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Mike Fincke identifies himself as Crew‑11 astronaut whose medical issue prompted ISS medevac

Mike Fincke has publicly identified himself as the Crew‑11 astronaut whose medical condition aboard the International Space Station prompted NASA’s first in‑flight medical evacuation. The event forced an early undocking of the Crew‑11 Dragon, canceled a planned spacewalk and ended with a mid‑January splashdown off San Diego.

2026-02-25T10:37:18.290514-08:00

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Curiosity examines 'spiderweb' boxwork ridges on Mount Sharp; fourth sample sent to lab

2026-02-25T12:54:31.214123-08:00

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Hypersonix's DART AE set for first scramjet flight aboard Rocket Lab's HASTE; Feb. 25 liftoff scrubbed

2026-02-24T23:13:41.856855-08:00

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Why Mars missions need more than greenhouses: a systems view of food and life support

2026-02-25T07:51:54.909534-08:00

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Senate Commerce panel to mark up NASA bill extending ISS to 2032 and accelerating a lunar base to counter China The Senate Commerce Committee will mark up a NASA authorization on March 4 that would extend the International Space Station’s planned retirement by two years to 2032 and revise US lunar-base policy to speed establishment of a permanent presence amid concerns over China’s space advances.

2026-02-25T17:36:33.799000-08:00

Senate Commerce panel to mark up NASA bill extending ISS to 2032 and accelerating a lunar base to counter China

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Apollo lunar samples reveal new evidence of the Moon's ancient magnetic field Analyses of Apollo-era lunar rock samples collected more than 50 years ago are yielding new insights into the Moon's ancient magnetic field. Re-examination of those samples provides a fresh perspective on when and how a planetary-scale dynamo may have operated on the early Moon.

2026-02-25T16:34:52.109900-08:00

Apollo lunar samples reveal new evidence of the Moon's ancient magnetic field

Universe Today

Curiosity examines 'spiderweb' boxwork ridges on Mount Sharp; fourth sample sent to lab NASA's Curiosity rover has imaged and sampled hilly 'spiderweb' boxwork ridges on Mount Sharp, capturing its fourth drilled sample from the feature set. Pending geochemical results aim to clarify Gale Crater's watery history and put recent organic detections into stratigraphic context.

2026-02-25T12:54:31.214123-08:00

Curiosity examines 'spiderweb' boxwork ridges on Mount Sharp; fourth sample sent to lab

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Mike Fincke identifies himself as Crew‑11 astronaut whose medical issue prompted ISS medevac Mike Fincke has publicly identified himself as the Crew‑11 astronaut whose medical condition aboard the International Space Station prompted NASA’s first in‑flight medical evacuation. The event forced an early undocking of the Crew‑11 Dragon, canceled a planned spacewalk and ended with a mid‑January splashdown off San Diego.

2026-02-25T10:37:18.290514-08:00

Mike Fincke identifies himself as Crew‑11 astronaut whose medical issue prompted ISS medevac

Universe Today

Why Mars missions need more than greenhouses: a systems view of food and life support A new paper in Acta Astronautica argues growing food is only one small part of sustaining crews on Mars and calls for a systems‑level view of food and life‑support. The authors warn that focusing on greenhouses alone obscures the logistics, reliability and integration challenges of a full mission food system.

2026-02-25T07:51:54.909534-08:00

Why Mars missions need more than greenhouses: a systems view of food and life support

Space.com

ALMA's largest-ever radio map of the Milky Way's center reveals 650‑ly filaments of cold gas Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, astronomers produced the largest-ever radio mosaic of the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone, mapping cold molecular gas and filamentary structure across more than 650 light‑years. The most detailed view of the Galactic center to date could inform models of star formation and early‑universe analogues.

2026-02-25T05:11:17.015127-08:00

ALMA's largest-ever radio map of the Milky Way's center reveals 650‑ly filaments of cold gas

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NASA probes public response to electric air taxi noise NASA published a new study examining the sounds electric air taxis will produce and how communities perceive that noise. The research aims to quantify acoustic signatures and public response to inform AAM deployment, operations and community acceptance as city trials and demonstrations ramp up.

2026-02-25T01:53:16.838557-08:00

NASA probes public response to electric air taxi noise

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Hypersonix's DART AE set for first scramjet flight aboard Rocket Lab's HASTE; Feb. 25 liftoff scrubbed Hypersonix's 3.5‑metre DART AE scramjet test aircraft was due to be carried to the upper atmosphere on Rocket Lab's HASTE suborbital launcher in a Defense Innovation Unit‑backed campaign. Liftoff was scheduled for 25 Feb but the 'That's Not a Knife' mission was scrubbed, delaying the company's fourth hypersonic test in under six months.

2026-02-24T23:13:41.856855-08:00

Hypersonix's DART AE set for first scramjet flight aboard Rocket Lab's HASTE; Feb. 25 liftoff scrubbed

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Mike Fincke identifies himself as Crew‑11 astronaut whose medical issue prompted ISS medevac

Curiosity examines 'spiderweb' boxwork ridges on Mount Sharp; fourth sample sent to lab

Hypersonix's DART AE set for first scramjet flight aboard Rocket Lab's HASTE; Feb. 25 liftoff scrubbed

Why Mars missions need more than greenhouses: a systems view of food and life support

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