News IN Space

NASA

• Ahuachapán and Its Restive Neighbors
  May 5, 2026
  From a geothermal hotspot to the one-time “Lighthouse of the Pacific,” the heat is on beneath the volcanic landscape of western El Salvador.
• NASA Welcomes Ireland as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
  May 4, 2026 by Elizabeth Shaw
  Ireland signed the Artemis Accords Monday during a signing ceremony hosted by NASA, becoming the latest nation to commit to the responsible exploration of space for all humanity. Ireland, a longstanding member of ESA (European Space Agency) and a valued international partner for NASA, now joins all 23 ESA member states as a signatory of […]
• NASA Fosters Development of Lunar Resource-Seeking Technologies
  May 4, 2026 by Loura Hall
  To support long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars, NASA and industry are developing technologies that can extract resources such as hydrogen and helium-3 from lunar soil, known as regolith. This capability, known as in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), allows explorers to use what is already available on other planetary bodies, from water ice to minerals. […]
• NASA Welcomes Malta as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
  May 4, 2026 by Elizabeth Shaw
  The Republic of Malta became the 65th signatory to the Artemis Accords on Monday during a ceremony in the town of Kalkara with NASA and U.S. Department of State officials present. “Today, it’s my pleasure to welcome the Republic of Malta to the Artemis Accords community,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said in recorded remarks. “By […]
• Breaking Barriers at 3rd Annual Findings from the Field Symposium
  May 4, 2026
  This year’s Findings from the Field Student Research Symposium welcomed 106 students, grades four through eight, 29 educators, and 15 Subject Matter Experts, and it featured 68 research posters, 14 lightning talks, and 5 discussion sessions. 

SpaceNews

• Firefly plans late summer launch of first Alpha Block 2 rocket
  May 5, 2026
• NRO taps EarthDaily, Iceye, Pixxel to expand commercial data pipeline
  May 5, 2026
• NATO governance policies need updating
  May 4, 2026
• Tech firms partner up to push intelligence processing closer to the battlefield
  May 4, 2026
• Pixxel pushes into orbital data centers for faster geospatial intelligence
  May 4, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Trump administration cites national security in stalling 165 wind farms
  by Martha Muir, Financial Times
• MIT's virtual violin offers luthiers a new design tool
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Scorpions go terminator mode and reinforce their weapons with metal
  by Jacek Krywko
• Rocket Report: Falcon Heavy is back; Russia's Soyuz-5 finally debuts
  by Stephen Clark