Moon lander preps for the lunar surface | Space photo of the day for May 6, 2026
Blue Origin’s MK1 moon lander has passed its tests in the vacuum chamber as NASA continues to develop the hardware needed to return astronauts to the moon.
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‘SOL Shogunate’ is a samurai space opera set on the moon, but with an aerospace engineer making sure it’s ‘getting the science right’
Chaos Manufacturing CEO Guy Costantini and aerospace engineer Taylore McClurg tell us about the process of creating a believable but striking lunar adventure.
NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Students in Florida
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA astronaut Chris Williams calls down to mission controllers during Crew Medical Officer training while inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. Credit: NASA/Jessica Meir Students in Florida…
NASA Research Shows Early Life Relied on Rare Metal
5 min read NASA Research Shows Early Life Relied on Rare Metal Timeline of Earth’s history in billions of years. The new study indicates that life used molybdenum as far back as 3.3 to 3.7 billion years ago, long before…
Building on America’s 65-Year Legacy of Human Spaceflight
America’s first human spaceflight begins as the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) space vehicle, with astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. aboard, launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 5, 1961. NASA On the morning of May 5, 1961, the Mercury-Redstone 3 launch…
Are streamers losing faith in legacy sci-fi franchises?
Does the cancellation of ‘Starfleet Academy’ suggest that lean times are ahead for ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Star Wars’?
Breaking Barriers at 3rd Annual Findings from the Field Symposium
Students had the opportunity to practice their science communication skills during the poster session portion of the Findings from the Field Symposium, held in Portland Maine. On March 30, 2026, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) and the NASA…
Blue Origin Moon Lander Completes Testing at NASA Vacuum Chamber
Environmental testing of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 (MK1) lunar lander has been completed inside Thermal Vacuum Chamber A at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Also known as Endurance, MK1 is an uncrewed cargo lander funded by Blue…
Will the moon ruin the Eta Aquarid meteor shower this week? Here’s what to know
A bright waning gibbous moon may wash out this week’s Eta Aquarid meteor shower peak — but early risers could still catch a few shooting stars.
Hubble Spots a Starry Spiral
ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker and the PHANGS-HST Team In this new picture from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a spiral galaxy glittering with star clusters is the center of attention. NGC 3137 is located 53 million light-years away in the constellation Antlia (the…