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How Your Daily Navigation Stays Precise During This 2026 ISS Spacewalk: What Astronauts Are Fixing Up There

[Location of the news], Source : Begin the article immediately in the same line. On September 1, 2026, the International Space Station becomes a dynamic workspace as NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot prepare to exit the Quest airlock.…

What Lies Beyond Our Telescopes? Your Blueprint for NASA’s 2026 Astrophysics Roadmap

. The global astrophysics community gathers this September for a defining moment in space science. From September first through third, two thousand twenty six, researchers and engineers converge in Pasadena alongside virtual participants to shape the trajectory of cosmic explora…

Your Cosmic View Is Expanding: NASA's Roman Space Telescope Reaches Orbit With 100x Hubble Power

NASA's newest space telescope is officially on its way. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy and reached orbit on Aug. 30, 2026. The spacecraft separated from the rocket's second stage as planned, and mission teams are now beginning a new…

NASA Artemis II Crew Awarded Congressional Space Medal of Honor: A Historic Lunar Achievement You Need to Know

The room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center felt electric on Aug. 28, 2026. President Donald J. Trump stood before four astronauts who had just made history, and the occasion asked everyone to pause and remember what they had accomplished. Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hanse…

See the Ocean Breathe: Sentinel-6B Tracks El Niño and Rising Sea Levels Across 90% of Earth

. Hundreds of miles above Earth, satellites are watching the ocean breathe. The surface rises and falls with warmth, and those small changes tell a huge story about the planet. Sentinel-6B joined that story in November 2025, and it is already showing what a single satellite can…

XMM-Newton AO-26 Call for Proposals Is Open Until 9 October 2026: Your Rare Invitation to the X-Ray Cosmos

. Astronomers, this one is for you. The European Space Agency, with significant NASA participation, has opened AO-26, the 26th call for XMM-Newton observing proposals. Submissions close on Friday, 9 October 2026 at 12:00 UTC, and the official announcement went out on 19 August 2…

Your Future Ride May Be an eVTOL Air Taxi: NASA’s National Campaign Is Testing It Now

Imagine a quiet aircraft easing down onto a city landing pad, picking up a passenger, and lifting into the sky. That future is closer than it might seem. NASA’s National Campaign is helping to build the foundation for electric air taxis, cargo drones, and other Advanced Air Mobi…

Experienced Scientists: Become an ExoGuide with NASA and Help Shape the Next Generation of Exoplanet Explorers

NASA is looking for seasoned scientists and engineers to mentor the next wave of exoplanet researchers. The ExoExplorers program, sponsored by NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program Office and the ExoPAG Executive Committee, is now accepting nominations for ExoGuides. These senior…

2 Weeks, 130 Knots, and a Swept Wing: Inside NASA’s Inboard Model Test Campaign for Icing Data

In February 2015, NASA engineers spent two weeks doing something that sounds simple and requires careful precision: they froze a swept wing on purpose. The Inboard Model Test Campaign, part of the Swept-Wing Icing Research effort under the Common Research Model program, was buil…

Aerospace Engineers, Meet NASA’s CRM-HL: The High-Lift Research Model Shaping Safer Takeoffs and Landings

. For over a decade, NASA’s Common Research Model has been a quiet workhorse in aerodynamics. It gave researchers a shared shape to test, compare, and improve their computer models. Now NASA has expanded that idea into new territory. The CRM-HL is here, and it’s focused on the f…

See NASA's New Lunar Health Risk Data: What Changes for Astronauts on 30, 180, and 400+ Day Missions

. What happens when an astronaut needs medical help and Earth is more than 200,000 miles away? NASA has a simulation for that. The new Integrated Medical Model runs for lunar orbit and lunar surface missions give mission planners something they have wanted for a while: a numbers…

Solar Storms 101: What Dr. Richard Fisher Wants You to Know About Space Weather and Your Everyday Technology

You might picture the Sun as a steady golden disc. Up close, it never sits still. It constantly pushes charged particles and magnetic fields outward in all directions. When that stream reaches Earth, we call it space weather. Dr. Richard Fisher knows this landscape well. He spen…