NASA News
Latest NASA news and analysis — 16 articles tagged NASA on The Robotics Media.
- NASA's Roman Space Telescope Launches On Falcon Heavy For Dark Universe Mission — — NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on August 30, 2026, beginning a three-month journey to L2 to survey d...
- NASA awards Infleqtion $20M for quantum gravity sensor mission — — NASA has awarded Infleqtion a $20 million follow-on contract to advance the world's first orbital quantum gravity gradiometer, ahead of a targeted 203...
- NASA Sets August 30 Falcon Heavy Launch For Roman Space Telescope — — NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, with a Hubble-sized mirror and a view 100x wider, is set to launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy on...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Upper Stage Slams Into Moon at 5,400 MPH Near Einstein Crater — — A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage from a 2025 lunar-delivery mission finally hit the Moon on August 5, 2026, gouging a fresh crater near Einstei...
- Wildfire Forces NASA To Evacuate Madrid Deep Space Network Site — — NASA evacuated its Madrid Deep Space Network complex on July 24, 2026 as Spanish wildfires burned through Robledo de Chavela. Ops shifted to Goldstone...
- GE Aerospace, NASA, BETA And Boeing Fly First Hybrid-Electric Above 30,000 Feet — — At Farnborough 2026, GE Aerospace and partners flew a modified Saab 340B in hybrid electric mode above 30,000 feet — the first time the technology rea...
- Rocket Lab Set to Launch NASA and Eta Space's LOXSAT Cryogenic Depot Demo — — Rocket Lab is targeting July 17 to launch LOXSAT, an on-orbit cryogenic fluid management demo built by Eta Space for NASA that will validate the plumb...
- SpaceX Ignites All 33 Engines on Booster 20 Ahead of Starship Flight 13 — — SpaceX completed a full-duration, 33-engine static fire of Super Heavy Booster 20 at Starbase on July 10, clearing the last major ground test before S...
- NASA Taps Relativity Space to Build 2028 Mars Orbiter Aeolus — — NASA will partner with Eric Schmidt's Relativity Space to build and launch Aeolus, a Mars orbiter targeted for 2028 that will monitor the Red Planet's...
- NASA and CSA prep June 30 spacewalk to swap broken Canadarm2 joint — — NASA and the Canadian Space Agency will send Expedition 74 astronauts on a spacewalk no earlier than June 30, 2026 to replace a failed wrist joint on...
- NASA Names Bresnik, Rubio, Douglas And Parmitano To Artemis III Crew — — NASA on June 9 introduced the four-person Artemis III crew — commander Randy Bresnik, pilot Luca Parmitano of ESA, and mission specialists Andre Dougl...
- Blue Origin Vows To Fly New Glenn Again In 2026 After Pad 36 Blast — — CEO Dave Limp says the propellant farm and processing hangar survived last week's spectacular New Glenn explosion at Cape Canaveral and that the rocke...
- Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Explodes in Cape Canaveral Test — — Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a static-fire test at Cape Canaveral on May 28, 2026, derailing a planned June launch of 48 Amazon Kuip...
- NASA Awards $1B in Moon Base Contracts, Sets Artemis 3 for 2027 — — NASA unveiled the full scope of its planned lunar Moon Base and awarded around $1 billion in contracts for rovers, landers and scouting drones, while...
- SpaceX Launches Biggest Starship Yet on Flight 12 Test — — SpaceX launched its largest and most powerful Starship to date on Flight 12, sending the upgraded Version 3 vehicle on a suborbital test before a plan...
- NASA Engages 51,000 Students at FIRST Robotics With Lunar Technology — — NASA showcased lunar rovers and Phase Three mission technology to 51,000 students at FIRST Robotics event to inspire future space engineers.