News IN Space

NASA

• NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman’s CRS-24 Resupply Launch
  April 3, 2026 by Jessica Taveau
  NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 8:49 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 8, for the next launch delivering science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. Filled with approximately 11,000 pounds of cargo, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, will launch from Space […]
• Meet NASA’s New Artemis II Science Officers
  April 3, 2026
  NASA’s first Artemis II science officers—Kelsey Young, Trevor Graff, and Angela Garcia—are pioneering a new era of mission operations by integrating advanced lunar science directly into Mission Control. Their work will shape how future Artemis crews observe, analyze, and deepen our understanding of the Moon.
• Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom
  April 3, 2026 by Michele Ostovar
  Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, born April 3, 1926, in Mitchell, Indiana. As one of NASA’s first seven astronauts, he became America’s second astronaut to fly in space when he launched aboard the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft on July 21, 1961, just weeks after Alan Shepard’s historic […]
• Hello, World
  April 3, 2026 by Monika Luabeya
  NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right and bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun. This and another photo of Earth are the first […]
• Barents Sea Tied to Low Arctic Sea Ice
  April 3, 2026
  Patches of open water in the region contributed to low sea ice extent across the Arctic in March 2026, which tied with the lowest maximum observed in the satellite record.

SpaceNews

• Artemis 2 in good shape cruising towards the moon
  April 4, 2026
• Italy’s Argotec plans to scale Florida satellite facility to meet rising US demand
  April 3, 2026
• White House again proposes steep NASA budget cuts
  April 3, 2026
• SpaceX and Amazon spar over satellite deployments
  April 3, 2026
• Europe’s strategic autonomy in space will define its role in the ‘second space age’
  April 3, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Trump proposes steep cut to NASA budget as astronauts head for the Moon
  by Stephen Clark
• Ice Age dice show early Native Americans may have understood probability
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds
  by Kyle Orland
• Male octopuses guided through mating by female hormones
  by Jacek Krywko
• New fossil deposits show complex animal groups predating the Cambrian
  by John Timmer