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NASA’s Artemis 2 Crew Will Get a Small Luxury Apollo Never Had: Privacy

Artemis 2 is targeting an April 1 launch for a 10-day trip around the moon.
The crew is Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen.
Apollo crews used open waste systems with little privacy.
Artemis 2 astronauts will have access to a private bathroom aboard Orion.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 29, 2026·via space.com

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NextSTEP-3 E: Network Extension for User Continuity and Sustainability (NEXUS) Ka-Band Backward-Compatible Relay Broad

NASA moves to shore up aging relay infrastructure with NEXUS procurement plan

NASA intends to launch a competitive procurement for a backward-compatible Ka-band relay service.
The effort is meant to address continuity risk as the aging TDRS system declines, especially in the 2029 to 2031 period.
NASA wants end-to-end service proposals and says future solutions should have a broader commercial business case beyond the agency alone.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 29, 2026·via nasa.gov

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Jeremy Hansen’s Artemis II seat marks a milestone for Canada’s lunar ambitions

Jeremy Hansen is set to become the first Canadian to fly around the moon on Artemis II.
He was selected as an astronaut in 2009 but did not receive a mission seat until the Artemis II crew announcement in 2023.
Before the assignment, Hansen worked on ISS repair tools, Canadian space policy, and astronaut training operations.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 29, 2026·via space.com

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The Artemis 2 crew poses in front of an Orion simulator Jan. 23, 2026 at NASA

Artemis 2 Crew Enters Final Stretch as NASA Targets a Return to Lunar Flight

Artemis 2 could launch as soon as April 1.
The crew includes three NASA astronauts and one Canadian astronaut.
The mission is intended to validate crewed Orion operations around the moon.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 29, 2026·via space.com

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NASA Selects 10 Scientists to Shape Artemis Lunar South Pole Research

NASA selected 10 participating scientists to help shape lunar surface science under Artemis.
The scientists will support plans for instrument deployment, landing-site observations, and Moon rock collection.
They will join the first Artemis lunar surface science team and support the inaugural Artemis geology team.
NASA tied the effort to sustained lunar operations and future human exploration of Mars.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 29, 2026·via science.nasa.gov

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Official insignia of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

NASA readies a dense slate of technology tests for a March 30 Falcon 9 rideshare launch

NASA says multiple technology and science demonstrations will launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-16 mission on March 30.
Payloads include the AEPEX CubeSat for studying energetic particle precipitation and CubeSats tied to the MagQuest magnetic-field challenge.
The mission also includes work on in-space communications, logistics, and thermal protection systems.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 29, 2026·via nasa.gov

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NISAR Views Mount St. Helens

Fresh NISAR Imagery Shows How NASA and ISRO’s Radar Satellite Sees Through Clouds

NASA released a NISAR radar image of Mount St. Helens captured on November 10, 2025.
The satellite’s L-band radar can see through clouds, allowing surface observations in poor weather.
NISAR is the first satellite to carry two SAR instruments at different wavelengths.
The mission will monitor Earth’s land and ice surfaces twice every 12 days.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 28, 2026·via science.nasa.gov

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NISAR’s View of Mount Rainier

NISAR’s Mount Rainier Image Shows What Dual-Radar Earth Observation Can Do

NASA released a NISAR image of Mount Rainier captured on Nov. 10, 2025.
The mission’s L-band radar was able to observe the surface through cloud cover.
NISAR is the first satellite to carry two SAR instruments at different wavelengths.
The mission will monitor Earth’s land and ice surfaces twice every 12 days.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 28, 2026·via science.nasa.gov

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Rendering of the orange and black Nova-D lunar lander between two small lunar rovers on the dark gray surface of the Moon.

NASA Picks Intuitive Machines for $180.4 Million Artemis South Pole Delivery

NASA awarded Intuitive Machines a $180.4 million CLPS contract.
The mission will deliver seven payloads, including five funded by NASA, to the lunar South Pole region in 2030.
NASA says the payloads will study regolith properties and the radiation environment to support long-term Artemis operations.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 28, 2026·via nasa.gov

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NASA Releases Artemis II Moon Mission Launch Countdown

NASA publishes the Artemis II countdown as the Moon mission moves closer to launch

NASA says the Artemis II launch countdown begins about two days before liftoff.
The sequence includes planned holds, spacecraft and rocket power-ups, battery charging, chilldown procedures, and a go or no-go tanking decision.
The release shows Artemis II moving from broad program goals into detailed launch operations.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 27, 2026·via nasa.gov

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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope stands fully assembled, following the integration of its two major segments, in the clean room at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The mission is slated to launch by May 2027, but the team is on track for launch as early as fall 2026.

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Reaches a Visible Milestone Ahead of Launch

NASA says Roman has completed construction and is wrapping up prelaunch testing.
The observatory is slated to launch by May 2027 and could fly as early as fall 2026.
NASA will display the fully integrated telescope at Goddard on April 21.
The agency says Roman will deliver deep, panoramic surveys of the cosmos.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 27, 2026·via nasa.gov

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NASA Sets Artemis II Launch Coverage Ahead of Crewed Lunar Test Flight

NASA is targeting Artemis II for launch no earlier than April 1 with a two-hour window opening at 6:24 p.m. EDT.
The mission will carry four astronauts on an approximately 10-day trip around the Moon.
NASA says Artemis II will test Orion life-support systems with people aboard for the first time.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 26, 2026·via nasa.gov

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NASA Targets April 1 for First Crewed Artemis Moon Mission

NASA targets April 1, 2026 for Artemis II — the first crewed flight around the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972
Four-person crew includes Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch (first woman to the Moon), and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen
The 10-day mission will validate Orion's life support systems on a free-return lunar trajectory before any landing attempt

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 26, 2026·via nasa.gov

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Webb and Hubble Reveal Saturn's Atmosphere Layer by Layer

Webb infrared and Hubble visible-light observations were combined to map Saturn's atmosphere at multiple altitudes simultaneously
Images reveal the Ribbon Wave jet stream, remnant of the 2010 Great Storm, and parts of the North Polar Hexagon
Saturn's rings glow bright icy white in Webb infrared due to the high reflectivity of water ice particles

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 26, 2026·via science.nasa.gov

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NASA-JAXA’s XRISM Telescope Clocks Hot Wind of Galaxy M82

XRISM Measures the Speed of M82’s Superheated Galactic Wind for the First Time

XRISM directly measured superheated gas in M82 moving at more than 2 million miles per hour.
Researchers say the hot outflow appears to drive the galaxy’s larger cool wind.
The result was published in Nature and helps test long-standing models of starburst feedback.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 25, 2026·via science.nasa.gov

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NASA Repositions PC-12 Aircraft to Expand Flight Research Across the Agency

NASA has based its Pilatus PC-12 at Armstrong Flight Research Center to support research across the agency.
The aircraft previously supported Glenn research including an ISS-linked communications relay experiment and future air taxi surveillance studies.
NASA says Armstrong’s deployed-aircraft model will help expand the aircraft’s use while continuing Glenn support.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 25, 2026·via nasa.gov

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NASA Imagery Shows March Flooding Across Oahu After Back-to-Back Kona Lows

NASA published Landsat 9 imagery comparing Oahu on January 25 and March 14, 2026.
Two March kona lows brought destructive rain and some of Hawaii’s worst flooding in decades.
The imagery shows floodwater on land and sediment plumes spreading into coastal waters.

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 25, 2026·via science.nasa.gov

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NASA’s IXPE observed the outer rim of the supernova remnant highlighted in purple in the inset. Data from IXPE is combined with data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton. The yellow represents low-energy X-rays, while blue shows high-energy X-rays detected by Chandra and XMM-Newton. The starfield in the image comes from the National Science Foundation’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOILab).

NASA's IXPE Finds Expansion Mystery Solved in 2,000-Year-Old Supernova

NASA's IXPE detected a 'reflected shock effect' at the rim of RCW 86 where its unusually rapid expansion has halted
The Chandra observatory had previously found a low-density cavity surrounding the remnant that caused abnormally fast expansion
The new finding explains the expansion halt as a shock wave bouncing back from the cavity's edge, confirmed by IXPE's unique polarimetric capability

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 25, 2026·via nasa.gov

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Science Through Shadows: How Eclipses, Occultations, and Transits Reveal the Universe

Eclipses, occultations, and transits encode scientific information about the size, shape, and atmospheric composition of celestial bodies
Stellar occultations revealed Pluto's atmosphere and the rings of Uranus and Neptune before spacecraft visits
The transit method drove the exoplanet revolution, with Kepler cataloguing thousands of confirmed worlds
Transmission spectroscopy with JWST enables direct detection of molecules including CO2 in exoplanet atmospheres
The technique stretches from Eratosthenes calculating Earth's circumference to modern searches for biosignatures on habitable-zone planets

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 24, 2026·via science.nasa.gov

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See NASA’s GUARDIAN Catch a Tsunami

NASA's GUARDIAN System Catches Tsunamis Before They Strike

GUARDIAN uses GPS signal distortions in the ionosphere to detect tsunamis before seafloor sensors can transmit warnings
System could provide 10-15 minutes of extra warning time for communities near tsunami epicenters
Technology requires no new hardware — it piggybacks on existing global GPS infrastructure and dense ground receiver networks

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 24, 2026·via nasa.gov

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