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NASA

• NASA Pushes New Wing Design to Find Structural Limits
  July 17, 2026 by Dede Dinius
  NASA researchers recently put a new wing design, appearing long and thin with a lightweight structural design, through a series of grueling tests to find its structural limits. What they found left them encouraged about the wing’s potential, even when they pushed it past its intended limits. The 15-foot Structural Wing Experiment Evaluating Truss-bracing (SWEET-15) […]
• The Growing Crescent of Mars as NASA’s Psyche Mission Approaches
  July 17, 2026
  Description This composite of images taken by NASA’s Psyche mission shows the crescent of Mars grow as the spacecraft approached the planet for a gravity assist from May 2 to May 15, 2026. The series begins with the smallest crescent at the center of the of the image as Mars is farthest from the spacecraft, and progressively […]
• Establishing a VTE Risk Score for Astronauts Algorithm
  July 17, 2026 by Sarah Taoufik
  In April 2026, NASA’s Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) initiated a working group to review updated VTE case information, additional data gathered revealing altered blood flow status within a cohort of astronauts, and discuss progress of research and clinical activities intended to mitigate the risk of VTE during spaceflight with new […]
• NASA Awards Facilities Support Services Contract for Ames Research Center 
  July 17, 2026 by Jeanne Neal
  CONTRACT RELEASE NASA has selected Chugach Intelligence Solutions LLC to provide comprehensive operations, maintenance, and repair services for NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.  The Ames Facilities Support Services II contract ensures that the center’s historic and specialized facilities are properly maintained, fully operational, and capable of supporting the agency’s missions and tenant partners in the NASA Research Park.  The hybrid contract has a five-year period […]
• NASA’s Chandra and IXPE Study Pulsar in Lighthouse Nebula
  July 17, 2026 by HQ Web Team
  This composite image, released on July 9, 2026, shows the region around a pulsar – a neutron star with a strong magnetic field that spins incredibly fast – within the Lighthouse nebula. The image contains X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory in purple, X-rays from NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) in blue, and […]

SpaceNews

• Skyroot Aerospace reaches orbit on first Vikram-1 launch
  July 18, 2026
• NASA terminates Draper lunar lander mission
  July 18, 2026
• SpaceX’s only problem is finding more space to work with
  July 17, 2026
• Serbia signs the Artemis Accords
  July 17, 2026
• SpaceX aborts Starship Flight 13 launch attempt
  July 17, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Troubling new details emerge on diabetes ouster controversy
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• The report oil companies are worried about: Climate attribution science
  by John Timmer
• We've seen helium baked off a rocky exoplanet's atmosphere
  by John Timmer
• Could China and Russia really destroy Starlink? Only with a boomerang.
  by Stephen Clark
• Sotheby's big T. rex auction raises concerns hype and wealth are upending science
  by Kate Wong, WIRED.com