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NASA names crew for Artemis III test mission

June 09, 2026 An Ruwaito ta hanyar AI Hoton da AI ya samar

NASA unveiled the four astronauts selected for its Artemis III mission on Tuesday at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The crew will test docking procedures with lunar landers in low Earth orbit ahead of a planned launch no earlier than summer 2027.

James Webb Space Telescope detects salt clouds on Pink Planet

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal salt clouds in the atmosphere of GJ 504 b, a cold planetary-mass companion known as the Pink Planet.

NASA’s Lucy reveals wobbling peanut asteroid with ancient water

June 25, 2026 An Ruwaito ta hanyar AI

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has shown that asteroid Donaldjohanson is a bilobate, tumbling object formed 155 million years ago. The flyby also detected traces of ancient liquid water on its surface.

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NASA tests ERNEST rover prototype for enhanced mobility

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NASA readies satellite mission to rescue aging Swift observatory

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NASA satellites detect warm Pacific swell signaling possible El Niño

NASA's X-59 reaches speed and altitude milestones

NASA's X-59 research plane has completed a key test flight at Mach 1.4 and 55,000 feet. The milestone brings it closer to future community overflights as part of the Quesst mission.

NASA targets August 30 launch for Roman Space Telescope

June 06, 2026 An Ruwaito ta hanyar AI

NASA has set August 30, 2026, as the launch date for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, moving the schedule up by eight months from earlier plans.

NASA awards South Pole rover contracts while scaling back large lunar-base ambitions

NASA has awarded nearly $720 million in contracts for two one-ton South Pole rovers and their Blue Origin lander delivery, signaling a narrower focus than earlier full-scale base concepts.

Fermi telescope detects gamma rays from superluminous supernova

May 27, 2026 An Ruwaito ta hanyar AI

NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has detected gamma-ray signals from the superluminous supernova SN 2017egm, providing evidence that it was powered by a rapidly spinning magnetar. The discovery marks the first confirmed gamma-ray detection from such an extreme stellar explosion. The findings were published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

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