SpaceNews.comJeff Foust

NASA reorients Swift to extend lifetime ahead of planned reboost mission

NASA reoriented the Swift astrophysics spacecraft to extend its operational life as its orbit decays, buying time for a planned reboost mission later this year that will attempt to raise Swift’s orbit. The temporary changes preserve science operations and position the satellite for the recovery attempt.

2026-04-02T16:52:22.181336-07:00
PayloadJacqueline Feldscher

CLPS Firms Eye Major Opportunity in NASA’s Plan for Monthly Uncrewed Lunar Landings

By Payload: Last week, NASA laid out a vision for a lunar base that’s built and supplied through monthly uncrewed lunar landings, with launches beginning as soon as next year.It’s no surprise that CLPS companies are raring to go.

2026-04-02T15:20:06.504426-07:00
Ars TechnicaEric Berger

Artemis II is unlikely to be the cultural touchstone Apollo 8 was, and that's OK

By Ars Technica: NASA has struggled to deal with the widespread sentiment that NASA has “been there, done that.".

2026-04-02T10:01:14.506330-07:00