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NASA

• Curiosity Blog, Sols 4982–4987: Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming
  August 23, 2026
  By Allison Dries-Padilla, Missions Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 This week of Curiosity Mars rover operations takes us back to our “regularly scheduled programming.” After taking a slight detour to investigate the “erosional surface” we are back on course to ascend Mount Sharp. As we transition […]
• APOD: 2026 August 22 – Mostly Perseids
  August 22, 2026
  APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 22… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Mostly Perseids Explanation: Recorded […]
• NASA Shares Views of August Solar Eclipse from Ground, Air, Space
  August 21, 2026
  On Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse darkened skies over Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. As the Moon covered the Sun, it briefly revealed the Sun’s wispy outer atmosphere — the corona — to those in the path of totality who were lucky enough to have clear skies. NASA researchers and photographers were along the eclipse […]
• TB 26-04 Updates and Modernization of NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) Code
  August 21, 2026 by Daniel Hoffpauir
  For more information, contact Mark K. Leader, Glenn Research Center, mark.leader@nasa.gov Download the PDF version NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) code is a foundational tool for propulsion system analysis. It provides equilibrium chemistry, rocket performance, shock, and detonation calculations used across NASA and the broader aerospace community. NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) Activity […]
• Webb Opens Treasure Chest
  August 21, 2026 by HQ Web Team
  NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured this Aug. 6, 2026, infrared image of part of the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region also home to the Cosmic Cliffs. This feature, called the “Treasure Chest,” is an object known as a cometary globule. A cometary globule is an isolated cloud of gas and dust with a dense, […]

SpaceNews

• New Novaspace forecast: 6,500+ EO satellites to launch by 2035
  August 21, 2026
• Elve qualifies millimeter-wave amplifiers for spaceflight
  August 20, 2026
• What’s next for ISR in space
  August 20, 2026
• Moog Highlights Huntsville Expansion and New Hardware-in-the-Loop Lab During Space and Missile Defense Symposium 
  August 20, 2026
• Rock West Composites® Is Premiering Its New STRATOPultrusion™ Product Line at the 2026 Small Satellite Conference
  August 20, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Volcanoes that made history
  by Alexandra Witze, Knowable Magazine
• Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses
  by Jacek Krywko
• Dismantling the Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife and water in US
  by Mariah Meek and Travis Belote, The Conversation
• Thunder + fiber-optic cabling used for seismic imaging
  by John Timmer
• SpaceX’s orbital data centers would create a new category of e-waste
  by Scott K. Johnson