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Space start-up launches India’s first commercial rocket designed for orbitIndia's first space-tech unicorn Skyroot Aerospace successfully launched Vikram-1 on Saturday.
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NASA Pushes New Wing Design to Find Structural LimitsNASA researchers recently put a new wing design, appearing long and thin with a lightweight structural design, through a series of grueling tests to find its structural limits. What they found left them encouraged about the wing’s potential, even when they...
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The Growing Crescent of Mars as NASA’s Psyche Mission ApproachesDescription This composite of images taken by NASA’s Psyche mission shows the crescent of Mars grow as the spacecraft approached the planet for a gravity assist from May 2 to May 15, 2026. The series begins with the smallest crescent at the center of the of...
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Establishing a VTE Risk Score for Astronauts AlgorithmIn April 2026, NASA’s Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) initiated a working group to review updated VTE case information, additional data gathered revealing altered blood flow status within a cohort of astronauts, and discuss progress of...
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NASA Awards Facilities Support Services Contract for Ames Research CenterCONTRACT RELEASE NASA has selected Chugach Intelligence Solutions LLC to provide comprehensive operations, maintenance, and repair services for NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The Ames Facilities Support Services II contract...
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NASA’s Chandra and IXPE Study Pulsar in Lighthouse NebulaThis composite image, released on July 9, 2026, shows the region around a pulsar – a neutron star with a strong magnetic field that spins incredibly fast – within the Lighthouse nebula. The image contains X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory in...
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La NASA invita a los medios de comunicación al lanzamiento del telescopio espacial RomanRead this release in English here. Ya está abierto el plazo de acreditación de los medios de comunicación para el lanzamiento de la misión del telescopio espacial Nancy Grace Roman de la NASA. El lanzamiento del telescopio Roman está programado para no antes...
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NASA Invites Media to Roman Space Telescope, Crew-13 LaunchesMedia accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the agency’s SpaceX Crew-13 missions, both targeting launch in the coming months. The Roman telescope is slated to launch no earlier than 7:20 a.m. EDT Sunday, Aug....
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NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Details of Martian Surface During FlybyDescription Captured by the multispectral imager instrument on NASA’s Psyche mission, this is an enhanced-color mosaic created from four individual images acquired on May 15, 2026, during the spacecraft’s flyby of Mars. Psyche was traveling from right to left...
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NASA Welcomes Mauritius as 70th Artemis Accords SignatoryThe Republic of Mauritius has officially joined the global coalition committed to responsible space exploration, becoming the newest signatory and seventh African country to join the Artemis Accords. NASA’s Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson contributed video...
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A Tide-Fueled Trove of Biodiversity in Guinea-BissauThe expansive mudflats, sandy beaches, and mangrove forests of the Bijagós archipelago support an array of migratory shorebirds and large numbers of sea turtles.
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SpaceX suddenly aborts second Starship V3 launch after ignitionThe company didn't immediately say what went wrong. SpaceX's stock plunged more than 4% in after-hours trading before paring losses.
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NASA Welcomes Serbia as Newest Artemis Accords SignatoryThe Republic of Serbia signed the Artemis Accords Thursday during a ceremony hosted by NASA at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 69th nation to join a large community of like-minded nations committed to the peaceful, transparent, and...
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NASA Study Finds Near-Earth Asteroid Is Actually CometNew research led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has revealed the identity of a puzzling near-Earth object by precisely tracking its motion through space and using powerful observatories that image faint celestial...
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A priority for the next chancellor: boost the London stock marketPoliticians need to see there’s something worth boosting. The current hollowing-out is not healthy Another day, another takeover bid for a UK-listed company. In fact, Thursday saw three in one gulp. Bath-based Rotork, which makes safety valves for pipelines,...
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Young Galaxy ClusterNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope takes us 4.4 billion years in the past with this July 3, 2026, image of a young galaxy cluster, MACS J0553.4-3342. The cluster is composed of two actively merging sub-clusters, roughly equal in mass. Each sub-cluster is...
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Ontario Wildfire Smoke Moves EastCanadian wildfires sent plumes of smoke streaming over Ontario, Quebec, and parts of the U.S. Midwest and Northeast.
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NASA Uses Subscale Aircraft to Accelerate Flight InnovationTesting new aerospace concepts in flight remains one of NASA’s most effective ways to advance knowledge and reduce risk. The Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, supports this mission...