Celebration of Space - May 29, 2026
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
This coming Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 4:47 am ET, the Moon will once again arrive on the opposite side of Earth than the Sun. This is the full Moon. On this date the Moon will rise with the setting Sun and set with the rising Sun, keeping the Moon above the ...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 29 May 2026 10:30:34 EDT
MAVEN Spacecraft Finds New Plasma Squeezing at Mars
Reported by Universe Today
A cloaked alien invasion force is approaching Earth and coming up on Mars. The first officer looks through a viewfinder and says, “Captain, the fourth planet’s atmosphere is behaving strangely. As though it were trying to block incoming energy.” The ...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Sat, 30 May 2026 00:32 +0000
NASA Awards Contract for Johnson Space Center Infrastructure
Reported by NASA
NASA has selected seven companies to provide construction, revitalization, and infrastructure improvements at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Johnson Space Center Multiple Award Construction Contract supports up to $300 million in upgra...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 29 May 2026 21:24 +0000
NASA Hosts SpaceX Crew-11 Astronauts for Public Event at Headquarters
Reported by NASA
NASA will host a public event featuring three crew members from the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission at 11 a.m. EDT Monday, June 1. The event, which takes place during the crew’s standard postflight visit, will be held in the Webb Auditorium at NASA Hea...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 29 May 2026 20:49 +0000
The Sun is Changing and We Don’t Know Why
Reported by Universe Today
The Sun has a heartbeat. Every eleven years it swells with magnetic fury, hurling solar flares and charged particles into space, sparking auroral displays and threatening power grids, all before quietening down again. We've tracked this rhythm for centurie...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Fri, 29 May 2026 16:46 +0000
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Primary Mirror Gets Last Look
Reported by NASA
Engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have completed their final inspection of a key element for the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: the primary mirror. This 7.9-foot (2.4-meter) mirror will collect and foc...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 29 May 2026 16:33 +0000