NASA provides update on Artemis 2 moon mission. What you may have missed

NASA's Artemis 2 mission is targeting an April 1 launch, sending a crew of astronauts on a historic trip around the moon.
CNET

A 1,300-Pound NASA Satellite Just Made a Fiery Return to Earth

All things that go up must eventually come down. NASA says that its Van Allen Probe A satellite has fallen precipitously back to Earth after a 14-year journey through space. The probe reentered the ...

This Top-Secret Satellite Spied on Enemy Weapons for the U.S. Air Force, Declassified Files Reveal

In 1971, the United States launched a secret satellite program called JUMPSEAT, which surveilled the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War. Before, during, and after the Cold War reconnaissance ...
Space.com

NASA says its Artemis 2 moon rocket is all fixed up. It could launch astronauts to the moon on April 1

Artemis 2 managers met over the past two days, conducting the mission's flight readiness review (FRR) ahead of rolling its ...
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A 1,300-pound NASA satellite just uncontrollably crashed into Earth. Where did it land?

A long-retired NASA satellite has finally returned to Earth, burning through the atmosphere before falling into the Pacific.

Old NASA science satellite plunges back to Earth

An old NASA science satellite plunged uncontrolled from orbit and reentered over the Pacific on Wednesday. The U.S. Space Force said the Van Allen Probe A came in west of the Galapagos Islands.

Rocket company, Stoke Space, makes strides toward first Florida launch

The Cape Canaveral site is where John Glenn launched to orbit. Now it will host Stoke Space's Nova rocket; an effort toward ...

OTD in space – March 7: NASA launches orbiting solar observatory

On March 7, 1962, NASA launched the first Orbiting Solar Observatory. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Eight of these satellites were launched between 1962 and 1975 to study the ...
Newsweek

NASA Helps Return Giant Tortoises to Galápagos After 150 Years

On February 20, the Galápagos National Park Directorate and conservation partners released 158 giant tortoises on Floreana Island — the first time the species has roamed there in more than 150 years, ...
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Giant tortoises returned to Galápagos island using NASA satellites

Juvenile giant tortoises walk on Floreana Island after being transported from a breeding center on Santa Cruz for release as part of a project to reintroduce the Floreana giant tortoise to its native ...
The Conversation

Too many satellites? Earth’s orbit is on track for a catastrophe – but we can stop it

Gregory Radisic is affiliated with the International Institute of Space Law, and the Institute on Space Law and Ethics at For All Moonkind Inc. Samantha Lawler receives funding from the Natural ...
Defense News

DOD eyes commercial satellites that can spy on other satellites

This image was taken from the International Space Station on March 8, 2004, from a position off the coast of Mauritania. (NASA/DVIDS) The Pentagon is looking for cheap commercial satellites that can ...