Past, present, and future of spaceflight, from Apollo and Artemis to Mars and beyond
NASA’s CHAPEA Mission 2 crew exits its Houston Mars analog Oct. 31 after 378 days. Meet the crew, what the mission tested, and how to watch live.
Teghaza 001 formed more than 4.1 billion years ago and records later Martian water-rock interaction. Here’s why its mineral mix matters.
Ship 42 completed six-engine and simulated deorbit-burn tests, while Booster 22 fired 33 engines. Here’s what that proves—and what it does not.
The DIA’s newly public image of China’s reusable spacecraft was captured in 2024, then released in 2026. Here’s what its visible hardware can—and cannot—tell us.
U.S. Spacewalk 100 ended after 7 hours, 11 minutes with the seventh ISS roll-out solar array deployed on 2A. Here is what NASA confirmed and what comes next.
ESA’s Euclid telescope found its first previously unknown comet, C/2026 S1. Here is how a dark-universe survey caught an unexpected moving object—and why the alert process matters.
MMX has launched, separated from H3, and entered its predetermined orbit. Here is what comes next—and why Houston will curate about 15% of returned Phobos material.
How Annie Jump Cannon shaped the OBAFGKM stellar classification system, why it matters, and how her collaborative Harvard work still guides astronomy.
NASA’s final commercial space station RFP is live. Here’s what it launches—and why it does not select a replacement for the ISS.
Crew-12 is safely home, and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot’s 237-day mission now holds Europe’s single-spaceflight record.
NASA and SpaceX are targeting Oct. 1 for Crew-13 after a Dragon propulsion-system oxidizer-leak delay. Here’s the time, crew, and what still has to clear.
SpaceX targets Starship Flight 14 no earlier than Sept. 28, 2026. Here’s the launch window, mission plan, webcast path, and regulatory caveat.
Henrietta Leavitt’s Cepheid period-luminosity relation became a crucial rung on the cosmic distance ladder. Here’s how it works—and where to honor her legacy at Mount Wilson.
ISRO’s GSLV-F17 placed EOS-05 in its intended Sub-GTO. Here’s what transfer orbit means, what still follows, and why it is not operational yet.
NASA selected Blue Origin for a commercial Mars data-and-navigation network. Here’s why the award is infrastructure, not one spacecraft contract.
The new order created a Presidential Commission and a 120-day design process—not an operating, enrolling, or permanently sited U.S. Space Academy.
Ariane 6 successfully delivered MTG-I2 to GTO. Here’s why its first GTO mission matters and what the weather satellite does next.
Falcon 9 completed its 100th launch of 2026 as B1067 flew for the 37th time, landed successfully, and deployed 29 Starlink satellites.
Booster 21’s reported 33-engine static fire joins Ship 41’s engine tests for Starship Flight 14—but neither milestone confirms a launch date.
Plan a Mount Wilson Talks & Telescopes night with artist Lita Albuquerque on August 22, 2026—talk, picnic, and observing through the 60- and 100-inch telescopes.
AstroRad’s 61.8% and 40.2% results are modeled storm-scenario dose reductions—not radiation directly blocked during Artemis I. Here’s what MARE measured.
Sophie Adenot and Anil Menon completed the ISS antenna repair on Spacewalk 98, installing, connecting, and activating the spare unit on Aug. 25.
Space Center Houston’s first Space News and Brews on August 8 brings expert Q&A, craft beer, and a friendly Houston space-community afternoon.
Jessica Meir’s sixth spacewalk and Anil Menon’s first are scheduled for Aug. 6. Here’s the Houston viewing time, NASA Live link, and mission in plain language.
Meet the women whose work connects Nancy Grace Roman’s legacy to NASA’s next great observatory as the Roman Telescope approaches launch.
LINK, the spacecraft sent to reboost NASA’s Swift Observatory, is recovering from an attitude-control failure. Here’s what its gimbaled-thruster workaround means.
CAPSTONE 02 will send two ~400 kg spacecraft to rehearse lunar rendezvous, role-swapping, and autonomous navigation. Here is what that means.
MRV and the RSGS payload launched July 21, but the robotic servicing phase is still about a year away. Here is why the climb to GEO matters.
Starship Flight 13 automatically aborted about one second before liftoff after four engines did not fire. Here is what happened and the provisional July 20 retarget.
Starship Flight 13 is a live test of SpaceX fixes after Flight 12: booster orientation, multi-engine relights, and new heat-shield inspection methods.
Mount Wilson Observatory makes it possible to stand inside the 100-inch dome that changed modern astronomy. Here is how to plan a verified summer visit from Los Angeles.
NASA's first Swift Boost launch attempt scrubbed on June 30, 2026. Here's why the July 1 Pegasus XL reattempt matters for saving the still-valuable Swift Observatory.
Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on June 18, 1983. Here's why STS-7 still matters for women who love space today.