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NASA

• Tracy Arm’s Post-Tsunami Landscape
  May 8, 2026
  A landslide-triggered tsunami stripped vegetation from the shore of the glacial fjord in summer 2025.
• Meet the Fleet: NASA Armstrong Continues Legacy of Flight Research
  May 7, 2026 by Dede Dinius
  NASA’s home for experimental flight is welcoming more flyers to its already high-performing fleet as it continues to support science and aeronautics test missions – continuing the legacy of pioneers like Neil Armstrong. NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, added multiple aircraft this year: two F-15s supersonic jets, a Pilatus PC-12 utility plane, […]
• NASA Welcomes Paraguay as 67th Artemis Accords Signatory
  May 7, 2026 by Elizabeth Shaw
  The Republic of Paraguay signed the Artemis Accords on Thursday during a ceremony in Asunción, becoming the latest nation to commit to the shared principles guiding civil space exploration. “Today, I am proud to welcome Paraguay as the 67th signatory to the Artemis Accords,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. “They join an ever-growing coalition of […]
• NASA Sends Mars Helicopter Blades Beyond Mach 1
  May 7, 2026
  Description Engineer Fernando Mier-Hicks inspects a test stand used to investigate the performance of next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blades at high speeds inside the 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in November 2025. Data from the tests indicate that the rotors could surpass the sound barrier without breaking apart. The […]
• NASA’s Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotors Are Moving Fast
  May 7, 2026
  Description Engineer Jaakko Karras inspects a next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blade prior to supersonic speed testing in the 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in November 2025. The three-bladed rotor hanging horizontally in the foreground is the next-gen rotor being tested. The vertically aligned two-bladed rotor provided a “headwind,” enabling […]

SpaceNews

• SatVu zooms in energy facilities in Cuba, India and Australia
  May 8, 2026
• Lunar Outpost raises $30 million
  May 8, 2026
• Rocket Lab joins Raytheon on space interceptor program for Golden Dome
  May 7, 2026
• Redwire pursues opportunities in landers and power systems for NASA’s moon base plans
  May 7, 2026
• Military space boom meets Beltway friction
  May 7, 2026

ArsTechnica

• RIP social media. What comes next is messy.
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• SpaceX is starting to move on from the world's most successful rocket
  by Stephen Clark
• Here's what has to happen if NASA wants to land on the Moon every month
  by Stephen Clark
• Trump administration cites national security in stalling 165 wind farms
  by Martha Muir, Financial Times
• MIT's virtual violin offers luthiers a new design tool
  by Jennifer Ouellette