This Suitcase-Sized Spacecraft Could Detect a Signal From Before Stars Existed  - A suitcase-sized satellite could use the Moon’s far side to search for the first direct signal from the universe before stars existed. A satellite no bigger than a small carry-on suitcase could help investigate a period of cosmic history that has never been directly observed. Developed in the UK, CosmoCube...

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 On this day in space! Aug. 22, 1963: X-15 sets world altitude record  - On this day in space! Aug. 22, 1963: U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Walker flew an X-15 rocket plane higher than any pilot had ever flown before.

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 APOD: 2026 August 22 – Mostly Perseids  - APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 22… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is…

 TB 26-04 Updates and Modernization of NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) Code  - For more information, contact Mark K. Leader, Glenn Research Center, mark.leader@nasa.gov Download the PDF version NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) code is a foundational tool for propulsion system analysis. It provides equilibrium chemistry, rocket performance, shock, and detonation...

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 Launching 10,000 tiny 'femtosats' to Saturn? NASA funds 18 futuristic spaceflight ideas  - NASA has chosen 18 technology proposals for its Innovative Advanced Concepts awards to help turn some out-of-the-box ideas into out-of-this-world research.

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 Astronomers Detect a Record-Breaking “Cosmic Laser” From 8 Billion Light-Years Away  - MeerKAT has detected a record-breaking hydroxyl megamaser from a merging galaxy more than 8 billion light-years away, opening a new way to study the early universe. Using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope, astronomers have identified the farthest hydroxyl megamaser ever observed, marking a major...

 Partial lunar eclipse August 2026: Where will it be visible from?  - Here's where the 96% partial lunar eclipse will be visible from on Earth.

 JWST Finds a “Star” 100 Billion Times Brighter Than Any Star Should Be  - Something in the young universe is shining like a star that should not be possible. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected a compact red object so luminous that ordinary nuclear fusion cannot plausibly explain it. Although the source has a star-like appearance and may be surrounded by gas on...

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 Curiosity Blog, Sols 4982–4987: Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming  - By Allison Dries-Padilla, Missions Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 This week of Curiosity Mars rover operations takes us back to our “regularly scheduled programming.” After taking a slight detour to investigate…

 NASA Launches First Scientific Balloon of Fort Sumner Campaign  - The Salter Test Flight launched at 8:31 a.m. MDT (10:31 a.m. EDT) Saturday, Aug. 22 from the agency’s balloon launch facility in Fort Sumner, marking the first successful scientific balloon flight of the campaign. The balloon and payload reached a…

 Gravitational Wave Detectors Turn to Quantum Mechanics  - A new NASA proposal seeks to expand the frequency range of detections

 Trump signs new national space policy to enable 1,000 US rocket launches per year  - The United States is updating its approach to managing spaceflights and reentries, with the goal of expanding the nation's capabilities to support more than 1,000 rocket launches per year by 2030.

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 SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea (video, photos)  - SpaceX launched yet another Starlink mission today (Aug. 21), sending 29 more of the broadband satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast.

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