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LRO Identifies McGetchin, a 222‑Meter Moon Crater From a Spring 2024 Impact

The crater provides a rare intact test case for improving impact and regolith models to better assess ejecta hazards to future lunar infrastructure.

Roman Space Telescope Has Fuel for at Least 22 Years, NASA Says

Russia Launches Progress MS-35 (Progress 96) Cargo Ship to the ISS

Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman Returns Home and Moves to NASA Emeritus Status

Study Says Moon Lacks Water for Million-Person Cities

Vega‑C Launches Sentinel‑3C and FLEX and Places Both Satellites Safely in Orbit

Mercury's Shrinkage Revised Upward After Study Finds Craters Hide Tectonic Faults

Open Cosmos Raises €300 Million to Scale European Satellite Manufacturing

Hubble and Webb Directly Detect 27 Ultra‑Faint Objects Beyond Neptune

NASA and IBM Release Open Lunar Foundation Model

Engineered Yeast and Gelatin 3D‑Print a Freeze‑Dried Building Material for Mars

Pentagon Seeks Two-Second AI To Fuse Sensors Into Missile and Space Threat Picture

Space Force Names Lake Kickapoo as Preferred Site for Final Deep‑Space Radar

Study Says Mercury Has Shrunk More Than Previously Estimated

Robotic Rescue of NASA’s Swift Observatory Fails as Telescopes Return for Final Observations

Europe Pushes for Sovereign Space Capabilities as U.S. Firms Skip Paris Summit

Artemis II Commander and Pilot Move to NASA Emeritus Roles

UK Unveils 2026 Space Strategy Backed by £7.8 Billion to 2030

Star Trek Marks 60 Years with Global Events, Restored Films and New Documentary

Webb Detects 27 Ultra‑Faint Worlds Beyond Neptune