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NASA releases final RFP for Mars communications orbiter
Space News - 17 May 2026 00:33
NASA has released the final request for proposals for a Mars telecommunications system, confirming requirements that limit the companies that can bid on it.
York Space defends growth strategy as SDA programs are reshaped
Space News - 16 May 2026 23:55
Company executives acknowledge investor confusion as Space Force reorganizes Yorks primary customer, the Space Development Agency
Get $341 off the limited X edition of the Vaonis Vespera II at Walmart
SPACE.com - 16 May 2026 20:00
The Vespera II X edition features a sleek, transparent shell and has internal temperature sensors for optimized deep sky observation.
First outbursting hot subdwarf binary discovered
Phys.org - 16 May 2026 16:50
An international team of astronomers has utilized the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to investigate a binary system designated ZTF J0007+4804. As a result, they have ...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 210 - ESCAPADES at Mars
SPACE.com - 16 May 2026 16:43
On Episode 210 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Dr. Robert Lillis of the Mars ESCAPADE mission.
Space Force awards Northrop Grumman $398 million satellite contract
Space News - 16 May 2026 16:40
The company will build a communications satellite to test protected communications technologies for contested environments
What If the Universe Had No Beginning? Part 1: A Wave Function for the Universe
Universe Today - 16 May 2026 16:08
The equations of general relativity give up at the singularity. Decades before Stephen Hawking dared to guess what came before, John Wheeler and Bryce DeWitt built the strange mathematical machinery that would make the q...
New moon of May 2026 brings stunning views of the Milky Way, Venus and Mars
SPACE.com - 16 May 2026 15:00
See dazzling planets, the Milky Way and a trio of celestial animals brightening the spring sky around May's new moon.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft is flying to a metal asteroid. So, why did it just visit Mars?
SPACE.com - 16 May 2026 14:00
NASA's Psyche flyby of Mars highlights how gravity assists help spacecraft gain speed, conserve fuel and travel across the solar system.