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NASA

• Winter’s End Is Written in the Clouds
  April 30, 2026
  As winter turned to spring, the skies over the Gulf of Alaska displayed textbook examples of numerous cloud formations.
• I Am Artemis: Ryan Schulte
  April 29, 2026 by Penelope Lauren Garcia-Galan
  Listen to this audio excerpt from Ryan Schulte, Orion flywheel project manager: As the four Artemis II astronauts traveled on a 694,481-mile journey around the Moon and back, the Orion spacecraft provided them with all the essentials for deep space life, including daily exercise. The crew used an exercise device called the flywheel throughout their mission to maintain their physical and mental health, and Ryan Schulte, Orion […]
• US-Indian Spacecraft Captures Mexico City Subsidence
  April 29, 2026
  Description A scientist produced this map of land subsidence (sinking) in Mexico City using data from the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission captured between Oct. 25, 2025, and Jan. 17, 2026. The region has been a well-known hot spot of subsidence for decades, and images like this help confirm that NISAR is performing as […]
• Curiosity Blog, Sols 4873-4878: Welcome to the Atacama Drill Target
  April 29, 2026
  Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Earth planning date: Friday, April 24, 2026 There was excitement in the air as the Curiosity Science Team kicked off a drill campaign at the Atacama site to characterize the first Mount Sharp layered-sulfate bedrock since leaving the boxwork terrain. […]
• US-Indian Space Mission Maps Extreme Subsidence in Mexico City
  April 29, 2026 by Naomi Hartono
  One of the most powerful radar systems ever launched into space has mapped the ground moving beneath one of fastest subsiding capitals in the world: Mexico City. The findings show how quickly and reliably the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite can track real-time changes across Earth’s surface from orbit, unhindered by clouds or vegetation […]

SpaceNews

• Canadian Space Agency cancels Spire satellite contract
  April 30, 2026
• ISS module cracking still unresolved despite stopping air leaks
  April 29, 2026
• May 13: Software Integration and Strategic Missile Defense
  April 29, 2026
• Space Force selects firms to build counter-surveillance payloads for satellites
  April 29, 2026
• Falcon 9 rocket stage projected to impact moon’s near side in August
  April 29, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Professional school grads from diverse classes get higher salaries
  by John Timmer
• Electrical current might be the key to a better cup of coffee
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Neanderthal brains measure up to ours—literally
  by Kiona N. Smith
• Put it in pencil: NASA's Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027
  by Stephen Clark
• Study: Infrasound likely a key factor in alleged hauntings
  by Jennifer Ouellette