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NASA

• NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Mars’ Huygens Crater
  May 19, 2026
  Description Captured by the multispectral imager instrument on NASA’s Psyche mission, this is an enhanced-color view of the large double-ring crater Huygens (upper left; about 290 miles, or 470 kilometers, in diameter) and the surrounding heavily cratered southern highlands near 15 degrees south latitude. The various colors in this dramatic scene are likely due to […]
• NASA’s Psyche Mission Spies Mars’ Wind-Blown Craters During Close Approach
  May 19, 2026
  Description This view of the Martian surface, captured by NASA’s Psyche spacecraft on May 15, 2026, shows streaks that have formed due to wind blowing over impact craters in the Syrtis Major region. The image scale is nearly 1,200 feet (360 meters) per pixel. The wind streaks extend to about 30 miles (50 kilometers) long, […]
• Psyche’s High-Resolution View of Mars’ South Pole
  May 19, 2026
  Description This is the highest-resolution view of the water ice-rich south polar cap of Mars captured by NASA’s Psyche mission after it made its close approach with the planet for a gravity assist. The image scale is around 0.7 miles per pixel (1.14 kilometers per pixel). The cap itself extends across more than 430 miles […]
• NASA’s Psyche Mission Sees Mars’ South Pole After Flyby
  May 19, 2026
  Description This is Psyche’s first view of a nearly “full Mars” seen shortly after the spacecraft’s closest approach to the planet on May 15, 2026. The view extends from the south polar cap northwards to the Valles Marineris canyon system and beyond. With Mars in the rearview mirror, the spacecraft will soon resume use of […]
• NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars
  May 19, 2026
  Description This view of a crescent Mars was captured on May 15, 2026, at about 5:03 a.m. PDT by NASA’s Psyche mission as it approached the planet for a gravity assist. Captured by the spacecraft’s multispectral imager instrument, this was the last view of the whole planet before it began to overfill the field of […]

SpaceNews

• SDA director Sandhoo takes on broader Space Force missile warning portfolio
  May 19, 2026
• Startup challenging satellite industry’s multi-orbit playbook
  May 19, 2026
• Portal Space taps Quindar for ground mission support of its maneuvering spacecraft
  May 19, 2026
• Vast announces line of high-power satellite buses
  May 19, 2026
• Lynk and Anterix get FCC nod to test satellite D2D for private utility networks
  May 19, 2026

ArsTechnica

• "I'll buy 10 of those"—NASA science chief yearns for mass-produced satellites
  by Stephen Clark
• Two AI-based science assistants succeed with drug-retargeting tasks
  by John Timmer
• Australian Aboriginals cared for a dingo's grave for decades
  by Kiona N. Smith
• Pompeii victim ID'd as a likely doctor
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• A revolutionary cancer treatment could transform autoimmune disease
  by Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine