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NASA Spaceflight • Chris Bergin

America's Rocket Factory Comes Full Circle as Artemis Restarts Crewed Beyond-LEO Launches

NASA is preparing to resume crewed missions beyond low Earth orbit with Artemis, signalling the U.S. rocket industrial base’s return to producing vehicles and systems for human deep‑space launches. The restart closes a multidecade capability gap and refocuses contractors, supply chains and launch infrastructure.

2026-03-29T14:31:11.247735-07:00
North America   Space Exploration & Science Missions   Human Spaceflight & Space Stations   Space Policy & International Cooperation   NASA  
Space.com • Elizabeth Howell, Tariq Malik

Making Canadian history: Artemis 2 astronaut Jeremy Hansen is ready for his epic moon mission

By Space.com: Artemis 2 is "in the best position to overcome some pretty extreme challenges.".

Also: halifax.citynews.ca and the-independent.com
2026-03-29T03:10:35.234875-07:00
ESA   Space Exploration & Science Missions  
Universe Today • Mark Thompson

How the Solar Wind Really Works

By Universe Today: The Sun doesn't just pump out light and heat, it blasts a continuous stream of charged particles across the Solar System, and that solar wind is far more complex than it looks.

2026-03-29T00:57:30.212900-07:00
Space Exploration & Science Missions   NASA  
Universe Today • Mark Thompson

NASA JPL Develops Optical System to Suppress Stellar Glare, Bringing Direct Imaging of Earth-like Exoplanets Within Reach

By Universe Today: Finding another Earth is one of the greatest scientific challenges of our time and the biggest obstacle isn't the distance, it's the glare. An Earth like planet orbiting a Sun like star is ten billion times fainter than its host.

2026-03-28T16:59:52.546514-07:00