A new satellite wants to prove nuclear power can work in space without solar panels

BOHR's primary mission is to test a different kind of power source in orbit. The CubeSat is carrying City Labs' "NanoTritium" ...
Space.com

NASA's Roman Space Telescope prepares for launch | Space photo of the day for July 8, 2026

Roman is in Florida, getting ready for its August liftoff. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Commercial Spaceflight Just Entered the Nuclear Age

The satellite's maker, City Labs, believes this demonstration mission will be a key step toward putting nuclear power on the ...
Tech Times

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Older Than Our Sun, VLT Isotopic Fingerprint Confirms

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries isotopic ratios entirely outside the Solar System range, ESO’s Very Large Telescope has ...

Mission launched to rescue a falling space telescope

Katalyst Space's LINK spacecraft is designed to capture and boost NASA's Swift observatory back to a safe altitude.

Daring rescue mission launches to save a 3,200-pound NASA observatory from an untimely end

A first-of-its-kind mission launched Friday in the hopes of preventing NASA’s Swift Observatory from dropping out of ...
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NextSTEP-3 A: Lunar Enabling Technology

NASA issued a draft Broad Agency Announcement under NextSTEP‑3, Appendix A, on June 29, 2026, to advance concepts that accelerate the technological readiness of critical systems for lunar surface and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

America’s First Space Station Proved Humans Could Live and Work in Orbit for Months. Now, the Public Can See What It Looked Like in Person for the First Time i…

A backup version of Skylab was displayed when the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum opened 50 years ago. After ...

Nautilus array to track missing exoplanet atmospheres

Exoplanet atmospheres have become prime targets for astrobiologists in the search for life beyond Earth. This is because exoplanet surfaces can't be directly imaged yet, so astronomers must get ...
CNET

NASA's Moon Base Update: All's Well Despite the Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion

NASA formally announced its Moon Base back in March 2026 and has been working on several projects simultaneously to further the objective of putting people on the moon in a more permanent capacity. ...