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08/16/2026

04/23/2026

Geeked out over how cool this is.

04/18/2026

Engineers just made a tough choice but it will extend the voyager mission by one additional year.

Just yesterday April 17 2026 engineers at NASA sent a command across 15 billion miles of space to shut down the Low-energy Charged Particles (LECP) instrument on Voyager 1. This instrument has been running almost non-stop since 1977 helping us understand the strange environment outside our suns protective bubble. But with the spacecrafts nuclear power supply dropping by about 4 watts every year NASA had to make a tough choice to prevent a total power failure. By turning off the LECP engineers have bought the legendary probe about another year of "breathing room" to continue its journey through interstellar space.

Even though it is losing its senses one by one Voyager 1 isn't done yet. It still has two active instruments—one for measuring magnetic fields and one for listening to plasma waves—that are sending back data from a region of the galaxy no other human made object has ever reached. NASA is also planning a risky move called the Big Bang later this summer to swap out old components for lower power alternatives. Every day we get from Voyager 1 now is a gift as we watch humanity's farthest scout drift toward its next big milestone: reaching a full light-day away from home later this year 🌌

04/11/2026

Here is a great graphic of the pathway Orion followed to reenter the atmosphere. A controlled skip.

04/08/2026

With attention being focused on the Orion spacecraft returning to earth, we want to bring back this post from April 2019.

LOUISVILLE, Colo. -- A Colorado company has created a prototype that may be a part of NASA missions in the future. Louisville-based Sierra Nevada Corporation's spacecraft was shown to the press Tuesday. It is a prototype for NASA's moon-orbiting Gateway concept. "As NASA prepares to return to the Mo...

04/07/2026

Excellent new photos from NASA of the Orion flyby of the moon.

04/01/2026

Tune in tonight at 6:24pm EST to watch the first lunar mission in 50 years.

The window opens at 6:24 for 2 hours. There is 80% chance of favorable weather conditions.

This feed will provide continuous coverage of Artemis II mission activities with live commentary, beginning with tanking of the SLS (Space Launch System) roc...

04/01/2026

Tonight at 6:24 we will return to the moon (sort of).

The flight path of Artimis 2 to leave earth to circle the moon and return 9 days later.

Wishing success for all involved.