NSS Leader Greg Autry Tapped for Senior NASA Position
Society’s Vice President for Space Development Nominated as NASA Chief Financial Officer The National Space Society welcomes the nomination of Dr. Greg Autry as the Chief Financial Officer of NASA. Autry is the latest of a series NSS leaders that have risen to prominent positions within NASA, the U.S. government, and the space Industry. In […]
China launches new Tianlian data relay satellite to support human spaceflight
HELSINKI — China launched a new Tianlian data tracking and relay communications satellite Wednesday, adding to the country’s on-orbit infrastructure in the geostationary belt. A Long March 3B lifted off at 11:55 a.m. Eastern (1555 UTC) March 26 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, southwest China. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) announced […]
Famous, rare ‘pinwheel death star’ isn’t a threat after all
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the Wolf-Rayet 104 pinwheel star system. A new study confirms 2 massive stars are orbiting each other in this system, producing a giant spiral composed of hydrocarbon dust. The study also shows the poles of the stars are not oriented directly toward us as 1st thought, so there is […]
NASA has made the first radio telescope observations on the moon
The Odysseus spacecraft as it approached the moon Intuitive Machines The first successful use of a radio telescope on the moon has kicked off a new era of astronomy that could shed light on the cosmic dark ages – despite a bumpy landing. NASA’s ROLSES-1 (Radio wave Observations at the Lunar Surface of the photoElectron […]
NASA website axes a DEI pledge for the next moon landing : NPR
NASA engineers work alongside the tip of a solid rocket booster for the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) in NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in February. Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Images Nearly four years ago, NASA announced that its […]
Whole new (or newly discovered) worlds
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SpaceX launches national security satellite for NRO on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now
A SpaceX Falcon rocket lifted of from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) to begin the NROL-69 mission on behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office and the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now The National Reconnaissance Office, which manages the American military’s spy satellites, launched its fifth mission of the 2025 out […]
Webb unmasks true nature of the Cosmic Tornado
Science & Exploration 24/03/2025 1853 views 22 likes The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a beautiful juxtaposition of the nearby protostellar outflow known as Herbig-Haro 49/50 with a perfectly positioned, more distant spiral galaxy. Due to the close proximity of this Herbig-Haro object to Earth, this new composite infrared image of the outflow […]
New Barbie doll celebrates 60 years as an astronaut, but forgets when humans first flew into space
Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible … but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended. The toy company is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its first spacesuit-clad fashion doll with a new reproduction of Barbie Miss Astronaut. Originally sold in 1965 as an outfit accessory alone, the 2025 set […]
How Did Neptune Get Its Name?
Neptune in true colour with the Great Dark Spot in the center. Photo by NASA’s Voyager 2 probe. Credit: NASA, Voyager 2, PDS, OPUS, Ardenau4. Neptune, the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun, gets its name from the Roman god of the sea. The naming decision is consistent with the long tradition of naming […]