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NASA Awards AiRANACULUS $5M Contract for Lunar Communications Tech

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AiRANACULUS has entered a strategic partnership with NASA Ames Research Center and a consortium of industry leaders to test autonomous, heterogeneous networking technologies for lunar and deep-space missions. The collaboration, which includes Nokia Federal Solutions, NVIDIA, Dell Technologies, Curtiss-Wright, Supermicro, and Radisys, aims to validate software platforms designed to maintain mission-critical connectivity across 4G/5G, Wi-Fi, … Read more

NASA Astronauts Set for 7-Hour Spacewalk on June 30

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NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir are scheduled to conduct a spacewalk on June 30 to replace a malfunctioning wrist joint on the International Space Station’s (ISS) Canadarm2 robotic arm. The mission, which NASA expects to last six hours and 40 minutes, aims to restore the 25-year-old arm’s full range of motion using a … Read more

NASA and Boeing Uncertainty Delays Starliner Return Flight

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NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) reports that Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft could remain grounded for up to one year before attempting another uncrewed test flight. While Boeing and NASA continue addressing propulsion and thruster anomalies identified during the 2024 Crew Flight Test (CFT), the agency has signaled a shift in strategy by expanding SpaceX’s … Read more

Asteroid Donaldjohanson: A Wobbly, Peanut-Shaped World with a Watery Past

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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has confirmed that the main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson exhibits a complex “tumbling” rotation, spinning on two axes while traveling through space. Data published June 18, 2026, in the journal Science reveals the asteroid rotates end-over-end every 10.5 days, while simultaneously wobbling around a horizontal axis every 26.5 days, according to Dr. Simone Marchi … Read more

Why NASA Crashed Cassini Into Saturn to Protect Enceladus

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NASA’s 2017 decision to steer the Cassini spacecraft into Saturn established a rigorous precedent for planetary protection. This strategy aims to prevent Earth microbes from contaminating potentially habitable environments like Enceladus and Titan. Upcoming missions, such as NASA’s Dragonfly, will follow these strict sterilization protocols to ensure the integrity of future biological discoveries. Why does … Read more

Astrobotic Acquisition by Voyager Set to Drive Scaling Efforts

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Voyager Technologies has agreed to acquire lunar lander developer Astrobotic for $162 million in cash and stock, plus $9 million in debt assumption, to accelerate development for NASA’s lunar base initiatives. The deal includes up to $129 million in potential earnout payments, marking a major shift for the 19-year-old Pittsburgh-based firm that previously operated on … Read more

Meet ERNEST: NASA’s Faster, Tougher Next-Gen Rover

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NASA engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have successfully tested ERNEST, a prototype rover capable of autonomous navigation over extreme, rugged terrain. During a 37-hour field campaign in the California desert, the four-wheeled vehicle covered 16 miles by utilizing advanced reinforcement learning and a flexible suspension system, according to NASA. This mobility platform is … Read more

NASA to Launch Rescue Mission Using Rare Vintage Aircraft

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NASA is launching a mission to extend the life of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory by utilizing an air-launched rocket system to deploy a servicing spacecraft. The mission, which employs the Lockheed L-1011 Stargazer and a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket, aims to boost the telescope’s decaying orbit to prevent uncontrolled reentry by 2026, according … Read more

Humanity vs Robotics: Who Will Set Foot on Mars First

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Artemis II Sets Course for Deep Space, Igniting the Human-Robot Space Race NASA’s Artemis II mission, set to launch from Kennedy Space Center, marks humanity’s first return to deep space since the Apollo era, according to a NASA statement. This crewed flight around the Moon will test technologies critical for future Mars exploration, as reported … Read more

NASA Reveals Violent Origin of Peanut-Shaped Asteroid

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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft confirmed that the asteroid Donaldjohanson is a fragment of the ancient Erigone family, formed by a massive collision 155 million years ago. Data published in the journal Science by a team led by Simone Marchi of the Southwest Research Institute shows the asteroid possesses a peanut-like shape and iron-bearing minerals, indicating it … Read more

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