News IN Space

NASA

• Why Maine’s Sandy Shorelines Turn Jagged
  July 21, 2026
  Differences in the underlying bedrock and how rivers distribute sediment make the coastlines west of Portland look unlike those northeast of the city.
• NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-13 Mission to Space Station
  July 20, 2026 by Jessica Taveau
  NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation mission to the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Monday, Aug. 3, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Mission leadership will provide an overview of NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑13 mission at 12 p.m. EDT. Next, crew members will discuss their […]
• NASA, GE Aerospace Work Enables Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstration
  July 20, 2026 by Lillian Gipson
  An aircraft powered by a megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine developed in collaboration with NASA and built by GE Aerospace, demonstrated flight of an innovation that can inform new generations of fuel-saving aircraft power systems. Mounted to a Saab 340B aircraft, the engine flew at Farnborough International Air Show in the United Kingdom. It was the public […]
• New NASA Earth Missions Gear Up to Start Science Flights  
  July 20, 2026
  The first of six new airborne campaigns will hit the skies this summer.
• From Hampton to Mars: How NASA Langley Helped Land on the Red Planet
  July 20, 2026 by Charles G. Hatfield
  Fifty years ago, NASA’s Viking 1 and 2 landers made the first successful landings on Mars, opening a new era in planetary exploration. Behind that achievement was a team at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, whose steady leadership and technical expertise helped turn an ambitious idea into a mission that reshaped how we […]

SpaceNews

• IHI explores Kuva hyperspectral satellites for Japan’s multi-sensor constellation
  July 21, 2026
• Italian startup ORiS raises funding for laser power-beaming technology
  July 21, 2026
• Pipelines to payloads: risk management lessons for the space economy
  July 20, 2026
• AI rocket engine startup LegendSpace raises $29.5 million angel round
  July 20, 2026
• Mauritius becomes 70th nation to sign the Artemis Accords
  July 18, 2026

ArsTechnica

• The Space Force is now seeking to buy up to $30 billion in rocket launches
  by Stephen Clark
• India's first privately developed rocket reaches orbit on dramatic debut launch
  by Stephen Clark
• As mosquito ranges expand, better monitoring is key to preventing disease
  by Madeline Shaw, Inside Climate News
• Troubling new details emerge on diabetes ouster controversy
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• The report oil companies are worried about: Climate attribution science
  by John Timmer