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The International Space Station (ISS) will de-orbit in 2031, and three companies are working with NASA to design new space stations to replace ISS. NASA is also using private companies to build the first lunar space station. Maxar and…

As we set our sights on returning to the Moon and establishing a more permanent human presence, a critical yet often overlooked challenge emerges: how do we keep time on the lunar surface? The United States is taking a proactive step to…

NASA wants you. Kurt “Spuds” Vogel, NASA associate administrator for space technology, wants community input on space technology shortfalls to help the agency prioritize approximately 200 topics in space technology to improve how it…

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2024 -- Millions of people across North America will experience a rare celestial sight on Monday, April 8: a total solar eclipse. NASA will host a media briefing with other government agencies at 10 a.m. EDT on…

NASA and Lockheed launched the Juno space probe in 2011 as part of the New Frontiers program. It entered Jupiter's orbit on July 4th, 2016, to peek beneath the planet's dense clouds. Now, in its extended mission, the probe is taking a…

There’s a new technology under test at the Redwire Corp. facility in Longmont, CO. NASA hit a key technology milestone at the new facility with a successful deployment of one of four solar sail quadrants.   NASA considers solar sail…

NASA’s 2024 Spinoff publication highlights NASA technologies that "benefit life on Earth in the form of commercial products." The 2024 version features 40-plus medical and other commercialized technologies using the agency’s R&D and new…

NASA works with industry giants, private industry partners, and small businesses under Artemis (a mission back to the Moon aiming to develop a "long-term presence on the lunar surface) to achieve scalable, affordable, and advanced laser…

University of Sussex researchers discovered the transformative potential of Martian nanomaterials, possibly opening the door to sustainable habitation on the planet. Using techniques currently applied on the International Space Station…

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s optical navigation team, as backup to the OSIRIS-REx mission to near-Earth asteroid Bennu, double-checked the primary navigation team’s work, proving the viability of navigation by visual cues. Using…