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AI digital twins aim to protect astronaut mobility on deep space missions

AI digital twins aim to protect astronaut mobility on deep space missions

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 West Virginia University researchers are developing artificial intelligence tools to help astronauts maintain move...
Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected

Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected

NASA January 28, 2026
NASA’s Artemis II mission will transport four astronauts around the Moon, bringing the agency one step closer to sending the first astronauts to Mar...
NASA Testing Advances Space Nuclear Propulsion Capabilities

NASA Testing Advances Space Nuclear Propulsion Capabilities

SpaceDaily January 28, 2026
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2026 Nuclear propulsion and power technologies could unlock new frontiers in missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. NAS...
NASA Testing Advances Space Nuclear Propulsion Capabilities

NASA Testing Advances Space Nuclear Propulsion Capabilities

NASA January 27, 2026
Written by Daniel Boyette Nuclear propulsion and power technologies could unlock new frontiers in missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. NASA has rea...
Discovery Alert: An Ice-Cold Earth?

Discovery Alert: An Ice-Cold Earth?

NASA January 27, 2026
The Discovery A candidate planet that might be remarkably similar to Earth, HD 137010 b, has one potentially big difference: It could be colder than p...
NASA Invites Media to Crew-10 Visit at Marshall

NASA Invites Media to Crew-10 Visit at Marshall

NASA January 21, 2026
NASA will host two astronauts at 10 a.m. CST Friday, Jan. 23, for a media opportunity at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Al...
Birth conditions fixed water contrast on Jupiters moons

Birth conditions fixed water contrast on Jupiters moons

SpaceDaily January 21, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 While Io, the most volcanically active moon in the solar system, appears completely dry and devoid of water ice, i...
Legs made for a Mars landing

Legs made for a Mars landing

ESA January 21, 2026
To land on the right foot on the Red Planet, European engineers have been dropping a skeleton of the four-legged ExoMars descent module at various spe...
Iron bar of hot plasma revealed inside Ring Nebula

Iron bar of hot plasma revealed inside Ring Nebula

SpaceDaily January 19, 2026
London, UK (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 Astronomers using a powerful new multi-object spectrograph on the William Herschel Telescope have uncovered a previous...
Space Science in 2026: New lunar explorers, Mars missions, and space telescopes

Space Science in 2026: New lunar explorers, Mars missions, and space telescopes

NASASpaceflight January 18, 2026
With many missions on the manifest, the new year promises to be packed with space… The post Space Science in 2026: New lunar explorers, Mars mission...
Revolutionising astronaut fitness for deep space missions

Revolutionising astronaut fitness for deep space missions

ESA January 16, 2026
As we prepare for missions beyond Earth orbit, one crucial challenge remains: keeping astronauts healthy in microgravity. Without daily exercise, the...
What happens when fire ignites in space? 'A ball of flame'

What happens when fire ignites in space? 'A ball of flame'

SpaceDaily January 16, 2026
Paris, France (AFP) Jan 14, 2026 When fire breaks out in the low-gravity, high-stakes conditions inside spacecraft or space stations, it behaves ve...
NASA and DOE plan fission power plant on Moon by 2030

NASA and DOE plan fission power plant on Moon by 2030

SpaceDaily January 15, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy have renewed their long standing partnership to develop a fission surface p...
NASA pessimistic about odds of recovering MAVEN

NASA pessimistic about odds of recovering MAVEN

SpaceNews January 14, 2026
NASA says it is “very unlikely” the agency will be able to recover a Mars spacecraft that has been out of contact for more than a month. The post...
Fueling research in nuclear thermal propulsion

Fueling research in nuclear thermal propulsion

SpaceDaily January 14, 2026
by Poornima Apte for MIT News Boston MA (SPX) Jan 14, 2026 Going to the moon was one thing; going to Mars will be quite another. The distance alone ...
Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX's Starship could transform astronomy by making space telescopes cheaper

Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX's Starship could transform astronomy by making space telescopes cheaper

SpaceDaily January 14, 2026
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 10, 2026 After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2...
NASA Back for Seconds with New Food System Design Challenge

NASA Back for Seconds with New Food System Design Challenge

SpaceDaily January 14, 2026
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 14, 2026 NASA is getting ready to send four astronauts around the Moon with Artemis II, laying the foundation for sustainabl...
NASA, Department of Energy to Develop Lunar Surface Reactor by 2030

NASA, Department of Energy to Develop Lunar Surface Reactor by 2030

NASA January 13, 2026
NASA, along with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced Tuesday a renewed commitment to their longstanding partnership to support the research...
NASA Back for Seconds with New Food System Design Challenge

NASA Back for Seconds with New Food System Design Challenge

NASA January 13, 2026
NASA is getting ready to send four astronauts around the Moon with Artemis II, laying the foundation for sustainable missions to the lunar surface and...
Tiny Mars' big impact on Earth's climate

Tiny Mars' big impact on Earth's climate

SpaceDaily January 13, 2026
Riverside, CA (SPX) Jan 12, 2026 At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. And yet, new resear...