• ISS Astronauts on Their Way Home as Part of Medical Evacuation

    The Crew-11 mission departed the International Space Station (ISS) earlier today for their trip home. The four astronauts that are part of this medical evacuation – NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov – are expected to splash down off the coast of California early…

  • Sci-Fi Quote: Expect Some Fun with Starfleet Academy

    “I was immediately enthralled with reading it. I wanted to see what Paul was going to do next and could I do it with him? That was an unusual opportunity that was presented.” –Statement by actress Holly Hunter (playing the part of Starfleet Academy’s chancellor) regarding actor Paul Giamatti (playing the part of Klingon and…

  • Space Stories: A Dead Galaxy, Newly Discovered Cloud-9, and Preparing for Artemis II

    Here are some recent space-related stories of interest. —innovation News Network: “Astronomers Discover Ancient “Dead Galaxy” Starved by its Supermassive Black Hole“ Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), researchers found that a growing supermassive black hole can slowly starve a galaxy rather than destroy it outright.…

  • Pandora and Friends Start New Missions

    Earlier today, NASA’s Pandora mission got its start aboard a SpaceX rocket launched from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base. The Pandora satellite, once fully operational, will view exoplanet atmospheres and their host stars to learn more about these exotic worlds. In its first year, the satellite will focus on approximately 20 known exoplanets. This NASA video…

  • Time to Submit Your Photos to the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 Competition

    It is that time of year for photographers to submit up to 10 of their best photos to the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 competition. Submissions can be made from January 5th to March 2nd. The top prize is worth £10,000, with lesser amounts for category winners, , runners-up, and…

  • Who is Currently in Space?

    With all the talk about the current set of astronauts returning early from the International Space Station (ISS) due to medical issues as well as last year’s issue with Chinese astronauts stuck on their station, it is hard to keep track of who is in space these days. Hence, you may want to stay up…

  • Pic of the Week: Liftoff of the New Glenn Rocket

    This week’s image comes from Scientific American magazine’s best space photos of 2025. It shows Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket lifting off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on November 13, 2025. It was carrying NASA’s twin Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) spacecraft, which are destined…

  • Space Quote: NASA Delays ISS Spacewalk

    “NASA is postponing the Thursday, Jan. 8, spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The agency is monitoring a medical concern with a crew member that arose Wednesday afternoon aboard the orbital complex. Due to medical privacy, it is not appropriate for NASA to share more details about the crew member. The situation is stable. NASA…

  • Space Stories: Modernizing a Space Center, a Rogue Saturn, and a Lifeless Europa

    Here are some recent space-related stories of interest. —Fox54 News: “NASA to Begin Modernization at Marshall Space Flight Center: Historic Structures to be Demolished Starting this Weekend“ With NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman in place, the agency is spearheading a major infrastructure modernization initiative, starting with the demolition of historic testing facilities at Marshall Space Flight Center.…

  • Some Good News for NASA

    Today the House and Senate came together to agree on NASA’s FY 2026 budget, and the news could not have been better. Overall, NASA is looking at basically a flat budget (compared to a threatened 24 percent cut) with only a 1 percent cut in science funding from last year’s level (compared to the threatened…