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• NASA Concludes Antenna Mishap Investigation, Releases Report

  NASA has completed the investigation into the damage sustained last year at its 70-meter radio-frequency antenna, known as the Deep Space Station 14 (DSS-14), at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California. The agency has classified the event as a Type A mishap based on the total cost of damages. The antenna will […]

• Fighting Fire With Fire

  In fire-prone ecosystems in Australia’s Northern Territory, prescribed burns are lit to minimize the severity of fires later in the season.

• NASA Says Farewell to MAVEN Mars Mission, Hosts Media Call Today

  The first mission devoted to observing the Martian atmosphere and its evolution, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution), has ended after more than 11 years in orbit at Mars and a decade beyond its primary, one-year mission. The spacecraft was heard last on Dec. 6, when it experienced an unexpected loss of signal after […]

• Gravity Waves From Super Typhoon Sinlaku

  Satellites observed striking upper-atmosphere phenomena generated by an intensifying tropical cyclone.

• NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics: Winning Student Teams Engineering Lunar Future

  Editor’s Note: This article was updated on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, to align with current program details. All confirmed information regarding the 2026 Lunabotics Challenge remains unchanged. Editor’s Note: This article was updated on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, to correct the recipient of the Systems Engineering Leaps and Bounds Award. Resilient. Efficient. Autonomous. These are […]

• Copernicus Trajectory Design and Optimization System

  Copernicus, a generalized spacecraft trajectory design and optimization system, is capable of solving a wide range of trajectory problems such as planet or moon centered trajectories, libration point trajectories, planet-moon transfers and tours, and all types of interplanetary and asteroid/comet missions. Latest News Development The Copernicus Project started at the University of Texas at Austin […]

• NASA Releases Technology Priorities to Energize Space Industry

  NASA released the 2026 Civil Space Shortfall Ranking list on Wednesday, which integrates more than 400 responses from stakeholders including industry organizations, government agencies, and academia. Shortfalls refer to technology areas requiring further development to meet future exploration, science, and other mission needs. The goal of this document is to rank the space community’s most pervasive shortfalls to […]

• Picturing Earth in a New Light

  A recent analysis revealed where artificial light at night has intensified, as well as where it has diminished.

• NASA Draws on Industry for Mars Telecommunications Network

  On Thursday, NASA issued a Request for Proposal (RFP), seeking industry collaboration for the Mars Telecommunications Network. Reliable, high bandwidth communications is necessary to relay science data, high-definition imagery, and critical information during Mars missions. The network will use high-performance Mars telecommunications orbiters at the Red Planet to support future surface, orbital, and human exploration. […]

• NASA-Supported Space Tech Advances Earthly Construction

  An innovative 3D printing process that advanced NASA’s approach to outfitting a lunar habitat is making buildings on Earth beautiful, efficient, and strong.  Instead of building structures layer by layer, Branch Technology Inc. of Chattanooga, Tennessee, has developed a process the company calls Freeform 3D Printing, which creates shapes with lightweight lattice structures that can be filled or covered. The company uses the technique to manufacture […]