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• APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck Moon and Belt of Venus
  August 1, 2026
  APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck… 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. Buck Moon […]
• What’s Up: August 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
  July 31, 2026
  A solar eclipse, the Perseids, bright Venus after sunset, and a deep partial lunar eclipse highlight August’s skywatching. Skywatching Highlights Transcript A solar eclipse, one of the year’s best meteor showers, Venus at its brightest in the evening sky, and a lunar eclipse to close out the month. That’s “What’s Up” for August. On Aug. […]
• NASA to Host Florida Event Celebrating American Air, Space Leadership
  July 31, 2026 by Lauren E. Low
  NASA will hold a news conference at 2:30 p.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 14, live from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and media and digital creators are invited to attend in person. The announcement, held in the XLV Hangar at the Shuttle Landing Facility, will preview a new event at NASA Kennedy later this […]
• NASA’s Newest Wind Tunnel Opens at NASA Langley
  July 31, 2026 by HQ Web Team
  On Friday, July 31, 2026, NASA leadership and Virginia government officials opened NASA’s first major new wind tunnel in more than 40 years, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The state-of-the-art facility will support research and technology development that will advance the agency’s aeronautics, exploration, and science goals, […]
• TB 26-04 Webbings for Use in Elevated Oxygen Environments
  July 31, 2026 by Meagan Chappell
  Flammability test results for commercial-off-the-shelf webbings that meet NASA flammability requirements are reported for use in elevated oxygen environments anticipated for future lunar and Martian missions. Testing demonstrated that a webbing composed of 60% Kevlar®/40% polybenzimidazole (PBI) from Sturges Manufacturing Company, Inc., specifically the natural version, passed flammability testing per NASA-STD-6001B Test 1 using a […]

SpaceNews

• China launches secretive TJS-27 pair, orbits next-gen Tianlian relay sat
  August 1, 2026
• Sending repurposed Mars rover to the moon could cost more than $1 billion
  July 31, 2026
• Spain commits up to $2.3 billion for national military communications for IRIS²
  July 31, 2026
• Inside the effort to show Congress what war in space looks like
  July 31, 2026
• Space Force picks 15 companies for $981 million training range contract
  July 31, 2026

ArsTechnica

• How fruit flies chase invisible ribbons of smell to get to their source
  by Jacek Krywko
• Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA
  by John Timmer
• Researchers devise a full-color night vision goggle
  by Jacek Krywko
• China could supply EV manufacturing boom with recycled EVs
  by Scott K. Johnson
• Space Force-backed mission does its best impression of Top Gun in orbit
  by Stephen Clark