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5 articles

Topic: space

Oblique view of densely cratered gray terrain in the Moon's far-side highlands against black space

ANALYSIS Space

Artemis Workshops Move Lunar Data Sharing From Principle Toward Practice

NASA used its planetary archive, lunar datasets and information standards as working examples for Artemis Accords partners. The sessions advanced technical coordination without creating a binding international system.

Three optical views of the International Space Station observed in daylight, twilight and moonlit nighttime conditions

NEWS Space

Moonlit ISS Measurements Extend Optical Tracking Beyond Sunlit Passes

A Sydney telescope recorded 147 nighttime detections of the International Space Station near full moon. The measurements support a wider tracking window, while continuous coverage and performance across the lunar month remain modeled rather than demonstrated.

Graph of extragalactic fast-radio-burst dispersion measure against source redshift over a modeled probability distribution

ANALYSIS Space

Fast Radio Bursts Add a New Constraint on Cosmic Matter Clustering

A 114-burst analysis uses variations in radio-wave delay to infer how ionized gas reshapes matter clustering. The result adds an independent cosmological probe, but it remains dependent on halo models, host corrections and assumed cosmology.

Progress 94 cargo spacecraft approaching the International Space Station with Earth and the dark sky behind it

ANALYSIS Space

Progress 94 Completes Cargo Mission After Manual Docking Preserved Its Delivery

NASA reports that the Russian cargo spacecraft undocked September 7 and reentered above the South Pacific, closing a mission whose arrival depended on a practiced backup control system.

Concept illustration of robotic construction, power systems, resource-processing equipment and vehicles operating on the lunar surface

ANALYSIS Space

NASA Opens Five-Track Competition to Mature Lunar Infrastructure

The final NextSTEP-3 solicitation targets power, oxygen extraction and manufacturing technologies that still require controlled testing before any lunar deployment can be considered.