2026 • Jan 21
Webb reveals a planetary nebula with phenomenal clarity, and it is spectacular
The colors show the star’s final breath transforming into the raw ingredients for new worlds. ...
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2026 • Jan 20
The first commercial space station, Haven-1, is now undergoing assembly for launch
"We have a very strong incentive to send a crew as quickly as we can safely do so." ...
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2026 • Jan 20
The fastest human spaceflight mission in history crawls closer to liftoff
After a remarkably smooth launch campaign, Artemis II reached its last stop before the Moon. ...
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2026 • Jan 19
The race to build a super-large ground telescope is likely down to two competitors
Ars checks in with the new president of the Giant Magellan Telescope. ...
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2026 • Jan 17
Rocket Report: Ariane 64 to debut soon; India has a Falcon 9 clone too?
"We are fundamentally shifting our approach to securing our munitions supply chain." ...
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2026 • Jan 17
Managers on alert for “launch fever” as pressure builds for NASA’s Moon mission
"I’ve got one job, and it’s the safe return of Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy." ...
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2026 • Jan 16
Key Senate staffer is “begging” NASA to get on with commercial space stations
"It comes up almost every time that I see him. Continuous human presence and no gap." ...
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2026 • Jan 16
NASA’s first medical evacuation from space ends with on-target splashdown
This is the first time NASA has called an early end to a space mission for medical reasons. ...
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2026 • Jan 13
You can now reserve a hotel room on the Moon for $250,000
"We can't keep everyone living on that first ship that sailed to North America." ...
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2026 • Jan 12
The astronaut training tourists to fly in the world’s first commercial space station
For decades, space stations have been largely staffed by professional astronauts and operated by a handful of nations. But that’s about to change in the coming years, as companies including Axiom Spac...
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2026 • Jan 12
NASA launches new mission to get the most out of the James Webb Space Telescope
"It was not recognized how serious a problem that is until... about 2017 or 2018." ...
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2026 • Jan 10
Rocket Report: A new super-heavy launch site in California; 2025 year in review
SpaceX opened its 2026 launch campaign with a mission for the Italian government. ...
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