Spaceflight News

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    {
      "id": 37838,
      "image": "http://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260508-Testing-Link-Vibration-tests-2.jpg",
      "news_site": "Spaceflight Now",
      "published": "2026-05-08T23:19:34Z",
      "summary": "Katalyst Space Technologies’ Link spacecraft is set to head to orbit in June 2026 onboard Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL air-launched rocket. NASA awarded Katalyst a $30 million contract for the mission in September 2025.",
      "title": "Rescue mission for NASA’s $500 million space telescope passes key testing milestone",
      "url": "https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/05/08/rescue-mission-for-nasas-500-million-space-telescope-passes-key-testing-milestone/"
    },
    {
      "id": 37836,
      "image": "https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/nasa-spacex-crs-34-mission-overview.png",
      "news_site": "NASA",
      "published": "2026-05-08T22:50:03Z",
      "summary": "NASA and SpaceX are targeting a mid-May launch to deliver scientific investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station.  Loaded with about 6,500 pounds of supplies, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will lift off aboard the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Following its arrival to the orbital complex, Dragon will dock autonomously to the forward port of […]",
      "title": "NASA’s SpaceX 34th Commercial Resupply Mission Overview",
      "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasas-spacex-34th-commercial-resupply-mission-overview/"
    },
    {
      "id": 37837,
      "image": "https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NSF-2026-05-08-23-42-01-222.jpg",
      "news_site": "NASASpaceflight",
      "published": "2026-05-08T22:45:59Z",
      "summary": "Following Booster 19’s successful full-duration, full-thrust 33-engine static fire on May 7, 2026, its partner…\r\nThe post Booster 19 completes Static Fire as Ship 39 prepares for rollout appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.",
      "title": "Booster 19 completes Static Fire as Ship 39 prepares for rollout",
      "url": "https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/05/booster-19-33-ship-39-rollout/"
    },
    {
      "id": 37835,
      "image": "https://spacepolicyonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Brian-Hughes-Ingalls-June-25-25-300x226.jpg",
      "news_site": "SpacePolicyOnline.com",
      "published": "2026-05-08T19:13:34Z",
      "summary": "Brian Hughes, who headed the Florida arm of President Trump’s 2024 campaign and served as NASA Chief of Staff for several months last year, is returning to the agency to […]",
      "title": "Brian Hughes Returns to NASA in Charge of Kennedy and Wallops Launch Operations",
      "url": "https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/brian-hughes-returns-to-nasa-in-charge-of-kennedy-and-wallops-launch-operations/"
    },
    {
      "id": 37834,
      "image": "https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/photojournal/pia/pia26/pia26750/PIA26750.jpg",
      "news_site": "NASA",
      "published": "2026-05-08T18:11:39Z",
      "summary": "Description This colorized image of Mars was captured by NASA’s Psyche mission on May 3, 2026, about 3 million miles (4.8 million kilometers) from the planet. The spacecraft is approaching the planet for a gravity assist on May 15 that will give it a boost in speed and adjust its trajectory toward asteroid Psyche for […]",
      "title": "NASA’s Psyche Mission Captures Mars During Gravity Assist Approach",
      "url": "https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-psyche-mission-captures-mars-during-gravity-assist-approach/"
    },
    {
      "id": 37833,
      "image": "https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ksc-20260508-ph-csh01-0032-e1778260308717.jpg",
      "news_site": "NASA",
      "published": "2026-05-08T17:36:13Z",
      "summary": "Listen to this audio excerpt from Anton Kiriwas, senior technical integration manager for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program: When Anton Kiriwas first spotted an image of the Moon and Mars hanging over a job fair booth while in college, it captured his imagination, yet felt like a dream too distant to chase. He had no […]",
      "title": "I Am Artemis: Anton Kiriwas",
      "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/i-am-artemis-anton-kiriwas/"
    },
    {
      "id": 37832,
      "image": "https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/d2026-0227-rl0028902.jpg",
      "news_site": "NASA",
      "published": "2026-05-08T17:05:21Z",
      "summary": "For decades, NASA has advanced on-board spacecraft computer processors that coordinate and execute the functions needed to support mission success. Space computing originated in the 1960s with the Apollo Guidance Computers, which were pivotal for guidance, navigation, and control computations during NASA’s first Moon missions. For decades, radiation-hardened processors have been the backbone of the […]",
      "title": "NASA, Industry Advance High Performance Spaceflight Computing",
      "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/nasa-industry-advance-high-performance-spaceflight-computing/"
    },
    {
      "id": 37831,
      "image": "https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/iss074e0521637orig.jpg",
      "news_site": "NASA",
      "published": "2026-05-08T15:21:17Z",
      "summary": "NASA astronaut Chris Williams captured the Milky Way rising above Earth’s atmospheric glow on April 13, 2026, while aboard a SpaceX Dragon docked to the International Space Station. This atmospheric glow is also called airglow. It occurs when atoms and molecules in the upper atmosphere, excited by sunlight, emit light to shed their excess energy. […]",
      "title": "Glowing Views from the Space Station",
      "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/glowing-views-from-the-space-station/"
    },
    {
      "id": 37830,
      "image": "https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/nhq202506250014.jpg",
      "news_site": "NASA",
      "published": "2026-05-08T14:00:15Z",
      "summary": "NASA announced Friday that Brian Hughes will return to the agency as senior director of launch operations, based at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In this role, Hughes will provide enterprise-level leadership, strategic direction, and operational oversight for NASA’s launch infrastructure. Reporting to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Hughes will have direct responsibility for […]",
      "title": "NASA Names Brian Hughes to Launch Operations Role",
      "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-names-brian-hughes-to-launch-operations-role/"
    },
    {
      "id": 37828,
      "image": "https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/grc-2026-c-00617.jpg",
      "news_site": "NASA",
      "published": "2026-05-08T14:00:00Z",
      "summary": "With a small blue crane, four researchers hoist a cylindrical fuel cell, which looks like a stack of flattened silver and gold soda cans bundled together, into the air and lower it into a rectangular cart on wheels. A tangle of tubes and wires spiral away from the system, where nearly 270 sensors and 1,000 […]",
      "title": "NASA Fuel Cell Tests Pave Way for Energy Storage on Moon",
      "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-regenerative-fuel-cell-testing/"
    }
  ],
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