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NASA space operations chief Ken Bowersox to retire days after Starliner report

Ken Bowersox, NASA's associate administrator for space operations, is retiring from the agency less than a week after NASA released its Starliner mishap report. His departure comes amid tightened oversight and agency directives tied to the Starliner investigation and grounded crewed flights.

2026-02-26T02:13:51.394881-08:00

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Senate panel backs two-year ISS extension and reworks moon-base policy to speed Artemis and buy industry time

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

Universe Today

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

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

Space.com

Mike Fincke identifies himself as the Crew‑11 astronaut whose medical emergency triggered the ISS's first in‑flight evacuation

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

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NASA space operations chief Ken Bowersox to retire days after Starliner report Ken Bowersox, NASA's associate administrator for space operations, is retiring from the agency less than a week after NASA released its Starliner mishap report. His departure comes amid tightened oversight and agency directives tied to the Starliner investigation and grounded crewed flights.

2026-02-26T02:13:51.394881-08:00

NASA space operations chief Ken Bowersox to retire days after Starliner report

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Senate panel backs two-year ISS extension and reworks moon-base policy to speed Artemis and buy industry time The Senate Commerce Committee will consider extending the International Space Station’s operational life by two years while revising NASA’s lunar-base policy to accelerate Artemis-era infrastructure. Lawmakers say the moves buy commercial developers more runway to field replacement stations and sharpen U.S. strategy as China’s space activity grows.

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

Senate panel backs two-year ISS extension and reworks moon-base policy to speed Artemis and buy industry time

Associated Press

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 the Crew‑11 astronaut whose medical emergency triggered the ISS's first in‑flight evacuation NASA astronaut Mike Fincke has identified himself as the Crew‑11 member whose medical condition aboard the ISS prompted NASA’s first in‑flight medical evacuation. The four‑person crew undocked early and splashed down near San Diego on Jan. 15 after a planned spacewalk was canceled; investigators are still reviewing the incident.

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

Mike Fincke identifies himself as the Crew‑11 astronaut whose medical emergency triggered the ISS's first in‑flight evacuation

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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NASA space operations chief Ken Bowersox to retire days after Starliner report

Senate panel backs two-year ISS extension and reworks moon-base policy to speed Artemis and buy industry time

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

Mike Fincke identifies himself as the Crew‑11 astronaut whose medical emergency triggered the ISS's first in‑flight evacuation

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