Tag: #nasa

NASA’s Artemis II Prepares to Send Astronauts Around the Moon for the First Time Since 1972

Artemis II aims to launch four astronauts on a 10-day lunar flyby, testing SLS and Orion amid cost, safety and geopolitical pressure.

#nasa, #artemis, #moon, #spaceflight, #orion

Newly Found Sungrazing Comet Could Flare Brighter Than Venus—or Disintegrate at the Sun

Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) reaches a perilous April 4 sun-skimming perihelion. Astronomers say it could blaze briefly—or vanish in a breakup.

#comet, #astronomy, #sun, #space, #nasa

NASA Rolls Artemis II Moon Rocket Back to Pad 39B, Aiming for April 1 Launch

Artemis II returns to Kennedy’s Pad 39B after helium-system repairs, setting up final tests ahead of NASA’s first crewed lunar mission since 1972.

#nasa, #artemis, #moon, #spacelaunchsystem, #orion

NASA Delays First Artemis Moon Landing to 2028, Turns Artemis III Into Earth-Orbit Test

NASA will push its first Artemis lunar landing to 2028, repurposing Artemis III into a 2027 Earth-orbit dress rehearsal amid safety, budget and China pressure.

#nasa, #artemis, #moon, #spaceflight, #spacex

Kepler Data Reveal a One-Transit Candidate: An Earth-Size Planet on a Near-Earth-Year Orbit

A single dip in Kepler’s K2 data points to an Earth-size planet candidate with a ~355-day orbit around a bright nearby orange dwarf—if it transits again.

#exoplanets, #nasa, #kepler, #astronomy, #jameswebb

NASA’s TESS and Hubble Capture Best Look Yet at Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

A rare January alignment let TESS track 3I/ATLAS for days and Hubble image its backlit dust and jets, yielding the best profile yet of an alien comet.

#nasa, #hubble, #tess, #comet, #interstellar

NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission Faces Crucial Wet Dress Rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center

NASA will fuel its SLS rocket in a high-stakes wet dress rehearsal that could set—or slip—the Artemis II crewed lunar flyby launch date.

#nasa, #artemis, #moonmission, #spacelaunchsystem, #orion

‘Cotton-candy’ planets around young star offer rare glimpse of how worlds shrink with age

Four ultra-puffy planets orbiting 20-million-year-old V1298 Tau reveal how newborn worlds lose atmospheres and contract into common super-Earths.

#exoplanets, #astronomy, #nasa, #planetformation, #jwst

NASA Taps Seven U.S. Firms to Mature Tech for Habitable Worlds Telescope

NASA awarded seven U.S. companies three-year contracts to advance optics, coronagraphs and servicing tech for the proposed Habitable Worlds Observatory.

#nasa, #exoplanets, #space-telescope, #optics, #coronagraph

Comet 3I/ATLAS: A Rare Interstellar Visitor Illuminates Our Solar System

Astronomers study Comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object known, offering insights into cosmic material and planetary formation.

#space, #astronomy, #comet, #interstellar, #NASA

Groundbreaking Discovery: Bio-Essential Sugars Found in Asteroid Bennu Samples

NASA's OSIRIS-REx finds ribose and glucose in asteroid Bennu, supporting theories on the origins of life.

#nasa, #osirisrex, #asteroidbennu, #ribose, #origins, #life, #sugars

NASA+ and Dr. Tom Leighton Honored at 76th Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards

NASA+ wins Emmy for eclipse coverage; Dr. Tom Leighton receives Lifetime Achievement Award at Emmy ceremony.

#emmys, #television, #technology, #nasa

76th Emmy Awards Honor Innovations in Television Technology

NATAS awards Akamai's CEO Tom Leighton and NASA+ at the 76th Emmy Awards for advancements in TV technology.

#emmys, #television, #technology, #akamai, #nasa

NASA's DSOC Achieves Breakthrough in Interplanetary Laser Communication

NASA's DSOC successfully demonstrated high-bandwidth laser communications across space, paving the way for future deep-space missions.

#nasa, #dsoc, #lasercommunications, #spaceexploration, #technology

NASA's Perseverance Detects 'Mini-Lightning' on Mars

Perseverance rover records first evidence of electrical discharges on Mars, uncovering new atmospheric insights.

#nasa, #mars, #perseverance, #space, #science