NASA asks industry how to extend Hubble’s life—and end it safely
A request for information explores reboost, servicing and controlled disposal. No commercial mission has been selected.
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NASA’s TRACERS begins separating movement from change in Earth’s magnetic boundary
Two spacecraft help resolve an ambiguity a single moving observer cannot easily untangle in magnetic reconnection.
A Mars meteorite records ancient water, but its exact home is still unknown
Teghaza 001 preserves evidence of alteration about 4.1 billion years ago. Dating its grains does not locate its source crater or detect life.
The ISS has deployed its seventh new solar array. One remains
The completed spacewalk adds power on channel 2A; the final roll-out array is planned for November 5.
Voyager 1 saves power and restores contact, with the cause of its silence still open
A coordinated hardware switch extends instrument time. A separate October interruption ended before ground commands were sent.
NASA’s 19 citizen-science selections include a galaxy project you can already join
Overlap Zoo uses backlit galaxies to study dust. Other selected proposals still need development, data or location-specific equipment.
Artemis III’s short stack is ready for the next kind of ground test
NASA’s assembly images lead toward a core-stage tanking exercise. The mission described by the agency tests docking before later lunar landings.
Perseverance finds the Mars dust that keeps clinging to spacesuit materials
Years of observations reveal persistent fine particles on calibration samples. The findings inform contamination control, not a measured astronaut exposure limit.
Iceberg A-81 slows near South Georgia, where the unseen seabed matters
A new satellite account follows the berg’s route from the Brunt Ice Shelf. Slower movement is not yet proof of permanent grounding.