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Artemis 2 astronauts stress importance of their moon mission as NASA faces budget, workforce cuts: 'We have to move the needle.'

By Brett Tingley published

NASA's next moon astronauts underscored the importance of their upcoming Artemis 2 mission despite a turbulent time for the space agency full of budget cuts and workforce reductions.

Artemis
a winged space plane stands up inside its protective fairing before being sealed up for launch

US Space Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane launching Aug. 21 to test quantum sensor and laser-communications tech

By Josh Dinner published

The U.S. Space Force plans to launch the eighth mission of its mysterious X-37B space plane on Aug. 21 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The flight will study experimental technology in orbit.

Launches & Spacecraft
NASA astronaut and biologist Kate Rubins successfully sequenced DNA in the microgravity of the International Space Station using a small device called MinION.

Kate Rubins, 1st astronaut to sequence DNA in space, leaves NASA

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

NASA astronaut Kathleen “Kate” Rubins has retired from the space agency after 16 years, two missions on the International Space Station, four spacewalks and 300 days in space.

Human Spaceflight
A photo of icy-looking glaciers on the surface of Mars

Good news for Mars settlers? Red Planet glaciers are mostly pure water ice, study suggests

By Charles Q. Choi published

Martian glaciers are mostly pure ice across the Red Planet, suggesting they might potentially be useful resources for any explorers that might land there one day, a new study finds.

Mars
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SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the ISS: Live updates

By Mike Wall, Josh Dinner last updated

Read the latest news about SpaceX's Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station.

Human Spaceflight
An image of the gas giant Saturn. The shadow of the large moon Titan is visible as a dark spot above its rings. Another Saturnian moon, Tethys, is visible to Saturn's upper left as a grey dot.

Saturn's largest moon Titan casts a colossal shadow in breathtaking amateur portrait (photo)

By Anthony Wood published

Efrain Morales captured the image of Titan's shadow darkening Saturn on July 18, while the gas giant was over 800 million miles from Earth.

Stargazing

Collaboration or collapse: Why Earth observation must be a global mission

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Satellites don't stop at borders and neither should science.

Climate Change
A wrapped up satellite sits on a metal cart next to two halves of a large cylindrical case, both also on carts in a cleanroom

Powerful NISAR Earth-observing satellite loaded up for launch in India | Space photo of the day for July 30, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The satellite will scan the Earth twice every 12 days.

Satellites
A painted portrait shows a man with a white beard and balding head looking at the camera while wearing a white collar and black shirt

On this day in space! July 30, 1610: Galileo sees Saturn's rings for the first time

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

The famous astronomer became the first to observe these stunning rings.

Astronomy
Thirty years after its first launch, the space shuttle Discovery is now the centerpiece of the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.

'The Smithsonian Institution owns the Discovery.' Museum resists Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' plan to move space shuttle to Houston

By Josh Dinner published

The Smithsonian Institution says NASA relinquished full ownership of Space Shuttle Discovery, but Congress wants to force the vehicle's relocation.

Space Exploration
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