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• Tornado Draws a Jagged Line in Mississippi
  May 22, 2026
  The strongest of several twisters to touch down in the southern part of the state in early May 2026 left a visible path of damaged vegetation.
• NASA to Showcase Mission to Boost Swift Spacecraft’s Orbit
  May 21, 2026 by Jessica Taveau
  Media are invited to NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Wednesday, June 17, to view Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket, carrying a Katalyst robotic spacecraft that will attempt to boost the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. Katalyst’s robotic servicing spacecraft, called LINK, will launch on Pegasus in June to rendezvous with Swift […]
• NASA Joins Artemis Accords Workshop as Global Signings Rise
  May 21, 2026 by Gerelle Q. Dodson
  The United States participated in an Artemis Accords workshop in Lima, Peru, last week, following a new wave of nations committing to safe and responsible exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Leading up to the event, six countries, including Latvia, Jordan, Morocco, Malta, Ireland, and Paraguay, joined the growing coalition of Artemis Accords signatories […]
• NASA Seeks Interest for Artemis Mission CubeSats
  May 21, 2026 by Lee Mohon
  Organizations interested in launching CubeSats on future Artemis missions should respond to NASA’s request for information (RFI) by Monday, June 1, for initial consideration. “The SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and the Artemis missions provide great opportunities for teams to conduct important, science and technology investigations that contribute to the expansion of human space exploration,” said […]
• NASA’s AWE Completes Mission to Study Earth’s Effect on Space Weather
  May 21, 2026
  On May 21, ground controllers powered down NASA’s AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) instrument, bringing the data collection phase of the mission to a successful and scheduled end, surpassing its planned two-year mission. Installed on the exterior of the International Space Station since November 2023, AWE studied atmospheric gravity waves, which are giant ripples in the […]

SpaceNews

• Ground equipment problem scrubs Starship launch attempt
  May 22, 2026
• Sixth Varda mission successfully returns
  May 21, 2026
• Space Force on path to double active-duty force by 2030
  May 21, 2026
• Starship underpins SpaceX’s growth ambitions
  May 21, 2026
• The internet was ‘too expensive’ too
  May 21, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Ground system issue scrubs first launch of SpaceX's Starship V3 rocket
  by Stephen Clark
• JWST maps the weather on a hot gas giant 700 light-years away
  by Jacek Krywko
• NASA's Psyche spacecraft returns unfamiliar views of a familiar world
  by Stephen Clark
• Chickens without eggs? De-extinction company creates artificial egg.
  by John Timmer
• "I'll buy 10 of those"—NASA science chief yearns for mass-produced satellites
  by Stephen Clark