CNN dives into how Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are backing NASA’s race to the moon against China (exclusive clip)

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The great technological leaps in American history have often featured influential industrialists who step forward as vanguards, leading the way to a better tomorrow while emerging as major players in extreme endeavors. Spaceflight is no exception. A new CNN documentary titled “Eclipsing Power: Musk, Bezos, and the New Space Race” shines a light on how a pair of visionary billionaires, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, have been shaping and steering our country’s space program and the bright future of private space enterprise. Premiering on Sunday (Aug. 9) at 8 p.m.…

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A SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon this week. Why is it on a collision course?

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This rocket wasn’t supposed to die so dramatically. On Wednesday (Aug. 5) at about 2:35 a.m. EDT (0635 GMT), the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon, blasting out a crater about 89 feet (27 meters) wide. The rocket body has been loitering lazily high above Earth for more than 18 months. What jolted it out of its unremarkable senescence and put it on a kamikaze course for the moon? It didn’t take much, as the rocket regularly crossed into the moon’s neck of…

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Jack in for a cyberpunk jolt with this energized first trailer for Apple TV’s ‘Neuromancer’

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Neuromancer — Official Teaser | Apple TV – YouTube Watch On Cyberpunk is back in a big way, baby! This summer, we’ve gotten two big doses of dystopian sci-fi: first with the recent San Diego Comic-Con trailer launch for Prime Video’s upcoming “Blade Runner 2099” and now Apple TV’s prestige series based on sci-fi guru William Gibson‘s 1984 cult novel, “Neuromancer.” The futuristic plotline centers around a burned-out computer hacker living in the overcrowded dystopian underworld of Japan’s Chiba City who takes on a dangerous cyberspace gig that just might…

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Louisiana Students Loft Payloads from NASA Balloon Facility in Texas

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4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Every spring in Palestine, Texas, the wide-open fields around NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility fill with students and faculty from across Louisiana. They arrive carrying sensors, laptops, and carefully engineered payloads they have spent months preparing.  The goal is to send their experiments to the edge of space and return with meaningful data, while reflecting NASA’s long-standing commitment to develop future scientists and engineers. Students in the LaACES program—which provides a robust undergraduate introduction to scientific ballooning—wear hard hats…

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Guinea-Bissau Tidal Waters

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NASA/Lauren Dauphin, USGS Twice each day, tides ebb and flow through a maze of sandy channels, mudflats, and mangrove forests that flank the 88 islands and islets of Guinea-Bissau’s Bijagós Archipelago (Arquipélago dos Bijagós in Portuguese). Seen from above in this image from Nov. 28, 2025, the process leads to stark changes to the landscape: around low tide, intertidal mudflats and sandflats emerge from the sea, causing islands to grow significantly before shrinking again hours later. Learn more about the region and its wildlife. Text credit: Adam Voiland Image credit: NASA/Lauren Dauphin, USGS

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NASA Delivers Navigation System for Commercial Lunar Relay

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3 Min Read NASA Delivers Navigation System for Commercial Lunar Relay The Moon’s rocky, uneven, and otherworldly surface features are highlighted by the terminator – the difference between light and darkness. Credits: NASA NASA delivered the NavCube3-mini payload on July 13 to Intuitive Machines for integration into Altus-1, the company’s first lunar relay satellite, marking an important milestone in the development of future lunar communications and navigation services. The lunar relays are designed to enable communications and navigation for astronauts and rovers operating at the agency’s future Moon Base. About half the size of a shoebox and weighing just 3.5 pounds, NavCube3-mini is a compact but powerful navigation receiver designed…

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APOD: 2026 August 3 – Vaporizing Meteor Photobombs the Lacerta Nebula

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APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 3 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Vaporizing Meteor Photobombs the Lacerta Nebula Explanation: What’s happening to this meteor? This bright meteor streak appeared and disappeared quickly during a long exposure of the Great Lacerta Nebula, seen faintly in red toward the center of the image. The meteoroid, likely…

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