Why NASA ended the Lunar Trailblazer mission

Space exploration is a risky endeavor, and unfortunately not all of the missions sent up will be successful, such was the fate of Lunar Trailblazer.

Things are finally looking up for NASA’s first missions to Venus in a generation

Most planetary scientists will tell you the heyday of Venus exploration was more than a generation ago. That is about to change.
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NASA’s Perseverance Sets Off-World Record for Total Distance Driven

This animated orbital-map view shows the route NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has taken from time of its 2021 landing to Oct. 11, 2026 — the day it broke the off-world driving record previously held by the agency’s Opportunity rover. As of that date, Perseverance has driven over 28 miles (45 kilometers).

Christina Koch to trade space missions for engineering role in NASA leadership post

Koch will become NASA's acting deputy chief engineer on November 1, making her ineligible for future spaceflight assignments.
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NASA develops batteries designed to support the growing power demands of future Moon exploration missions

NASA has started to work on the development of new types of batteries for the purpose of improving energy supply for future Moon missions. These batteries will be used in extreme conditions of both high and low temperatures.
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New NASA Earth missions gear up to start science flights

Landslides in Alaska. Air quality in Atlanta. Fire clouds out West. From the Arctic fringes to farm country, NASA's newest class of suborbital Earth Venture missions is gearing up to deliver science that will benefit communities in the United States and beyond.
Science Daily

NASA reveals Artemis III crew for one of the most complex space missions ever

NASA has selected the Artemis III crew for a high-stakes 2027 mission designed to test the future of lunar exploration. Astronauts will launch aboard Orion and perform unprecedented docking operations with lunar landers being developed by both Blue Origin ...

NASA's new space mission reshapes moon goals | Morning in America

NASA is teaming up with Japan on a historic mission to investigate two small, oddly shaped moons orbiting Mars and, hopefully, bring a piece of one back to Earth. NewsNation's Xavier Walton reports
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NASA's Christina Koch steps down from active astronaut duty after years of preparing for human spaceflight missions

NASA astronaut Christina Koch will step down from her role as an active astronaut and assume a new post within the agency. On November 1, 2026, she will take on the role of acting deputy chief engineer at NASA. Because of this change, she will not be able to fly into space again.
Ars Technica

NASA’s next “great observatory” begins mission to widen our view of the Universe

NASA’s $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, equipped with a 300-megapixel camera sighted through a refurbished spy mirror, launched Sunday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a mission to reveal the mysterious forces driving the Universe.

SpaceX Starship, lunar lander top 7 missions left before 2027

From another SpaceX Starship launch to twin orbiters reaching Mercury, here are seven space missions to keep an eye out for before the end of 2026.