News IN Space

NASA

• NASA Awards Contract for Johnson Space Center Infrastructure
  May 29, 2026 by Jessica Taveau
  NASA has selected seven companies to provide construction, revitalization, and infrastructure improvements at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Johnson Space Center Multiple Award Construction Contract supports up to $300 million in upgrades to mission‑support facilities, utilities, and equipment across the NASA Johnson campus. All funds must be obligated by Sept. 30, 2026. […]
• NASA Hosts SpaceX Crew-11 Astronauts for Public Event at Headquarters
  May 29, 2026 by Gerelle Q. Dodson
  NASA will host a public event featuring three crew members from the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission at 11 a.m. EDT Monday, June 1. The event, which takes place during the crew’s standard postflight visit, will be held in the Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in the Mary W. Jackson building, 300 E. Street SW in […]
• NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Primary Mirror Gets Last Look
  May 29, 2026 by Ashley Balzer
  Engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have completed their final inspection of a key element for the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: the primary mirror. This 7.9-foot (2.4-meter) mirror will collect and focus light from cosmic objects near and far, helping Roman capture stunning panoramas of space. “The Roman engineering […]
• Hubble Spies Faint Irregular Galaxy
  May 29, 2026 by HQ Web Team
  This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released on May 27, 2026, features the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017, roughly 12,000 light-years in diameter and some 23 million light-years away in the constellation Canis Major. The galaxy’s low surface brightness makes it appear as a faint, starry swarm behind brighter foreground stars that are easily recognized by their diffraction spikes. […]
• Hubble Captures M88 on Journey to Center of Virgo Cluster
  May 29, 2026
  This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the active spiral galaxy Messier 88 (M88), located about 63 million light-years away.

SpaceNews

• Space Force awards SpaceX $4.16 billion to build satellite network for airborne target tracking
  May 29, 2026
• Space Force’s commercial gatekeeper offers a playbook for startups seeking defense business
  May 29, 2026
• Bellatrix and TelePIX plan 2028 air-breathing VLEO imaging demonstration
  May 29, 2026
• Spatial data has become a weapon of war in the US-Iran war
  May 29, 2026
• China’s latest batch of new and reusable rockets are close to launch
  May 29, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Grifters, cynics, and true believers: The family tree of vaccine opponents
  by Diana Gitig
• Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
  by John Timmer
• Severed sea cucumber appendages don't seem to die
  by Jacek Krywko
• Researchers develop a new process to get lithium out of rocks
  by John Timmer
• Amazon turns to Jeff Bezos' other company to do some heavy lifting
  by Stephen Clark