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UPDATED JUNE 30, 2026
MOON

NextSTEP-3 B: Moon Base Demonstrations

Notice ID: Coming Soon NASA’s Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate is seeking innovative ideas from industry partners t…

June 30, 2026NASA ↗
MOON

NASA Awards More Moon Base Science, Previews New Opportunities

NASA announced Tuesday the selection of three companies to land four new missions on the Moon in late 2028 as part of th…

June 30, 2026NASA ↗
MARS

Mars may have once been filled with seas of magma that made the Red Planet habitable

Deep oceans of magma once sloshed about inside the crust of Mars, seismic measurements taken by NASA's InSight mission s…

June 30, 2026Space.com ↗
MOON

'Titan is actually a very reasonable destination for humans': Scientists start mapping out crewed mission to huge Saturn moon

Researchers met recently for the first "Humans to Titan Summit 2026," which explored how to send astronauts to the huge …

June 30, 2026Space.com ↗
MOON

NASA will announce moon base news today: Watch it live

NASA will provide an update about its moon base plans this afternoon, and you can watch it live.

June 30, 2026Space.com ↗
MOON

June's Strawberry Moon serves up a low-hanging treat for skywatchers worldwide. Here are our favorite photos

The June full moon rose low across the sky, treating stargazers worldwide to a stunning celestial display and we've got …

June 30, 2026Space.com ↗
SCIENCE

Space Force fields mobile satellite-jamming system

The system known as Meadowlands is transitioning to operational use as the military places greater emphasis on electroni…

June 30, 2026SpaceNews ↗
SCIENCE

Matthew Williams Joins the Commercial Space Federation as Senior Advisor, National Security

June 30, 2026 – Washington, D.C. — The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) announced today that Matthew Williams, a former…

June 30, 2026SpaceNews ↗
LAUNCHES

Rubin Observatory begins filming the 'greatest cosmic movie ever' beginning a new era of astronomy

"With the launch of the ten-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time, the Rubin Observatory is opening a new window on the u…

June 30, 2026Space.com ↗
SCIENCE

America 250: How has telescope technology evolved since the dawn of the U.S.?

Optical telescopes have come a long way in the past two-and-a-half centuries — from the homemade telescope of William He…

June 30, 2026Space.com ↗
SCIENCE

Europe's deadly heat wave seen from space | Space photo of the day for June 30, 2026

Europe's Sentinel-3 satellite captured data that helps visualize June's deadly heat wave, allowing researchers to furthe…

June 30, 2026Space.com ↗
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