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Orion splashes down to successfully end Artemis 2 mission

Artemis 2 Ends With Orion Splashdown, Closing a Historic Human Return Beyond Earth Orbit

Orion splashed down at 8:07 p.m. Eastern on April 10, ending Artemis 2.
NASA said all four astronauts were in good condition after landing.
The reentry sequence included a planned communications blackout and successful parachute deployment.
The return was closely watched because of heat shield erosion issues identified after Artemis 1.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 12, 2026·via spacenews.com

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Rocket Lab wins contract for three more iQPS launches

Rocket Lab Extends iQPS Partnership With Three More Electron Launches

Rocket Lab signed a contract for three additional iQPS Electron launches starting in 2028.
The companies have already completed seven missions together since 2023.
iQPS is building a synthetic aperture radar constellation targeting 24 satellites by 2028.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 12, 2026·via spacenews.com

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During its high-speed return to Earth from lunar distance, the thermal protection system of Orion

Artemis II Returns Safely, Bringing Astronauts Home From the Moon for the First Time in More Than 53 Years

Artemis II ended with a successful splashdown after a crewed trip around the moon.
The mission marked the first astronaut return from lunar space in more than 53 years.
Orion’s reentry was closely watched because Artemis I exposed unexpected heat-shield damage.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 11, 2026·via space.com

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After Artemis II, NASA’s Lunar Program Moves From Return to Buildout

Artemis II returned safely after the first crewed Moon mission since Apollo 17
NASA is now targeting a crewed lunar landing in 2028
The agency says it wants a step-by-step buildout toward a permanent lunar base through 2032

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 11, 2026·via space.com

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New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Artemis II Returns Home After Landmark Crewed Lunar Flyby

Artemis II returned safely after a 10-day crewed trip around the moon.
The flight validated Orion’s deep-space operations, reentry and recovery systems.
Mission observations and operational lessons now feed directly into Artemis III planning.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 11, 2026·via newscientist.com

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Close-up view from Orion spacecraft during the lunar flyby on April 6 captures a total solar eclipse, with only part of the moon visible as it obscures the sun. The object at left is Venus.

Artemis 2’s deep-space eclipse offered a rare scientific and symbolic view from beyond the moon

NASA released a timelapse of a rare solar eclipse seen from Artemis 2.
The event occurred during the crew’s far-side lunar flyby and included nearly an hour of totality.
Scientists are studying whether the visible halo came from the corona, zodiacal light, or both.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 11, 2026·via space.com

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Windshaper fan array for dynamic low-speed and hovering flight research.

NASA Opens a Closer Look at Its Indoor Drone and Wind Testing Capabilities

NASA highlighted indoor testing facilities at its Unmanned Autonomy Research Complex.
The WindShaper fan array uses 1,134 fans arranged as 567 wind pixels and is programmable via Python.
A companion WindProbe uses OptiTrack motion capture for mobile wind data collection.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 10, 2026·via nasa.gov

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Supporting Artemis II From JPL’s Space Flight Operations Facility

Artemis II Marks Deep Space Network’s First Crewed Deep-Space Link In More Than 50 Years

After launch, Artemis II communications shifted from the Near Space Network to NASA's Deep Space Network.
NASA says this is the first time in more than 50 years that DSN has communicated with a crewed spacecraft traveling through deep space.
The network's three global complexes are central to tracking, commanding, and receiving data from distant missions.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 9, 2026·via science.nasa.gov

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Watch Live as NASA's Artemis 2 Returns to Earth at a Blazing 25,000 MPH

Artemis 2 heads for a high-speed splashdown as NASA closes out its lunar flyby mission

Orion is targeting a Pacific splashdown off San Diego at about 8:07 p.m. ET Friday.
The spacecraft is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere at roughly 25,000 mph.
NASA recovery teams plan to transfer the crew to the USS John P. Murtha after landing.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 9, 2026·via gizmodo.com

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Drought Parches Florida

NASA Data Shows Florida’s 2026 Drought Reaching Underground Water Supplies

NASA says nearly all of Florida was in at least moderate drought in April 2026.
GRACE-FO observations show underground water storage is unusually low in northern and central Florida.
The drought is affecting water use, crops, wildfire risk, and wetlands including the Everglades.
U.S. Drought Monitor data ranks it as Florida’s most severe drought since 2012.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 9, 2026·via science.nasa.gov

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April 30: Opportunities for On-Orbit Computing

On-Orbit Computing Moves From Concept to Industry Agenda

SpaceNews says orbital data centers have moved from hypothetical to seemingly inevitable.
The debate centers on how to build, power, and manage computing infrastructure in space.
AI demand and orbital power systems are helping push the topic onto the industry agenda.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 8, 2026·via spacenews.com

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Astroscale passes key design milestone for UK military space-tracking cubesats

Astroscale moves UK military cubesat mission into integration and testing

Astroscale completed the critical design review for the UK-backed Orpheus mission.
The mission will fly two near-identical cubesats built by Open Cosmos in close formation for about a year in low Earth orbit.
Onboard hyperspectral imaging sensors are intended to detect and identify targets of interest.
International partners are also supporting research on geophysical activity that can disrupt signals, navigation, and communications.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 8, 2026·via spacenews.com

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This artist's illustration shows an Ultra-Short Period planet orbiting its star. This type of exoplanet takes less than one Earth day to orbit its star. Some scientists think these exoplanets are the remaining rocky cores of once much larger gas giants whose atmospheres have been stripped away by their stars. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Schaller (for STScI)

AI sifts TESS observations and helps validate more than 100 new exoplanets

Researchers used the RAVEN machine-learning pipeline on TESS data covering more than 2 million stars.
The study reports over 100 newly validated exoplanets and more than 2,000 vetted candidates.
The work highlights how AI can help manage false positives and extract more science from large survey archives.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 8, 2026·via universetoday.com

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Using the W.M. Keck Observatory, astronomers investigated the long-predicted relationship between mass and spin for giant planets and brown dwarfs. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Survey of exoplanet spins backs long-predicted link between mass and rotation

Researchers used Keck Observatory data and prior measurements to compare spin across exoplanets and brown dwarfs.
The survey supports a long-predicted relationship between mass and rotation.
Gas giant planets were found to spin faster than more massive brown dwarf counterparts after accounting for mass, size, and age.
Scientists say spin can preserve clues about how distant worlds formed.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 8, 2026·via universetoday.com

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Astronomers studied more than 1 million galaxies and more than 8,000 growing supermassive black holes (SMBH) over billions of years to try to answer a difficult question. During Cosmic Noon about 10 billion years ago, the growth of SMBH began to slow dramatically. The image on the left represents one of the rapidly-growing SMBH in the past, and the image on the right represents a slower-growing SMBH about 3 billion light-years away. Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State Univ./Z. Yu; Optical (HST): NASA/ESA/STScI; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/P. Edmonds, L. Frattare

Astronomers Trace the Long Slowdown in Supermassive Black Hole Growth

Researchers studied more than 1 million galaxies and over 8,000 growing supermassive black holes.
The study says black hole growth peaked around z ≈ 1.5 to 2 and then declined.
A leading explanation is the reduced availability of cold gas needed for accretion.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 8, 2026·via universetoday.com

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Finally, Artemis delivers some exceptional, high-quality photos of the Moon

Artemis 2’s Lunar Flyby Delivers a New Generation of Moon Images

Artemis 2 astronauts photographed Earthset, lunar terrain, and a total eclipse during their flyby.
High-resolution images were sent back after Orion reestablished an optical communications link.
The mission marks the first human trip around the moon’s far side since Apollo 17 in 1972.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 7, 2026·via arstechnica.com

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NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and wife Carroll Taylor Wiseman

Artemis 2 Sets a Human Distance Record and Turns It Into a Personal Memorial

Artemis 2 became the farthest human mission from Earth on April 6, surpassing Apollo 13.
The crew used the occasion to remember Carroll, the late wife of commander Reid Wiseman.
The moment highlighted both the technical and personal dimensions of NASA's return to deep-space crewed flight.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 7, 2026·via space.com

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illustration of the sun starting to peek out from behind the moon, which appears very large because the observer is quite close to it

Artemis 2 Crew Set for a Solar Eclipse View No One on Earth Can See

Artemis 2 astronauts are expected to see a total solar eclipse on April 6, 2026.
The event will be visible only from the crew’s position beyond the moon’s far side.
The crew plans to use the opportunity for science observations during the lunar flyby.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 6, 2026·via space.com

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A view of our solar system with a blue ring in it.

Rubin Observatory’s Early Survey Already Delivers 11,000 New Asteroids

Rubin’s preliminary data has already uncovered over 11,000 unknown asteroids.
The observatory is detecting moving objects at a pace that outstrips traditional surveys.
Scientists see the result as an early preview, not the ceiling.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 5, 2026·via space.com

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An artist’s impression of streams of stars around a galaxy. The galaxy occupies most of the image as a fuzzy blue-white oval with spiral features extending out clockwise. The light clouds are interspersed with small dark brown splotches in the same spiral pattern around the center, representing dust clouds. The galaxy’s center is a bright yellow glow. Overlaid on top of and surrounding the galaxy are several criss-crossing, faint tendrils of stars that represent satellite dwarf galaxies and star clusters that have been stretched out into long thin lines. The tendrils have various lengths and widths, though all are arcs rather than complete circles. The background is black.

Milky Way Study Uncovers Dozens of Hidden Stellar Streams

Researchers used Gaia data and a new algorithm to identify dozens of faint stellar-stream candidates.
The reported method more than quadruples the number of known candidates.
The findings could help explain both Milky Way evolution and dark matter distribution.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 5, 2026·via space.com

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