Mission Control for Your Curiosity

NASA is funding commercial landers and targeted lunar research together to enable sustained presence.

• Nearly $600 million in contracts awarded to...

SpaceX completed a full 60-second static fire of all six Raptors on Ship 40 less than a week after its first engine test, underscoring the company's...

• Starship reached space and deployed test satellites, yet the booster broke apart on descent and the upper stage spun out of control before...

• NASA awarded nearly $600 million in CLPS contracts to Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines for four lunar missions by 2028.
• These...

JWST spotted a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a white dwarf 80 light-years away, showing what our solar system may look like in 6 billion years after...

• Direct rendezvous detonation enables fast emergency launches but transfers less energy into the asteroid.
• Flyby pre-excavation mode digs a deep...

Combining Hubble's deep imaging, JWST's star-formation data, and VLT spectra enabled the earliest detection of ionizing light from galaxy MXDFz4.4.

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Two breakthroughs underscore rapid progress in exoplanet hunting:

• GJ 3378b reclassified as a rocky super-Earth (2.3 Earth masses) orbiting in the...

NASA targets continuous human presence near the lunar south pole by 2032 through a clear three-phase plan.

• Phase 1 (now-2029): 25 robotic launches...

• JWST spotted a never-before-seen absorption line at 5.11 micrometers on both Pluto and Titan, pointing to an unknown surface molecule absent from...

The Flensburg meteorite fell in 2019 and consists entirely of minerals that form only in the presence of water, offering the oldest chemical records...

New Chandra and XMM-Newton observations using X-ray light echoes from gamma-ray bursts reveal that the Milky Way’s Outer and Outer Scutum-Centaurus...

Euclid captured the Milky Way's galactic bulge in extraordinary detail, imaging over 60 million stars across a composite of nine photographs taken...

GM is extending its Apollo-era engineering role—developing wheels, suspension, and drivetrain—to the new Pegasus lunar rover, now adding space-rated...

Moon Base Developments

• 🔥 NASA CLPS Awards: NASA awarded nearly $600 million to Astrobotic ($297.9M for two missions), Firefly ($144.2M), and...

• Funding breakdown: Astrobotic lands $297.9M for two missions, Firefly $144.2M and Intuitive Machines $148.3M for one each under CLPS.
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NASA is advancing moon base plans with a three-phase approach, starting with robotic missions through 2029.

• Surprise twist: Agency considering...

NASA released a dedicated tracker website and app to follow Artemis II's Orion spacecraft returning to Earth after its 10-day lunar test flight.

SpaceX's Starship program faces simultaneous tests across finance, hardware, and operations.

• Financial outlook remains mixed: post-IPO volatility...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun its decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time, capturing the universe's changes with the world's largest...