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NASA's New Rover Prototype Drives 26 Kilometers Autonomously in Desert Test — 10 Times Faster Than Perseverance

NASA's New Rover Prototype Drives 26 Kilometers Autonomously in Desert Test — 10 Times Faster Than Perseverance

NASA's New Rover Prototype Drives 26 Kilometers Autonomously in Desert Test — 10 Times Faster Than Perseverance In March 2026, NASA's Jet Propulsion ...
2026-06-20
NASA Taps Former Google CEO's Rocket Company for 2028 Mars Atmospheric Mission

NASA Taps Former Google CEO's Rocket Company for 2028 Mars Atmospheric Mission

NASA Taps Former Google CEO's Rocket Company for 2028 Mars Atmospheric Mission On June 17, 2026, NASA announced a six-year reimbursable Space Act Agr...
2026-06-20
Fermi Telescope Reveals First Known 'Sibling Supernovae': Two Companion Stars That Exploded in Succession

Fermi Telescope Reveals First Known 'Sibling Supernovae': Two Companion Stars That Exploded in Succession

Fermi Telescope Reveals First Known 'Sibling Supernovae': Two Companion Stars That Exploded in Succession Astronomers using 16 years of data from NAS...
2026-06-20
NASA's Lucy Reveals Wobbling, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid

NASA's Lucy Reveals Wobbling, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid

NASA's Lucy Reveals Wobbling, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid On April 20, 2025, NASA's Lucy spacecraft zipped past the asteroid Donaldjohanson at 30,000 mile...
2026-06-19
James Webb Telescope Finds Salt Clouds on 'Pink Planet'

James Webb Telescope Finds Salt Clouds on 'Pink Planet'

The exoplanet GJ 504b appears pink in visible light, earning it the nickname "Pink Planet" among astronomy enthusiasts. Since its discovery in 2013, t...
2026-06-19
Upgraded Ariane 6 Rocket Launches 36 Amazon Satellites, Setting New Record

Upgraded Ariane 6 Rocket Launches 36 Amazon Satellites, Setting New Record

Upgraded Ariane 6 Rocket Launches 36 Amazon Satellites, Setting New Record An Ariane 64 rocket equipped with upgraded solid boosters lifted off from ...
2026-06-18
NASA's MAVEN Mars Orbiter Retires After 12 Years Following Loss of Control

NASA's MAVEN Mars Orbiter Retires After 12 Years Following Loss of Control

NASA MAVEN Mars Orbiter Retires After 12 Years Following Loss of Control NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) orbiter has officially...
2026-06-17
NASA's Chandra Detects 1,700-Year-Old Supernova Wreckage Near Milky Way's Center

NASA's Chandra Detects 1,700-Year-Old Supernova Wreckage Near Milky Way's Center

NASA Chandra Detects 1,700-Year-Old Supernova Wreckage Near Milky Way Center NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has detected the remnants of a supernov...
2026-06-17
Astrobotic Unveils Griffin-1 Lunar Lander for NASA Moon Base Mission

Astrobotic Unveils Griffin-1 Lunar Lander for NASA Moon Base Mission

On June 15, Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic officially unveiled its next-generation lunar lander Griffin-1. Selected by NASA for the Moon Base II mission,...
2026-06-16
CERES-2 Failure Investigation Concluded, i-Space Identifies Cause of Maiden Flight Loss

CERES-2 Failure Investigation Concluded, i-Space Identifies Cause of Maiden Flight Loss

CERES-2 Failure Investigation Concluded, i-Space Identifies Cause of Maiden Flight Loss June 15, 2026 — Beijing-based commercial launch provider i-Sp...
2026-06-15
Blue Origin Announces New Glenn Rocket Will Return to Launch Pad Before Year's End

Blue Origin Announces New Glenn Rocket Will Return to Launch Pad Before Year's End

Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp has announced that despite the static fire test explosion on May 28 that destroyed the New Glenn rocket and damaged the LC-3...
2026-06-14
NASA X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Reaches Target Speed and Altitude for First Time

NASA X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Reaches Target Speed and Altitude for First Time

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic experimental aircraft successfully reached its design mission flight conditions on June 12, 2026 — a target speed of Mach...
2026-06-14