Sam's News — space — 2026-08-15¶

Space Exploration¶

7.5 NASA confirms Artemis 3 lunar mission target for 2027¶

NASA Administrator stated the agency is on track for Artemis 3, with three critical rocket launches less than a year away.

Sources: Breakingthenews.net RSS, Spaceflight Now RSS, Spaceflight Now Web Search

6.5 NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures Earth Occulted by Mars Moon Phobos¶

NASA's Perseverance rover captured an unprecedented image of Earth disappearing behind Phobos from Mars's surface, 195 million miles away.

Sources: ScienceDaily Web Search Update to: NASA's Perseverance rover captures Earth disappearing behind Martian moon

6 Next Era of Mars Exploration Will Expand Global Presence at the Red Planet¶

NASA positions itself at the threshold of a new collaborative era in Mars exploration with expanded international presence.

Sources: Air and Space Museum Web Search

Space¶

7 Orlando tech company secures NASA contracts valued up to $40 billion¶

An Orlando-based technology company landed NASA contracts potentially worth up to $40 billion.

Sources: The Business Journals RSS

5.5 NASA's 1961 Venus Radar Echo Experiment Achieved 70-Million-Mile Round Trip¶

In 1961, NASA transmitted radar toward Venus and received its echo after 6.5 minutes, completing a 70-million-mile round-trip signal.

Sources: The Times of India RSS

5.5 NASA highlights Rocketdyne's Mason facility role in Mars nuclear propulsion development¶

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman visited Rocketdyne's Mason facility to discuss technology being developed for nuclear-powered missions to Mars.

Sources: Aero-News.net Web Search

Astrophysics¶

6.5 Magnetic Star May Solve 90-Year-Old Question About Vacuum Properties¶

Astronomers are using a magnetic star as a natural laboratory to test fundamental laws of physics and investigate the nature of empty space, potentially resolving a decades-old mystery.

Sources: Space.com RSS

Space Infrastructure¶

5.5 NASA Opens New Flight Dynamics Research Facility Wind Tunnel in Hampton, Virginia¶

NASA inaugurated the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, a new wind tunnel providing critical resources for the agency and its partners.

Sources: MilitaryNews.com Web Search

5.5 NASA Highlights Mission-Critical Role of George Mason's Rocketdyne Division¶

NASA discusses Rocketdyne's essential contributions to Mars rovers, launch vehicles, and the Artemis Moon mission program.

Sources: Axios Web Search

5 NASA highlights mission-critical role of Rocketdyne's Mason facility¶

NASA emphasized the mission-critical importance of Rocketdyne's Mason facility to the agency's operations and future programs.

Sources: Aero-News.net RSS