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AI digital twins aim to protect astronaut mobility on deep space missions

AI digital twins aim to protect astronaut mobility on deep space missions

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 West Virginia University researchers are developing artificial intelligence tools to help astronauts maintain move...
NASA readies unique science experiments and tech demonstrations for Artemis II crew

NASA readies unique science experiments and tech demonstrations for Artemis II crew

NASASpaceflight January 28, 2026
Artemis II, the next mission in NASA’s Artemis program to explore the Moon, is scheduled… The post NASA readies unique science experiments and tec...
Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected

Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected

NASA January 28, 2026
NASA’s Artemis II mission will transport four astronauts around the Moon, bringing the agency one step closer to sending the first astronauts to Mar...
China set for crewed lunar tests, record launches, moon mission and reusable rockets in 2026

China set for crewed lunar tests, record launches, moon mission and reusable rockets in 2026

SpaceNews January 28, 2026
China appears set to accelerate its launch rate this year while also conducting tests key to its crewed lunar ambitions and launching major missions....
NASA Testing Advances Space Nuclear Propulsion Capabilities

NASA Testing Advances Space Nuclear Propulsion Capabilities

SpaceDaily January 28, 2026
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2026 Nuclear propulsion and power technologies could unlock new frontiers in missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. NAS...
NASA Testing Advances Space Nuclear Propulsion Capabilities

NASA Testing Advances Space Nuclear Propulsion Capabilities

NASA January 27, 2026
Written by Daniel Boyette Nuclear propulsion and power technologies could unlock new frontiers in missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. NASA has rea...
NASA’s Juno Measures Thickness of Europa’s Ice Shell

NASA’s Juno Measures Thickness of Europa’s Ice Shell

NASA January 27, 2026
Results from the solar-powered spacecraft provide a new measurement of the thickness of the ice shell encasing the Jovian moon’s ocean.  Data fro...
Lunar soil study limits late meteorite role in supplying Earth oceans

Lunar soil study limits late meteorite role in supplying Earth oceans

SpaceDaily January 27, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026 A long standing idea in planetary science is that water rich meteorites arriving late in Earth history could have ...
NASA and DOE to collaborate on lunar nuclear reactor development

NASA and DOE to collaborate on lunar nuclear reactor development

SpaceNews January 25, 2026
NASA and the Department of Energy have agreed to work together on development of nuclear reactors for the moon as industry awaits the release of a fi...
NASA Selects Participants to Track Artemis II Mission

NASA Selects Participants to Track Artemis II Mission

NASA January 23, 2026
NASA has selected 34 global volunteers to track the Orion spacecraft during the crewed Artemis II mission’s journey around the Moon. The Artemis II ...
I Am Artemis: Dustin Gohmert

I Am Artemis: Dustin Gohmert

NASA January 23, 2026
Listen to this audio excerpt from Dustin Gohmert, Orion Crew Survival System (OCSS) manager: During NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon, the a...
NASA Finds Lunar Regolith Limits Meteorites as Source of Earth’s Water

NASA Finds Lunar Regolith Limits Meteorites as Source of Earth’s Water

NASA January 23, 2026
A new NASA study of its Apollo lunar soils clarifies the Moon’s record of meteorite impacts and timing of water delivery. These findings place upper...
Ignis mission timelapses: Earth and Moon views from the International Space Station

Ignis mission timelapses: Earth and Moon views from the International Space Station

ESA January 23, 2026
ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski captured these stunning timelapse videos during his 20-day stay aboard the International Space St...
Birth conditions fixed water contrast on Jupiters moons

Birth conditions fixed water contrast on Jupiters moons

SpaceDaily January 21, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 While Io, the most volcanically active moon in the solar system, appears completely dry and devoid of water ice, i...
Europa ice delamination may deliver nutrients to hidden ocean

Europa ice delamination may deliver nutrients to hidden ocean

SpaceDaily January 21, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 A new geophysics study proposes a mechanism that could move life-sustaining nutrients from the battered surface of...
Lunar impacts limit late delivery of Earth ocean water

Lunar impacts limit late delivery of Earth ocean water

SpaceDaily January 21, 2026
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 20, 2026 A long-standing idea in planetary science proposes that water rich meteorites arriving late in Earth history delive...
Study links Europa's quiet seafloor to hidden potential for life

Study links Europa's quiet seafloor to hidden potential for life

SpaceDaily January 21, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 The giant planet Jupiter has nearly 100 known moons, but none has captured scientific attention quite like Europa,...
New NASA Artemis Payloads To Study Moon’s Terrain, Radiation, History

New NASA Artemis Payloads To Study Moon’s Terrain, Radiation, History

NASA January 20, 2026
NASA announced Tuesday the selection of three new science investigations that will strengthen humanity’s understanding and exploration of the Moon. ...
NASA’s SLS Rocket: Secondary Payloads

NASA’s SLS Rocket: Secondary Payloads

NASA January 20, 2026
When NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket launches the agency’s Artemis II mission to the Moon, four CubeSats, or small satellites, will be hit...
Jaclyn Kagey Shapes Humanity’s Return to the Moon

Jaclyn Kagey Shapes Humanity’s Return to the Moon

NASA January 20, 2026
For Jaclyn Kagey, helping astronauts put boots on the Moon is part of her daily work.  As the Artemis III extravehicular activity lead in NASA’s Fl...