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… Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/nasa-moon-base-rover-models-5-26-26.webp?quality=90&strip=all NASA says Astrolab and Lunar Outpost will “finalize rover designs, conduct crewed evaluations, and qualify flight units for operational readiness” over the next 18 m… …
… Media: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DY PX9jpLKH/ Some residents initially thought that the shaking and boom may have been an earthquake, but the United States Geological Survey USGS denied that, saying that it was a “widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide.” In a statement posted on X, NA… …
… Such a delay would affect NASA’s Moon base plans. NASA announced on Tuesday that New Glenn would deliver a robotic lunar lander as soon as fall 2026. …
… According to NASA, the crew met on Friday to review plans to “first replace network servers then activate their new, more powerful laptop computers.” In a statement to The Verge, NASA spokesperson Joshua Finch confirmed the new laptops the astronauts will be using: “The International Space Station … …
… Astronauts are highly skilled and extremely resilient, she pointed out, but “we don’t need to squeeze them!” Image: The Artemis II crew – NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman Wiseman far left , CSA Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen center left and NASA astronauts Christina Koch center right and … …
… Call for Creatives: NASA Seeks Help Illuminating Mission Storytelling - NASA NASA Ghost orchid in the machine Rachel Youn makes humanlike, kinetic floral sculptures out of used household electronics Cath Virginia Apr 17 How a prize-winning cartoonist brings hand-drawn comics to the web Amy Kurzwei… …
… If the timeline holds it would be on the optimistic side of estimates and good news for NASA and Amazon who need the partially reusable, heavy-lift launch vehicle operational to meet their respective targets of returning to the Moon and competing with Starlink. …
… The hope had been that private space stations could be funded by space tourism and other commercial ventures, but that source of revenue isn’t looking as promising as it once was: Joel Montalbano, acting associate administrator for NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate, acknowledged that NASA… …
NASA’s Artemis II mission to fly around the far side of the Moon See all Stories Posted Apr 20, 2026 at 7:26 AM UTC T Thomas Ricker “Duuude. …
… That includes Ed Dwight, who was selected as the first Black Astronaut candidate in the early days of NASA’s space program but never went to space before today. “I thought I really didn’t need this in my life,” he said during Blue Origin’s livestream, “but now I need it in my life.” Screenshot: You… …