NASA announced a nuclear-powered rover called PROMISE, a $10 billion CLPS 2 lander contract and new launch awards for its Moon Base. Here’s the breakdown.
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NASA awarded Ka-band relay concept contracts to Astranis, SES and Viasat. Here is what reports say about replacing the aging TDRS network. Details inside.
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NASA astronauts installed the ISS’s eighth and final roll-out solar array on Thursday, completing a five-year power upgrade to about 215 kilowatts.
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NASA’s Swift observatory reentered Earth’s atmosphere over northern Sumatra on Nov. 4 after 22 years in orbit and a failed rescue attempt. Here is its story.
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ESA’s Hera probe has split the Didymos and Dimorphos asteroids for the first time, with sharper images of the DART crash site due Nov. 25. Here is the story.
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NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere on November 4. Here’s what NASA says about timing, risk and its legacy.
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Hubble is slowly sinking toward reentry around 2033. NASA has asked industry how it could boost, service or safely retire the telescope. Here’s what it wants.
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NASA’s four CHAPEA volunteers left their 3D-printed Mars habitat in Houston on Oct. 31 after 378 days of isolation. Here’s what they did and what comes next.
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Webb’s new mid-infrared image shows the Cat’s Head Nebula, a feline-shaped pillar of dust in the Carina Nebula sculpted by the light of massive stars.
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Anil Menon and Joshua Kutryk spent 7 hours, 11 minutes outside the ISS installing its seventh roll-out solar array. The last one goes up on Nov. 5.
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NASA’s Lucy has entered the Jupiter Trojan asteroid region after 2.2 billion miles. Its first close encounter, with asteroid Eurybates, is set for Aug. 2027.
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NASA’s UVEX ultraviolet telescope passed a key review, locking in a launch by January 2031 and a $590 million cost. Here’s what it will do and why it matters.
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