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Icarus Robotics taps KULR to provide batteries for Space Station robots
NAPA, Calif. – Icarus Robotics, the New York startup developing dexterous mobile robots for space missions, selected KULR Technology Group to provide batteries for Joy, a free-flying platform destined for […]
Laying the groundwork for the first human mission to Mars
Sending humans to Mars and returning them safely to Earth would be one of the most complex endeavors that humans have ever carried out. The number of issues that must […]
Replay of the online media briefing on the total solar eclipse
ESA experts explain the science of eclipses, including visibility and key opportunities for scientific observation.
Volunteer Measures Record Louisiana Rainfall
Join a national community of precipitation reporters providing critical data to improve scientific understanding and forecasts.
NASA’s Webb Discovers Hidden Planet in Famous Star System
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a giant planet outside our solar system, called an exoplanet, hiding within one of the most intensely studied planetary systems in our Milky Way galaxy. The young, nearby star Beta Pictoris was already known to host two giant planets: Beta Pictoris b, one of the first […]
A most improbable astronaut just went to space
"I pretty much, at that point in time, gave up on being an astronaut."
Satellite investment sets annual record halfway through 2026
Investment in satellite companies reached $8.1 billion in the first half of 2026, already surpassing every previous annual total tracked by early-stage investor Space Capital.
How hard is it to build orbital data centers, actually?
"The ISS radiators are expensive and heavy. We're focused on making them cheap and light."
Japan seeks to ramp up launch activity
WASHINGTON — The Japanese government wants to sharply increase the number of launches despite struggles with both current and new launch vehicles. In sessions at the Spacetide conference in Tokyo […]
Isaacman attends Soyuz launch of ISS crew
A new crew arrived at the International Space Station on July 14 on a launch witnessed in person by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.
Metallic waves on ancient Mars
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has spotted a swathe of metallic-looking waves filling Mars’s large Kaiser Crater – an ancient and otherworldly dune field sculpted by wind.
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4947-4953: Gale Crater Then and Now
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto Earth planning date: Friday, July 10, 2026 Curiosity had a successful long weekend and came into this week ready to explore some more. We’ve been moving fairly rapidly through different mapped “units,” or distinct geological areas of interest, visiting a different one at each of […]
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