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Perseverance completes first Mars drive planned autonomously by AI

NASA's Perseverance rover completed the first Mars drive planned end-to-end by an AI system, demonstrating generative AI can streamline autonomous navigation on planetary surfaces. Engineers say the capability could reduce ground-in-the-loop planning and speed traverse decision-making for future off‑planet operations.

2026-02-03T14:07:55.641085-08:00

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Hydrogen leak during SLS wet dress rehearsal pushes Artemis 2 launch to March

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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Perseverance completes first Mars drive planned autonomously by AI NASA's Perseverance rover completed the first Mars drive planned end-to-end by an AI system, demonstrating generative AI can streamline autonomous navigation on planetary surfaces. Engineers say the capability could reduce ground-in-the-loop planning and speed traverse decision-making for future off‑planet operations.

2026-02-03T14:07:55.641085-08:00

Perseverance completes first Mars drive planned autonomously by AI

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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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Hydrogen leak during SLS wet dress rehearsal pushes Artemis 2 launch to March NASA postponed the Artemis 2 crewed lunar flyby from February to at least March after engineers detected cryogenic hydrogen leaks during a final SLS fueling test and wet dress rehearsal. The agency halted a practice countdown and will brief the public while teams troubleshoot and retest.

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

Hydrogen leak during SLS wet dress rehearsal pushes Artemis 2 launch to March

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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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Perseverance completes first Mars drive planned autonomously by AI

Hydrogen leak during SLS wet dress rehearsal pushes Artemis 2 launch to March

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'

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