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NASA's Crew-11 launch: Purpose of the mission, meet the crew and more

The mission’s purpose is to deliver a four‑person crew for a long‑duration stay aboard the ISS, where they will conduct scientific experiments and technology demonstrations aimed at advancing human exploration beyond low Earth orbit and benefiting life on Earth.

The New York Times · 1d

NASA’s New Radar Mission Launched From India. Here’s What It Will Do.

NISAR, a new Earth-observing satellite, is a collaboration between NASA and India’s space agency. By Kenneth Chang A new radar satellite, built by NASA and India’s space agency, launched on Wednesday.

Yahoo · 21h

NASA, India launch satellite to track movement of Earth's surface

The US space agency NASA has launched a satellite into space in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) designed to measure changes on the Earth's surface at levels of precision previously unknown.

Firefly wins NASA contract to deliver equipment to moon

Austin American-Statesman · 1d

Firefly Aerospace lands contract for another NASA moon mission

Firefly Aerospace, the Cedar Park-based space and technology company that recently became the first commercial company to land on the moon, was awarded

KVUE-TV Austin on MSN · 13h

Firefly wins NASA contract to deliver equipment to the moon

Firefly Aerospace received more than $176 million to deliver scientific equipment to the moon's south pole in 2029. The mission will study resources like water and hydrogen that could help future astronauts. The company will use its Blue Ghost lunar lander and orbital vehicles for the job.

Yahoo · 23h

Firefly’s $177M NASA mission to deliver rovers and sensors to Moon’s south pole

Firefly Aerospace will deliver five payloads to the Moon’s south pole in 2029 using its Blue Ghost lander and Elytra orbital vehicle.

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US and India launch historic joint mission that could change the way we see Earth

NISAR, an Earth-monitoring satellite equipped with dual radar systems, will monitor changes to Earth’s surface and assist ...

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NASA-ISRO's NISAR Mission Marks Turning Point for Indian SpaceTech

PM IST, the mission will take off aboard the GSLV-F16 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

SpaceX rocket to propel 2 NASA satellites into orbit: What to know about TRACERS mission

The next satellites SpaceX helps to deliver to orbit from Vandenberg won't be its own, but rather two of NASA's on a ...

Space.com on MSN15d

Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' pushes for crewed moon missions, but proposed budget cuts leave NASA science behind

The recent United States government's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" that was recently signed into law has good news for the ...

Detroit News1mon

The NASA science missions that would be axed in Trump’s 2026 budget

The Planetary Society, a nonprofit advocacy group for space science, estimates that 41 current or planned missions, roughly a third of NASA’s portfolio, would be terminated if the Trump budget ...

Daily Camera13d

NASA to launch rocket on Friday for CU Boulder space science mission

NASA and the University of Colorado Boulder will launch a 60-foot rocket out of New Mexico on Friday, which, once launched, ...

SpaceNews11d

Senate appropriators fund dozens of threatened NASA science missions

A Senate spending bill would restore funding for dozens of NASA science missions threatened with cancellation in the ...

USA Today1mon

Trump's budget targets dozens of NASA space missions: Here's a look

A total of 41 science projects would get the ax under the proposal, which would be NASA's biggest single-year cut in the agency's history, according to the Planetary Society. Many of the science ...

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission gears up for space station research

A host of scientific investigations await the crew of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission during their long-duration expedition ...

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