2026
• Propulsion is having a moment
  August 25, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Why did 1,000 world citizens bury their underpants?
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Traders brought Central American cacao to Georgia 1,000 years ago
  by Kiona N. Smith
• Researchers get two genetic codes to work at the same time
  by John Timmer
• Preserving glow-in-the-dark art and fashion for future generations
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Lab supply companies have been selling antibodies using manipulated images
  by John Timmer