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NASA

• Europe’s Scorching Summer
  August 21, 2026
  A series of heat waves in 2026 is breaking records and taking a toll in Europe.
• SmallSat 2026
  August 20, 2026
  SmallSat 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth # 635, 835, 641, and 940) for Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Agenda below. MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 9:00 – 10:00 AM WelcomeJose NunezBryceTech’s Smallsats by the Numbers: 2026Fletcher FranklinSupply Chain ObservationsBruce YostTechnology Shortfall Rudy de RoseeSPARCS Camera and Early Science ObservationsKaitlyn AshcroftJPL: SkyfallTim CanhamSWIFT LINK ReboostBo NaaszFlight […]
• Artemis Mission Patches
  August 20, 2026 by HQ Web Team
  A jacket decorated with Artemis I and II mission patches, along with other NASA patches hangs on the back of a chair on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, inside the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a terminal countdown simulation for the Artemis III mission. NASA’s Exploration Ground […]
• NASA Selects University Teams to Help Advance Aviation Research
  August 20, 2026 by Lillian Gipson
  NASA has selected four university teams to help the agency transform the future of aviation through projects ranging from high-supersonic propulsion systems to low-noise routes for small aircraft flying through cities. The agency made awards through its University Leadership Initiative, which offers  student teams the opportunity to contribute to real-world flight research that advances NASA’s goals in aeronautics. […]
• The View from Above: The Gemini Visual Acuity Experiments
  August 20, 2026 by Michele Ostovar
  NASA astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. took 29 color photographs of the Earth with a 70mm camera as he orbited our planet during the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission in May 1963. Cooper’s view from the window of his Faith 7 spacecraft was spectacular, and he reported that he could see vehicles motoring on dirt roads, smoke-belching trains, […]

SpaceNews

• The COSMOSIS framework can ensure that Washington governs space with its complexity in mind.
  August 21, 2026
• Landspace aims to refly recovered Zhuque-3 booster within six months
  August 21, 2026
• New space transportation policy focuses on increased launch rates
  August 20, 2026
• Golden Dome chief touts progress as funding questions loom
  August 20, 2026
• Elve qualifies millimeter-wave amplifiers for spaceflight
  August 20, 2026

ArsTechnica

• SpaceX’s orbital data centers would create a new category of e-waste
  by Scott K. Johnson
• Scientists find closest star to the Milky Way's central black hole
  by John Timmer
• Against all odds, SpaceX finally tugs Starship into port after 24 days at sea
  by Stephen Clark
• X-rays add new twist to narwhal's spiral tusk
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• As temperatures get hotter, pesticides are more dangerous to farmworkers
  by Amy Green, Inside Climate News