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Time puts Artemis II crew on a 'Back to the Moon' cover

Time magazine put the Artemis II astronauts on a commemorative "Back to the Moon" cover, framing the crewed mission as a potential cultural touchstone. The feature invokes Apollo 8's role in 1968 and suggests Artemis II could exert similar social and symbolic impact today.

2026-02-01T08:03:25.675271-08:00

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Blue Origin pauses New Shepard suborbital flights for at least two years to prioritise lunar work

2026-01-30T13:14:20.773079-08:00

Ars Technica

NASA faces a crucial choice on a Mars spacecraft — and it must decide soon

2026-01-30T08:09:35.898675-08:00

NASA Spaceflight

Former SpaceX astronaut describes Johnson Space Center training with NASA’s newest astronaut class

2026-01-30T14:13:35.240437-08:00

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Time puts Artemis II crew on a 'Back to the Moon' cover Time magazine put the Artemis II astronauts on a commemorative "Back to the Moon" cover, framing the crewed mission as a potential cultural touchstone. The feature invokes Apollo 8's role in 1968 and suggests Artemis II could exert similar social and symbolic impact today.

2026-02-01T08:03:25.675271-08:00

Time puts Artemis II crew on a 'Back to the Moon' cover

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Galileo NIMS archival data reveal first ammonia-bearing compounds on Europa Reanalysis of Galileo NIMS archival data has revealed the first spectral evidence of ammonia-bearing compounds on Europa's surface, concentrated in fracture regions. The finding implies altered ocean chemistry and recent subsurface-to-surface exchange, reshaping target selection and science goals for upcoming missions to assess habitability.

2026-01-30T16:13:36.318346-08:00

Galileo NIMS archival data reveal first ammonia-bearing compounds on Europa

Space.com

NASA prioritizes Artemis 2, complicating schedule for SpaceX Crew‑12 NASA has elevated Artemis 2 to top priority, forcing schedule adjustments that complicate timing for SpaceX's Crew‑12 ISS mission. The agency's focus on the lunar flyby is creating manifest conflicts and could shift commercial crew launch dates and station operations in the near term.

2026-01-30T15:30:02.291104-08:00

NASA prioritizes Artemis 2, complicating schedule for SpaceX Crew‑12

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Former SpaceX astronaut describes Johnson Space Center training with NASA’s newest astronaut class Training is underway for NASA’s newest astronaut candidate class at Johnson Space Center. A former SpaceX astronaut, now a NASA candidate, has discussed their transition and offered a first‑hand view of candidate training at JSC as the agency prepares crews for upcoming missions.

2026-01-30T14:13:35.240437-08:00

Former SpaceX astronaut describes Johnson Space Center training with NASA’s newest astronaut class

TechCrunch

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Blue Origin pauses New Shepard suborbital flights for at least two years to prioritise lunar work Blue Origin will halt New Shepard tourist flights for at least two years, effectively shelving the suborbital vehicle as the company shifts personnel and funding to develop human lunar capabilities and pursue NASA moon-landing contracts. The move pauses a program that has carried 92 people to date.

2026-01-30T13:14:20.773079-08:00

Blue Origin pauses New Shepard suborbital flights for at least two years to prioritise lunar work

Ars Technica

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NASA faces a crucial choice on a Mars spacecraft — and it must decide soon NASA must soon pick whether to proceed with a Mars spacecraft for a mission insiders call "important" and feasible, agency sources say. The decision's timing is pressing; officials are weighing options that will determine near-term Mars science and program schedules.

2026-01-30T08:09:35.898675-08:00

NASA faces a crucial choice on a Mars spacecraft — and it must decide soon

Universe Today

Perseverance confirms wave‑formed beaches and kaolinite in Jezero; captures 807‑ft crater‑rim drive New analyses of data from NASA's Perseverance rover confirm wave‑formed beach deposits and kaolinite 'white stones' in Jezero Crater—evidence for a long‑lived lake with subsurface water alteration and possibly tropical conditions—while mission video captures a 807‑ft (246 m) crater‑rim drive on Dec. 10, 2025.

2026-01-30T07:15:12.739926-08:00

Perseverance confirms wave‑formed beaches and kaolinite in Jezero; captures 807‑ft crater‑rim drive

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JWST Finds Most‑Distant Galaxy (MoM‑z14) at 280 Myr; Webb and Chandra See Cluster Assembling by ~1 Gyr JWST has detected MoM‑z14, the most distant galaxy yet observed, whose light dates to roughly 280 million years after the Big Bang. Combined JWST and Chandra data also show a galaxy cluster beginning to assemble about one billion years after the Big Bang, implying more rapid early structure growth.

2026-01-30T07:14:09.112427-08:00

JWST Finds Most‑Distant Galaxy (MoM‑z14) at 280 Myr; Webb and Chandra See Cluster Assembling by ~1 Gyr

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Time puts Artemis II crew on a 'Back to the Moon' cover

Blue Origin pauses New Shepard suborbital flights for at least two years to prioritise lunar work

NASA faces a crucial choice on a Mars spacecraft — and it must decide soon

Former SpaceX astronaut describes Johnson Space Center training with NASA’s newest astronaut class

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