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Expedition 74 milestone month on the ISS: March vehicle departures and a planned spacewalk

Expedition 74’s March operations focused on station activity tied to vehicle traffic and crew EVA planning. The crew cycle included vehicle departures from the International Space Station and a spacewalk executed during the month as part of ongoing station maintenance and upgrades.

2026-04-15T15:15:06.769843-07:00

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Artemis II crew returns to Earth after 10-day lunar flyby; Integrity capsule splashes down off San Diego

2026-04-15T13:08:31.218671-07:00

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Senators seek restoration of funding for NASA’s robotic Mars exploration amid warnings of “irreversible harm”

2026-04-15T11:24:39.959546-07:00

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White House orders NASA, Pentagon and DOE to develop space nuclear power systems for first launches as soon as 2028

2026-04-14T11:28:19.787759-07:00

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Expedition 74 milestone month on the ISS: March vehicle departures and a planned spacewalk Expedition 74’s March operations focused on station activity tied to vehicle traffic and crew EVA planning. The crew cycle included vehicle departures from the International Space Station and a spacewalk executed during the month as part of ongoing station maintenance and upgrades.

2026-04-15T15:15:06.769843-07:00

Expedition 74 milestone month on the ISS: March vehicle departures and a planned spacewalk

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Artemis II crew returns to Earth after 10-day lunar flyby; Integrity capsule splashes down off San Diego NASA’s Artemis II mission concluded with the Integrity capsule’s April 10, 2026 splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego, following a 10-day, record-setting free-return lunar flyby. The four-person crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen—returned with three parachutes deployed.

2026-04-15T13:08:31.218671-07:00

Artemis II crew returns to Earth after 10-day lunar flyby; Integrity capsule splashes down off San Diego

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Senators seek restoration of funding for NASA’s robotic Mars exploration amid warnings of “irreversible harm” Several U.S. senators are asking appropriators to increase funding for NASA’s robotic Mars exploration programs, warning that current budget levels could cause “irreversible harm” if not restored. The push echoes broader congressional concerns about NASA’s funding priorities as Mars planning timelines come under pressure.

2026-04-15T11:24:39.959546-07:00

Senators seek restoration of funding for NASA’s robotic Mars exploration amid warnings of “irreversible harm”

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Four-legged rover autonomy and new Curiosity image-based findings: updated robotics and science targets for Mars European researchers tested semi-autonomous, four-legged rovers designed to carry only two instruments, positioning agility and autonomy to increase mission return with fewer onboard instructions. Separately, an Ohio University entomologist analyzing NASA Curiosity rover images says the data may show winged insect and predator-like life forms on Mars.

2026-04-15T10:15:11.335040-07:00

Four-legged rover autonomy and new Curiosity image-based findings: updated robotics and science targets for Mars

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Nuclear-powered rovers proposed for Moon’s south-polar crater exploration Radioisotope Power Systems (RPSs)—nuclear reactors—would give lunar rovers the sustained power needed to operate effectively in and around the Moon’s southern polar craters, enabling exploration of these permanently shadowed regions.

2026-04-14T18:53:26.299692-07:00

Nuclear-powered rovers proposed for Moon’s south-polar crater exploration

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Radar study reveals complex subsurface history near the Moon’s south pole—raising construction and landing-site risks A new radar-based investigation probes buried layers in one of the Moon’s most impact-battered regions, finding evidence of ancient impacts, frozen melt sheets, and billions of years of overlapping debris. The results suggest the geological environment underpinning south-pole outpost plans may be far more heterogeneous than expected.

2026-04-14T13:53:11.262768-07:00

Radar study reveals complex subsurface history near the Moon’s south pole—raising construction and landing-site risks

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CLD companies push back on NASA’s assessment; NASA urges “prove we got it wrong” Companies behind CLD efforts are disputing NASA’s position after Isaacman said he wasn’t surprised they “didn’t like what we had to say,” adding they should “prove we got it wrong.” NASA’s response is to challenge critics to demonstrate why the agency’s conclusions are incorrect, raising pressure ahead of the next program steps.

2026-04-14T11:55:33.194432-07:00

CLD companies push back on NASA’s assessment; NASA urges “prove we got it wrong”

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White House orders NASA, Pentagon and DOE to develop space nuclear power systems for first launches as soon as 2028 A White House policy released April 14 directs NASA, the Pentagon and the Department of Energy to develop space nuclear power systems with an earliest launch target of 2028. NASA’s goal is to field a nuclear-reactor-powered interplanetary spacecraft capable of a Mars-bound mission by the end of 2028—widely viewed as highly ambitious.

2026-04-14T11:28:19.787759-07:00

White House orders NASA, Pentagon and DOE to develop space nuclear power systems for first launches as soon as 2028

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Expedition 74 milestone month on the ISS: March vehicle departures and a planned spacewalk

Artemis II crew returns to Earth after 10-day lunar flyby; Integrity capsule splashes down off San Diego

Senators seek restoration of funding for NASA’s robotic Mars exploration amid warnings of “irreversible harm”

White House orders NASA, Pentagon and DOE to develop space nuclear power systems for first launches as soon as 2028

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