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ILRS guide: members, missions and timelineThe annual NASA Space Apps Challenge hackathon is open for teams to use free and open NASA data for lunar, Mars and wider space challenges.
A 2026-10-29 announcement credits NASA, ESA, CSA and STScI for a mid-infrared view of the Cat’s Head Nebula.
NASA has posted an online Request for Information about servicing the Hubble Space Telescope and raising its orbit.
Verified facts show the March 2025 image status was snow coats ice, while the October 2026 image status was snow absent.
A global Mars map identifies 13 locations with mineralogy and chemistry matching Teghaza 001, an ancient Martian meteorite.
A retrospective look at Halloween aboard the station, described as a vital scientific platform with more than 25 years of continuous human presence.
Papers in Science and Science Advances describe an ancient Martian meteorite from Mali and link it to previously unsampled crust.
Names will fly on a microchip aboard the APL-led Dragonfly rotorcraft mission, with submissions due at 23:59 EST on Jan. 15, 2027.
A Hubble image places a barred galaxy at center while highlighting gravitational lensing as the real target.
The background describes ESA's lunar efforts, from affordable Moon Explore concepts to Argonaut landers listed for 2030.
Astroscale UK has won a UK Ministry of Defence contract for Project LEDA, a multi-year programme examining how spacecraft might counter RPO threats.
The Artemis II commander is named to a deputy director role at JPL, with duties including laboratory operations and Caltech coordination.