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Suni Williams retires after 27 years following nine-month Starliner ordeal

Veteran astronaut Suni Williams retired from NASA effective Dec. 27, 2025, concluding a 27‑year career and three spaceflights. One mission — a Boeing Starliner flight — left her stranded on-orbit for nine months after spacecraft problems, marking a high-profile episode in commercial crew operations.

2026-01-20T14:16:10.540192-08:00

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House appropriator: NASA FY2027 budget must be strengthened, should build on FY2026 gains

2026-01-23T04:55:43.744107-08:00

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Sinking Europa ice may ferry life’s ingredients into its hidden ocean

2026-01-23T03:19:18.827676-08:00

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Crew‑11 in‑flight ISS medical evacuation — portable ultrasound credited in first medevac in 65 years

2026-01-21T14:14:18.719335-08:00

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House appropriator: NASA FY2027 budget must be strengthened, should build on FY2026 gains With the FY2026 appropriations process effectively closed, a senior House appropriator says NASA's FY2027 budget must be strengthened and should build on this year’s restored funding levels and program wins. The lawmaker urged targeted increases to protect science programs and sustain strategic initiatives.

2026-01-23T04:55:43.744107-08:00

House appropriator: NASA FY2027 budget must be strengthened, should build on FY2026 gains

Universe Today

Study: Electrostatic Charging on Lunar Rover Wheels Could Limit Traverse Speed; Mitigations Proposed A new analysis in Advances in Space Research by Bill Farrell (Space Science Institute) and Mike Zimmerman (Johns Hopkins) warns that electrostatic charge buildup on lunar rover wheels in shadowed terrain could limit traverse speeds and impair mobility; the paper outlines practical mitigation strategies for vehicle design and operations.

2026-01-23T04:00:11.513203-08:00

Study: Electrostatic Charging on Lunar Rover Wheels Could Limit Traverse Speed; Mitigations Proposed

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Sinking Europa ice may ferry life’s ingredients into its hidden ocean New research suggests that sinking ice on Jupiter’s moon Europa could transport chemical ingredients into its subsurface ocean, addressing a long‑standing problem about nutrient delivery. The mechanism raises Europa’s prospects for habitability by supplying surface‑derived compounds to the hidden sea.

2026-01-23T03:19:18.827676-08:00

Sinking Europa ice may ferry life’s ingredients into its hidden ocean

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WSW 2026: SSC's Armelle Frenea Schmidt on science and suborbital flights At WSW 2026, Daniela Jovic sits down with Armelle Frenea Schmidt, Business Development Director for Science Services at Swedish Space Corporation, to discuss SSC's role in science and suborbital flight services. The interview focuses on SSC's capabilities and market approach for research-focused suborbital missions.

2026-01-22T22:53:30.226021-08:00

WSW 2026: SSC's Armelle Frenea Schmidt on science and suborbital flights

Spaceflight Now

Eastern Range clears same-day fueling for SLS and Vulcan, enabling denser Space Coast cadence The Eastern Range approved same-day fueling for NASA's Space Launch System and ULA's Vulcan, removing a major operational constraint and enabling tighter sequencing of heavy rockets on Florida's Space Coast. The clearance supports a packed February 2026 manifest featuring Blue Origin, ULA, SpaceX and a potential SLS flight.

2026-01-22T19:12:07.053530-08:00

Eastern Range clears same-day fueling for SLS and Vulcan, enabling denser Space Coast cadence

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JWST 'Little Red Dots' may be first direct evidence of early massive black-hole formation James Webb Space Telescope observations have uncovered compact, luminous 'Little Red Dots' that researchers say could represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the universe's most massive black holes. Teams interpret the sources as rapid accretion events — a potential early black‑hole 'feeding frenzy'.

2026-01-22T14:16:00.426606-08:00

JWST 'Little Red Dots' may be first direct evidence of early massive black-hole formation

Universe Today

ESA's Proba-3 delivers 'eclipse on demand' coronagraph observations ESA's Proba-3, launched late 2024, uses a free‑flying occulting disk and separate telescope to create an 'eclipse on demand', producing extended, high‑contrast views of the Sun's corona. Those images and measurements probe the lower solar atmosphere where space‑weather originates, enabling experiments not possible during fleeting Earth totalities.

2026-01-22T11:33:02.727212-08:00

ESA's Proba-3 delivers 'eclipse on demand' coronagraph observations

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Crew‑11 in‑flight ISS medical evacuation — portable ultrasound credited in first medevac in 65 years NASA and SpaceX executed the first in‑flight medical evacuation from the International Space Station in 65 years when Crew‑11 undocked early; returning astronauts — NASA's Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japan's Kimiya Yui and Russia's Oleg Platonov — said an on‑board portable ultrasound proved critical.

2026-01-21T14:14:18.719335-08:00

Crew‑11 in‑flight ISS medical evacuation — portable ultrasound credited in first medevac in 65 years

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Suni Williams retires after 27 years following nine-month Starliner ordeal

House appropriator: NASA FY2027 budget must be strengthened, should build on FY2026 gains

Sinking Europa ice may ferry life’s ingredients into its hidden ocean

Crew‑11 in‑flight ISS medical evacuation — portable ultrasound credited in first medevac in 65 years

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