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NASA advances LISA telescope development to final preflight test unit
NASA is advancing development of the final preflight test telescope for LISA, the European-led space observatory designed to detect gravitational waves. L3Harris Technologies will design, assemble and integrate the unit, incorporating lessons from testing a prototype delivered in 2024. The telescop…
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October 2026 6 events
- Anthropic commits $150 million to AI access for federal research
- NASA opens competition to build aerospace power testing laboratory
- NASA collaboration captures heat shield breakdown in 3D during heating
- Coral imaging AI reaches operational testing with NOAA
- NASA tests pressure-sensitive paint on a large freely moving wing
- NASA selects 16 companies for $1.4 billion logistics agreements
September 2026 23 events
- NASA awards approximately $38 million lunar 5G development contract
- NASA awards Omitron approximately $23.5 million orbital safety contract
- New mapping method reveals 1,943 valleys beneath Greenland ice
- Spacecraft sent to raise Swift telescope's orbit returns without reaching it
- NASA Selects PRIMA as First Probe Explorer Mission
- NASA selects Teledyne for lunar power system development
- AstroForge plans autonomous spacecraft controlled by in-house AI
- NASA's Roman telescope activates infrared camera
- NASA adds three Crew Dragon missions in $946 million SpaceX contract change
- NASA reportedly plans two more crewed Starliner orders
- NASA selects SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare for StarBurst gamma-ray mission
- NASA study refines measurement of Earth's shifting mass center
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- NASA says Roman telescope has fuel for at least 22 years
- Minitap alleges Google's Artemis reused its open-source mobile-use code without credit
- NASA and IBM release open lunar foundation model on Hugging Face
- NASA's Starling satellite navigates without GPS using nearby space objects
- ETH Zurich loads 100 PB of NASA climate data onto Alps supercomputer for AI forecasting
- NASA opens state bidding for U.S. Space Academy with 2027 groundbreaking target
- ESA to proceed alone on Venus Envision after NASA drops radar instrument
- NASA commits up to $700 million for Blue Origin Mars relay network
- NASA shifts first Artemis landings to simpler Axiom suit
- NASA awards Blue Origin Mars communications-network contract
- NASA's near-term Mars focus shifts toward helicopter exploration
August 2026 29 events
- Teledyne says Roman launch lifts its in-orbit sensor count above 1,000
- NASA launches Roman telescope toward L2 orbit
- Trump order starts process for U.S. Space Academy
- AeroVironment says it won work on three Mars helicopters
- Infleqtion says NASA awarded $20 million for quantum gravity mission work
- Justice Department says it disrupted Chinese hacking operation and seized two domains
- NASA-backed tool links fault analysis to spacecraft design
- NASA-led team maps Arctic near-freezing soil phase with AI
- New U.S. space policy calls for expanded federal spaceport capacity
- NASA ends Swift telescope reboost attempt after LINK control issue
- NASA ends plan to raise Swift observatory after servicing craft problems
- NASA awards $10.5 million for seven aerospace workforce hubs
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- NASA opens $500,000 orbital-drag measurement challenge
- NASA power changes extend Voyager 2 science operations
- MIT Lincoln Lab advances LightHOUSE optical beacons for cislunar navigation
- New Jersey roof meteorite preserves salty-fluid history from a primitive CM asteroid
- Texas A&M NASA study: lower gravity pushes people to simpler movement patterns
- AI-flagged tidal disruption reveals million-solar-mass black hole 30,000 light-years off-center
- NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for yet another year
- NASA PUNCH test predicts solar storm Earth arrival within 30 minutes
- U-M designs memory-centric chips to cut power for future exoplanet telescopes
- NASA Backs Wild Plan for a Laser-Powered Drone to Explore Giant Caves Below the Moon's Surface
- SpaceX and NASA study disposal paths after Falcon 9 stage set to hit moon
- Hillsborough meteorite holds evidence of ancient asteroid brines, Science Advances study finds
- NASA targets SpaceX Crew-13 ISS launch as soon as Sept. 12; Cybertrucks replace pad MRAPs
- Discarded SpaceX upper stage set for unintended moon impact near Einstein Crater
- Katalyst works to stabilize Link satellite after spin threatens NASA Swift rescue
- Curiosity finds vast honeycomb of polygonal fractures in Mars Valle Grande
- Aircraft studies find high supersaturation that could let aerosols invigorate tropical storms
July 2026 19 events
- UK Space Agency awards £3 million for NASA Habitable Worlds Observatory instruments
- NASA says Katalyst Link satellite has reaction wheel failures on Swift rescue mission
- NASA Hubble study finds Andromeda star formation slowing over the last 40 million years
- Fermi data confirm gamma-ray pulsations from extreme millisecond pulsar PSR J0435+3233
- SpaceX flies 13th Starship test, deploys upgraded Starlink V3s on suborbital path
- NASA plans Artemis III orbital rehearsal docking Orion with SpaceX and Blue Origin landers
- NASA New Horizons awakens after 321-day hibernation for outer heliosphere science
- Mission Space and Puli Space Sign MOU to Explore Lunar Surface Environmental Monitoring Mission
- NASA-led study: extreme geomagnetic storms may hit twice as hard as thought
- NASA Robot Assembly Algorithm Developed by Graduate Student Enables Satellite Antenna Insertion
- NASA selects 41 space technologies for future Moon and Mars exploration
- NASA backs dozens of projects on the space frontier, including some with Northwest connections
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- NASA Creates Bose-Einstein Condensates Aboard ISS with Upgraded Cold Atom Lab
- Artemis II crew returns to NASA's Kennedy Space Center for first time
- Save Hubble: the race to preserve the space telescope kicks off
- NASA's COFFIES Center Makes Breakthrough on Solar Enigma
- NASA Rover Takes a Closer Look at Organic Carbon on Mars
- Webb Uncovers Dust-Shrouded Heart of Centaurus A After Galaxy Clash
- NASA Swift Boost Mission scrubs June 30 launch of Katalyst Space LINK robotic telescope-servicer due to weather
June 2026 6 events
- NASA offloads second RS-25 engine for Artemis III SLS rocket at Kennedy Space Center
- NASA's Cold Atom Lab upgrade creates ultra-cold quantum matter in space
- NASA selects Rocket Lab for three Electron launches supporting PolSIR and TSIS-2 missions
- NASA picks Eric Schmidt's rocket company for Mars mission, setting up a race with SpaceX
- SpaceX smashes Wall Street expectations in historic IPO debut
- Axiom Space Closed Oversubscribed Financing at $525M+
May 2026 2 events
April 2026 9 events
- NASA OIG Details Chinese National's Years-Long Spear-Phishing Scheme for Defense Software
- NASA's Lunar Gateway modules found corroded, adding to program's woes
- NASA reports Artemis II heat shield and rocket performed as expected
- SpaceX IPO could value company at over $1 trillion as investors weigh space economics
- Blue Origin reuses New Glenn rocket for first time, but satellite reaches wrong orbit
- Blue Origin achieves booster reuse but faces upper-stage issue on New Glenn flight
- Amazon's Leo satellite internet service scheduled to launch mid-2026
- NASA's Artemis II crew sets new distance record from Earth
- NASA Launches Artemis II, Sending Four Astronauts Toward the Moon for First Time in 54 Years
March 2026 13 events
- NASA'S PUNCH Images Eruptions from the Sun
- Final Preparations Underway for NASA's Moon Mission
- NASA outlines $20 billion moon base plan
- A Gravity Map of Earth
- NASA revising Artemis to reduce Boeing role, elevate SpaceX Starship for lunar orbit
- Progress 94 cargo spacecraft launches to ISS
- Artemis 2 returns to the pad for April launch attempt
- NASA convenes Artemis international partners to discuss new program architecture
- NASA Reassessing Artemis II Rollout as Ground Teams Make Up Time
- NASA Chandra Discovers Neutron Star Collision in Unique Galactic Setting
- NASA contract confirms selection of ULA's Centaur 5 as new upper stage for the SLS rocket
- NASA Strengthens Artemis: Adds Mission, Refines Overall Architecture
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February 2026 13 events
- NASA rolls back Artemis II SLS rocket to Vehicle Assembly Building for helium flow repairs
- NASA to Rollback Artemis II Rocket, Spacecraft
- NASA Troubleshooting Artemis II Rocket Upper Stage Issue
- Aerospace Robotics Lab Simulates the Moon to Advance Next-Gen Space Robotics Research
- Replacement crew docks at space station, boosts crew back to seven
- SpaceX Crew-12 docks to ISS beginning long-duration mission
- NASA, SpaceX ace astronaut launch to the space station on Friday the 13th
- Infleqtion and NASA to fly first quantum gravity sensor to space on QGGPf mission
- NASA performs Artemis II seal repairs and analysis post-wet dress
- NASA study: non-biologic processes don't fully explain Mars organics
- NASA and partners conduct Crew-12 Flight Readiness Review
- UC San Diego-led EDGE satellite mission selected by NASA