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Military space programs confront hidden supply constraints
Space News - 6 Apr 2026 13:30
Industry report warns components - from optical links to valves - may become chokepoints The post Military space programs confront hidden supply constraints appeared first on SpaceNews.
When the moon hits your eye from your Orion ship up high, that's a 'mare'
SPACE.com - 6 Apr 2026 02:09
The four Artemis 2 astronauts had a chance to observe the moon this weekend, and to say they were thrilled may be an understatement of cosmic proportions.
Moon music: Here's a Spotify playlist of the Artemis 2 crew's wakeup songs
SPACE.com - 6 Apr 2026 23:54
Artemis 2 wake-up songs are mission control's way of starting the crew's day off with positivity. Here's the Spotify playlist.
NASAs Artemis II Crew Eclipses Record for Farthest Human Spaceflight
NASA Breaking news - 6 Apr 2026 21:46
Four astronauts aboard NASAs Artemis II test flight around the Moon made history at 12:56 p.m. CDT on Monday, traveling 248,655 miles from Earth, surpassing the record for human spaceflights farthest distance previously ...
NASAs Northrop Grumman CRS-24Mission Overview
NASA Breaking news - 6 Apr 2026 21:29
NASAs Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24, will deliverapproximately11,000 pounds of science and supplies to the International Space Station. This mission will be the secon...
Moog Highlights Growing Satellite Bus Capabilities with FullScale METEOR Reveal at Space Symposium
Space News - 6 Apr 2026 21:19
East Aurora, NY - Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B), a worldwide designer, manufacturer and systems integrator of high-performance precision motion and fluid controls and control systems will highlight its [] The post Mo...
FOSSA targets Japans defense market as larger smallsats expand capabilities
Space News - 6 Apr 2026 20:57
Spanish startup FOSSA Systems is pushing into Japans defense market after securing a local partner to expand its reach, building on a shift beyond tiny picosatellites used to connect low-power monitoring devices toward m...
If life exists in Venus's atmosphere, it could have come from Earth
Phys.org - 6 Apr 2026 20:30
The theory of panspermia holds that life is spread through the cosmos via asteroids, comets, and other objects. When the building blocks of life emerge on one planet, impacts can eject surface material into space, which ...
Artemis 2 breaks humanity's all-time distance record during historic loop around the moon (video)
SPACE.com - 6 Apr 2026 20:00
NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts have now traveled farther from Earth than any people in history, breaking the mark set by the Apollo 13 crew in April 1970.
'Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord' is Lucasfilm's darkest and most focused animated show yet (review)
SPACE.com - 6 Apr 2026 19:00
Darth Maul's own series instantly sets itself apart from its relatives with a killer pitch, but it suffers from familiar debut season frustrations.
The moon up close: How the Artemis 2 astronauts are photographing their historic lunar flyby
SPACE.com - 6 Apr 2026 18:55
The Artemis 2 astronauts might be the first humans to survey certain areas of the moon's far side, and they're chronicling their historic journey in detail.
Night Sky Network Celebrates Artemis II
NASA Breaking news - 6 Apr 2026 17:29
Today, the crew of Artemis II reaches a milestone, traveling farther than any humans in recorded history, as they orbit the far side of the Moon, roughly 4,000 miles above the lunar surface. You can watch this historic b...
Deja vu: Trump proposes cutting NASA science funding by 47% again
SPACE.com - 6 Apr 2026 17:00
NASA faces the possibility of steep cuts again as the FY 2027 budget request proposes a 23% reduction in overall funding and a 47% cut to science programs.
Artemis II crew breaks Apollo 13 record, reaching 252,760 miles from Earth
Phys.org - 6 Apr 2026 16:14
The four astronauts embarking on NASA's lunar flyby became on Monday the humans to travel farthest from our planet, as they begin documenting areas of the moon never before seen by the naked eye.
Themoonbasehasahardwareplan. Itneedsasoftwarestrategy,too.
Space News - 6 Apr 2026 15:00
Early in my career at SpaceX, I was the only person dedicated to training the mission control team for Dragon. For three years, I built the training for the operations team. The documentation came second, always the thin...
Astronaut Victor Glover is the latest in a long line of Black American explorers - including York, the enslaved man who played a key role in the Lewis and Clark expedition
SPACE.com - 6 Apr 2026 15:00
Glover's achievement is worth celebrating. But it's also worth remembering that he belongs to a long and underappreciated history.
Seagate Space Signs MOU with Firefly Aerospace to Collaborate on Offshore Launch Infrastructure for Alpha
Space News - 6 Apr 2026 14:15
St. Petersburg, FL - April 6, 2026- Seagate Space Corporation announced today a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Firefly Aerospace to collaborate on the development of an offshore launch platform [] The post Seagat...
Astronomers thought the early universe was full of hydrogen: Now they've found it
Phys.org - 6 Apr 2026 13:40
The Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) has discovered tens of thousands of gigantic hydrogen gas halos, called "Lyman-alpha nebulae," surrounding galaxies 10 billion to 12 billion years ago. Known a...
Artemis 2 ready to fly around the moon
Space News - 6 Apr 2026 13:21
The Artemis 2 mission will swing around the moon April 6, setting a distance record as astronauts study part of the lunar farside. The post Artemis 2 ready to fly around the moon appeared first on SpaceNews.
Giant step for humankind: Artemis crew to set space distance record
Phys.org - 6 Apr 2026 13:19
Four Artemis II astronauts are taking a giant step for humankind Monday when they shoot deeper into space than anyone before and glimpse parts of the moon never seen by the naked eye.
'Hot Jupiter' orbiting a metal-poor star discovered
Phys.org - 6 Apr 2026 12:40
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new "hot Jupiter" exoplanet. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-7169 b, orbits a metal-po...
NASA Artemis 2 astronauts to make historic moon flyby today. Here's what to expect hour by hour (timeline)
SPACE.com - 6 Apr 2026 11:00
NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts will make a historic moon flyby today (April 6). Here's how it will happen, hour by hour.