News IN Space

NASA

• NASA’s ESCAPADE Snaps Family Portrait of Earth, Moon
  July 24, 2026
  On July 3, one of NASA’s two Mars-destined ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft captured photos of Earth and the Moon in visible and thermal infrared light. At the time, the spacecraft was 363,250 miles (584,600 kilometers) from Earth and 115,600 miles (186,100 kilometers) from the Moon, making the Moon appear relatively […]
• New Crew Members Welcomed to International Space Station
  July 24, 2026 by HQ Web Team
  From left, Expedition 74 flight engineers Anna Kikina and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Anil Menon of NASA pose for a July 18, 2026, photo while holding a cake celebrating their recent arrival aboard the International Space Station. The trio arrived at the space station on July 14, 2026, after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome […]
• NASA Announces New Spacecraft Technology Demonstration Mission at Moon    
  July 24, 2026 by Loura Hall
  NASA is working with industry to advance the next phase of cislunar infrastructure for the agency’s Artemis program and Moon Base, including orbital assets and demonstrations. Under a contract awarded to Advanced Space, the agency’s CAPSTONE 02 mission will demonstrate rendezvous and proximity operations, autonomous navigation, and cislunar communication capabilities while continuing to characterize the […]
• NASA to Support Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Testing, Advance Artemis
  July 24, 2026 by Lauren E. Low
  NASA and Blue Origin announced Friday they recently agreed to conduct second stage hot fire testing for the company’s New Glenn rocket on the B-2 test stand at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The annex to a reimbursable Space Act Agreement signed earlier this month highlights NASA’s commitment to working […]
• Hubble Spies One-Sided Spiral
  July 24, 2026
  This Hubble image features spiral galaxy NGC 4654, located 72 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden).

SpaceNews

• SpaceX conducts 13th Starship test flight
  July 25, 2026
• ULA deals with financial challenges caused by Vulcan grounding
  July 24, 2026
• LatConnect 60 Unveils Proprietary AI Capabilities Following Growing Indo-Pacific Defence Interest in SWIRSAT
  July 24, 2026
• Office of Space Commerce to move ahead on mission authorization
  July 24, 2026
• Lightning strikes Long March 3B after liftoff, Kinetica-1 launches 5 satellites
  July 24, 2026

ArsTechnica

• With help from data, art museums are reframing the visitor experience
  by Mureji Fatunde-Iloeje
• Team uses AlphaFold AI to redesign gene-editing proteins to make them safer
  by John Timmer
• This is the world's most advanced robotic servicing satellite—that we know about
  by Stephen Clark
• Rocket Report: Lightning strikes in China; Starship launch on deck
  by Stephen Clark
• White House report says Trump can usher in a "new golden age" of science
  by John Timmer