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Twin Mars spacecraft arrive in Florida for launch on Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket (photo)

NASA's low-cost ESCAPADE mission will study how Mars loses its atmosphere using twin spacecraft built by Rocket Lab.

Space

NASA's IMAP spacecraft getting packed up for launch | Space photo of the day for Sept. 24, 2025

NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sept. 24 to study the solar wind and space weather.

Space

Tempur launches new mattress range made with NASA designed memory foam — starting from £799

Premium mattress brand Tempur-Pedic launches more accessible option for all sleepers — here's what you need to know

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Space weather satellites blast off together to study the Sun's violent side

The trio of satellites aimed for a Sun-orbiting lookout 1.6 million kilometers from Earth, each on its own separate mission.

Euronews

SpaceX completes final test ahead of crucial Starship launch

Issues with the world’s biggest rocket mean human launches could be ‘years late’

The Independent UK

NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of commercial space stations

For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000, NASA and its international partners have sustained a continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit, including at least one American – a streak that will soon reach 25 years.

The Conversation

2 newly launched NASA missions will help scientists understand the influence of the Sun, both from up close and afar

Even at a distance of 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) away, activity on the Sun can have adverse effects on technological systems on Earth. Solar flares – intense bursts of energy in the Sun’s atmosphere – and coronal mass ejections – eruptions of plasma from the Sun – can…

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SpaceX launches 3 probes to study space weather and map the boundaries of our solar system (video)

NASA's IMAP mission and two other spacecraft launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Wednesday morning (Sept. 24) to study space weather and its effects on Earth.

Space

NASA launches new satellites to uncover secrets of the sun

Nasa’s probe will be capable of providing advance notice of solar storms

The Independent UK

Could astronauts travel to Mars on nuclear-powered rockets? These scientists want to make it happen

The team's design uses fission reactions involving uranium to heat propellant.

Space

NASA just picked its newest astronauts—only 0.1% made the cut, with salaries topping $150K and a shot at landing on Mars

NASA’s astronaut candidate class is tougher to crack than Harvard or Stanford.

Fortune

Hubble Space Telescope watches dying star chow down on a Pluto-like world filled with ice

Scientists didn't expect to find the remnants of an icy world around this extremely dense white dwarf star.

Space

We could nuke 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 before it hits the moon — if we act fast, new study warns

The potential 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 has a small chance of hitting the moon in 2032. In a new paper, scientists probe the logistics of destroying it — possibly with nuclear weapons — before it comes too close.

LiveScience

Atai Life Sciences Experimental Depression Drug Shows Sustained Benefit In Treatment-Resistant Patients

Atai Life Sciences (NASDAQ:ATAI) and Beckley Psytech Limited, a private clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, released data from a proof-of-concept study investigating a two-dose induction regimen of BPL-003 (intranasal mebufotenin benzoate) in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD).

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'A front-row seat to history': NASA's Artemis 2 moonshot could launch as early as Feb. 5

NASA's ambitious mission to return astronauts to the moon for the first time this century is on track to launch no later than April 2026, but it just might fly sooner if all goes well.

Benzinga

Firefly Aerospace Shares Are Trading Lower Tuesday: What's Going On?

Firefly Aerospace Inc. (NASDAQ:FLY) shares are trading lower Tuesday following the company’s second-quarter report on Monday after the market closed.

Space

Psyche asteroid probe uses lasers to phone home from 218 million miles away

Final tests of NASA's laser beam communication technology offer a promising new way to keep in touch with astronauts and spacecraft venturing into deep space, including future missions to Mars.

Space

Virgin Galactic to launch 'Purdue 1' human spaceflight in 2027

Purdue University, known as the "cradle of astronauts," will send a six-person crew to suborbital space with Virgin Galactic in 2027.

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The Independent UK

Nasa’s Moon mission could be ‘years late’ due to issues with Elon Musk’s Starship

SpaceX is yet to solve key challenge needed to land humans to the Moon

The Independent UK

Astronomers want to blow up this asteroid before it likely strikes the Moon

Deflection missions appear ‘impractical’, scientists say

Benzinga

Rocket Lab CEO Eyes NASA Collaborations On Possible Mars, Venus Missions Amid Potential Signs Of Life On Red Planet

Rocket Lab Corp (NASDAQ:RKLB) founder and CEO, Peter Beck, is eyeing collaborations with NASA on Mars and Venus exploration missions.

Space

This new NASA astronaut candidate has already been to space

Anna Menon, one of NASA's 10 new astronaut candidates, already has a spaceflight under her belt — SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission to Earth orbit in September 2024.

Benzinga

Elon Musk Throws Shade At Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Over Possible Role In NASA's Artemis 3 Mission

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shared his thoughts on the possibility that Blue Origin, backed by Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos, could secure a key role in NASA's Artemis 3 mission to the Moon.

Space

Satellites track Pacific tsunami in real time after massive Russian earthquake

A massive earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in late July triggered a tsunami that rippled across the Pacific — and NASA's experimental detection system tracked the event in real time by monitoring the atmosphere above.

Space

Mission to the moon: The Artemis challenge

Test your knowledge of the Artemis program—from cutting-edge tech and lunar missions to the astronauts leading the way.

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