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Category: Space Exploration
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Roundup: Nasa Signals, NASA Fosters Development Lunar Resource-Seeking Technologies, and more.
Nasa Signals this week: NASA has awarded Interlune a $6.9 million, 18-month Phase III SBIR contract to develop flight-ready hardware for; and NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will execute a gravity-assist flyby of Mars on May 15, passing within…
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Space Telescopes and ESA Mission, Nancy Grace Roman Space, and more.
Space Telescopes and ESA Mission Operations this week: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been assembled at NASA Goddard, marking a key milestone ahead of its; and On 7 April, the four-person Artemis II crew, currently in…
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Mars Missions and Planetary Science, Push Back NASA Mars Mission Cuts, and more.
Mars Missions and Planetary Science Discoveries this week: Four U.S. Senators have formally requested at least $400 million for NASA’s Mars Future Missions program in the FY; and NASA’s operational tempo from March to April 2026 shows a…
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Artemis Moon Program Updates and, NASA s Artemis III Moon Rocket Hardware Arrives, and more.
Artemis Moon Program Updates and Milestones this week: NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is now the primary assembly site for SLS core stages, with the Artemis III stage; and NASA’s mobile launcher, used for the Artemis II launch, has been…
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Roundup: Titan Life Hunt & Moon Tech, Dragonfly’s alien biosignature quest, and more.
Science Signals this week: NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft mission to Titan, targeting a mid-2030s arrival, has formally published its core science; and This matters for Space Exploration because it gives a concrete current signal to track…
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Roundup: Space Science Surges, Roman Telescope Assembled Ahead of Schedule, and more.
Future Space Telescopes and Science Missions this week: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been assembled at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, marking a major; and NASA’s operational tempo from March to April 2026 reflects a…
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Roundup: Search for Life and Discoveries on, Rover Finds Evidence Past, and more.
Search for Life and Discoveries on Mars this week: NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified a diverse mix of organic molecules, including nitrogen-containing compounds; and JAXA’s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, with contributions…
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Roundup: Artemis Moon Program Updates and, NASA s Artemis III, and more.
Artemis Moon Program Updates and Milestones this week: NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is now the primary assembly site for the SLS core stage, with the Artemis III core stage; and NASA has rolled out the core stage of the Space Launch System…
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Detonation Engines, Titan Sensors, and Artemis Suit Delays
Other Space Exploration Signals this week: Astrobotic has completed the first hot-fire tests of its rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) at NASA’s Marshall; and Astrobotic has completed a series of ground tests for Chakram, a…
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Galactic Ice Maps, Metal Asteroids, and Titan’s Flying Lab
Deep Space & Exoplanets this week: NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, launched via SpaceX Falcon Heavy, is currently en route to the solar system’s largest; and NASA’s SPHEREx mission has mapped interstellar ice across molecular clouds spanning…