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Artemis II slips to March after SLS hydrogen leak during wet dress rehearsal

NASA has postponed the Artemis II crewed lunar flyby from February to March after engineers detected a hydrogen leak during a Space Launch System wet dress rehearsal fueling test. Tanking ended early, aborting a practice countdown while teams review launchpad fueling data before setting a new date.

2026-02-03T00:13:21.620861-08:00

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Artemis II readied: four‑astronaut SLS/Orion lunar flyby advances amid final fueling test and safety scrutiny

2026-02-02T10:43:07.809840-08:00

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AI mines Hubble archive, identifies ~1,300 previously unseen 'cosmic anomalies'

2026-02-02T12:02:39.927426-08:00

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House bill would tighten congressional scrutiny of NASA lunar lander and spacesuit development

2026-02-02T11:16:41.044056-08:00

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NASA funds SpaceWorks and Stratolaunch studies to make hypersonic flight testing routine and affordable NASA has awarded studies to SpaceWorks and Stratolaunch designed to cut the cost of hypersonic flight testing and make test flights routine and repeatable. The work will explore approaches to lower per-test expense and increase cadence for experimental hypersonic vehicles.

2026-02-03T05:38:03.298441-08:00

NASA funds SpaceWorks and Stratolaunch studies to make hypersonic flight testing routine and affordable

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Artemis II slips to March after SLS hydrogen leak during wet dress rehearsal NASA has postponed the Artemis II crewed lunar flyby from February to March after engineers detected a hydrogen leak during a Space Launch System wet dress rehearsal fueling test. Tanking ended early, aborting a practice countdown while teams review launchpad fueling data before setting a new date.

2026-02-03T00:13:21.620861-08:00

Artemis II slips to March after SLS hydrogen leak during wet dress rehearsal

Space.com

AI mines Hubble archive, identifies ~1,300 previously unseen 'cosmic anomalies' An AI system scanned Hubble Space Telescope archival images and flagged roughly 1,300 previously unseen 'cosmic oddities' — a task that would have taken human astronomers decades. Researchers say the result showcases how machine learning can boost scientific returns from legacy space datasets.

2026-02-02T12:02:39.927426-08:00

AI mines Hubble archive, identifies ~1,300 previously unseen 'cosmic anomalies'

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House bill would tighten congressional scrutiny of NASA lunar lander and spacesuit development The House Science Committee will take up a NASA authorization bill this week that would subject lunar lander and spacesuit work to closer congressional scrutiny, signaling lawmakers want more visibility into progress, risks and program management for agency and commercial lunar hardware.

2026-02-02T11:16:41.044056-08:00

House bill would tighten congressional scrutiny of NASA lunar lander and spacesuit development

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Hegseth visits Blue Origin at KSC, pitches 'Department of War' vision and asks Bezos to help overhaul Pentagon procurement On Feb. 2, 2026 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth toured Blue Origin’s Merritt Island facility at Kennedy Space Center, delivered remarks to employees, praised the firm and called on Jeff Bezos to help reform Pentagon procurement as he escalated criticism of legacy defense acquisition.

2026-02-02T10:58:09.443593-08:00

Hegseth visits Blue Origin at KSC, pitches 'Department of War' vision and asks Bezos to help overhaul Pentagon procurement

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Artemis II readied: four‑astronaut SLS/Orion lunar flyby advances amid final fueling test and safety scrutiny NASA's Artemis II — the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System and Orion — will carry four astronauts on a roughly ten‑day hybrid free‑return lunar flyby as teams conduct a decisive fueling test to set the launch date; safety, risk and long‑term lunar strategy are front‑and‑center.

2026-02-02T10:43:07.809840-08:00

Artemis II readied: four‑astronaut SLS/Orion lunar flyby advances amid final fueling test and safety scrutiny

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JPL used Anthropic’s Claude AI to map a 450‑m driving path for Perseverance on Mars Engineers at JPL successfully used Anthropic’s Claude AI to map a 450‑meter driving path for NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars. The demonstration applied a commercial AI model to planetary‑surface route planning and produced a navigable traverse mission planners can use for upcoming drives.

2026-02-02T05:47:55.310690-08:00

JPL used Anthropic’s Claude AI to map a 450‑m driving path for Perseverance on Mars

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Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, 25 years on: what went wrong and the consequences for NASA On the 25th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, SPACE.com revisits the accident, examining what went wrong, how the failure occurred, the investigative findings and recommendations, and the programmatic and safety consequences that reshaped NASA's shuttle program and its approach to risk management.

2026-02-02T01:12:42.066543-08:00

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, 25 years on: what went wrong and the consequences for NASA

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Artemis II slips to March after SLS hydrogen leak during wet dress rehearsal

Artemis II readied: four‑astronaut SLS/Orion lunar flyby advances amid final fueling test and safety scrutiny

AI mines Hubble archive, identifies ~1,300 previously unseen 'cosmic anomalies'

House bill would tighten congressional scrutiny of NASA lunar lander and spacesuit development

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