Perseverance Carbon Discovery Raises the Stakes for Mars Sample Return
The Perseverance rover has provided an important new data point to the debate about life on Mars, but the engineering…
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Restored 1937 Radios Narrow Amelia Earhart Search Planning
Over 90 years since the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan while flying to Howland Island, one…
Perseverance Organic Discovery Shows Why Mars Samples Still Matter
One of the largest, richest detections of organics made by NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars has now been detailed in…
FAA Investigates Boston Go-Around During Intersecting Runway Departure
The FAA is investigating an incident involving a runway intersection at Boston Logan International Airport where a Delta Air Lines…
Endeavour’s New Full Stack Makes Shuttle Design Easier to Read
Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour at the California Science Center now has a brand-new look as the spacecraft is exhibited in a…
Artemis II Puts Orion and SLS Through Their Crewed Test
Artemis II has completed its lunar flyby and now is making its way back to Earth, thus providing NASA with…
Sentinel-6 Tracks Pacific Kelvin Wave as El Niño Builds
A U.S. associated ocean-observing satellite has revealed insights into how one of the world’s largest climate patterns begins organizing itself…
Lucy Flyby Sharpens NASA Readiness for Jupiter Trojan Operations
When NASA’s Lucy spacecraft encountered asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025, it wasn’t just about an odd science target. This…
SpaceX Data-Center Deal Signals a Bigger AI Infrastructure Push
While the terms of the deal might make an exciting headline, the most significant thing about SpaceX’s newest data center…
Webb Data Recasts 3I/ATLAS as an Ancient Interstellar Relic
Whereas the more sensational news item regarding the interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, is that it sparked some speculation about being an…
Mercedes Drone Defender Plan Puts C-UAS Integration in Focus
One of the notable aspects about the upcoming Drone Defender program for Mercedes-Benz is its name, specifically the company behind…
LEO Breakup Puts Upper-Stage Disposal and Debris Tracking Back in Focus
Chinese upper stage of the launch vehicle has broken up in low Earth orbit soon after launching into orbit on…
F-16 Intercept Over Maryland Underscores NORAD’s Domestic Airspace Mission
An F-16 intercepted a civilian aircraft above Hagerstown, Maryland, on Saturday afternoon after the aircraft intruded into airspace with a…
NASA Recasts Artemis Around Lunar Surface Operations and Orion Fixes
Following the successful 10-day mission of the Artemis II, the most important question remains how NASA is going to proceed…
Why Qatar’s 747 Is a Bridge, Not the VC-25B
Boeing’s unveiling of the Boeing 747-8 in presidential service looks, on the surface, like the launch of a fairly routine…
Blue Origin’s Moon Industry Push Runs Into Launch Reality
The idea of relocating heavy industry from Earth to the Moon seems rather futuristic. However, for American space enthusiasts, the…
Artemis III Crew Debate Puts NASA Selection Process in Focus
It is unusual enough for a NASA mission crew to attract significant attention on its own, but this time, NASA’s…
F-35 Armament Order Signals Readiness Pipeline Through 2030
Noteworthy armament readiness contract worth $879.1 million for F-35 aircraft is not significant for Lockheed Martin in terms of day-to-day…