Rocket Launches
MTG-I2 completes Europe’s latest weather trio
The second Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite (MTG-I2) has been launched on board Ariane 6, flight VA270, from Europe’s Spaceport in French…
ESA2w ago1 min read
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Space Policy
NASA Invites Media to Turkey Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony
Turkey will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 2:30 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 31, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 71st…
NASA2w ago1 min read
NASA
Civil Servants Sworn in at NASA Ames
New civil servants and guests pose for a group photo with NASA and center leadership in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC)…
NASA2w ago1 min read
Rocket Launches
9 Things to Know About NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch at 7:26 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 30. While you wait to watch the launch, brush up on some…
NASA2w ago1 min read
Rocket Launches
ESA Awards €544 Million in European Launcher Challenge Contracts
The European Space Agency has signed the first contracts under its European Launcher Challenge, committing a combined €543.6 million to Isar…
European Spaceflight2w ago1 min read
Space Station
NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Departs Agency to Continue Military Service
After nearly a decade of service to NASA, including an eight-month science expedition aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Jonny Kim’s…
NASA2w ago1 min read
The Moon
The electronics ‘under the hood’ of space networking
In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews Jeff Janicik, CEO and chairman of Innoflight. They discuss Golden Dome, Artemis and working with…
SpaceNews2w ago1 min read
Rocket Launches
MTG-I2 ready for launch on Ariane 6
The Meteosat Third Generation Imager2 satellite (MTG-I2) has been encapsulated inside the Ariane 6 fairing and is in place on its launch pad. It is…
ESA2w ago1 min read
Solar System
Watch live: BepiColombo begins its arrival at Mercury
After eight years, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission is about to enter its Mercury Arrival Phase. On 3 September 2026, ESA’s Mercury Transfer Module…
ESA2w ago1 min read
APOD: 2026 August 27 – Colorful Aurora over an Icelandic Waterfall
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 27 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture…
NASA2w ago1 min read
Rare, Widespread Snow in the Atacama Desert
Back-to-back winter storms in August 2026 brought snowfall to northern Chile, from the Andes to near the Pacific coast.
NASA2w ago1 min read
LatConnect 60 and Phi Earth Partner to Connect Space and Soil
Nature-based projects are generating more environmental data than ever before. Satellites observe landscapes from orbit, while field teams capture…
SpaceNews2w ago1 min read
Space Station
Soyuz MS-28 departs the ISS, three spacewalks install upgrades to solar arrays and antennae
Following the departure of the Soyuz MS-28 crewed spacecraft from the International Space Station on… The post Soyuz MS-28 departs the ISS, three…
NASASpaceflight2w ago1 min read
Satellites
Polish Institute Reports Continued GNSS Disruption Along Country’s North Coast
Poland’s state-run National Institute of Telecommunications has noted a sharp increase in deliberate satellite navigation signal interference around…
European Spaceflight2w ago1 min read
Satellites
Building Foresight for Earth Science, featuring Lindsey Jacobson
NASA’s Earth-observing satellite missions track dozens of features of a changing planet — aerosols, sea levels, land cover, cloud cover — over years…
NASA2w ago1 min read
SpaceX
Roman Space Telescope Travels to SpaceX Hangar
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in its payload fairing, travels from the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to the SpaceX…
NASA2w ago1 min read
Astronomy
NASA Johnson Pilots Chase Moon’s Shadow for Eclipse Science
During the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Europe, scientists aimed to study a long-standing mystery: why the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is…
NASA2w ago1 min read
Satellites
RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies introduces new spacecraft mission enabler
LAFAYETTE, Colo. (August 26, 2026) — Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies, part of RTX’s (NYSE: RTX)…
SpaceNews2w ago1 min read
NASA
Analysis: Narrowing In – Artemis III, HLS and NASA’s Journey to Today
How did the Human Landing System come to simultaneously occupy the core of NASA’s ambitions, while slipping significantly on its schedule in the last…
Space Scout2w ago1 min read
Satellites
The threat environment and processing at the edge
In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews FrontGrade CTO Lorne Graves. They discuss how processing power on spacecraft is adapting to the…
SpaceNews2w ago1 min read
Space Station
NASA Sets Spacewalk for Station Maintenance, Live Coverage Planned
NASA will provide coverage as two astronauts step outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to replace a spacecraft navigational…
NASA2w ago1 min read
Space Weather
15,000 years of solar wind in four hours? A Seattle company gives it a go.
"We're living in this world of scarcity with the Moon."
Arstechnica2w ago1 min read
NASA
NASA Begins Moon Mission Plume-Surface Interaction Tests
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story, originally published in December, was revised Aug. 26, 2026 with an update on a new phase of testing, including video from…
NASA2w ago1 min read