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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope prepares for September 2026 launch, eight months early and under budget

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope prepares for September 2026 launch, eight months early and under budget

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a $3.8 billion (3.5 billion euro) infrared observatory designed to hunt dark energy and survey exoplanets, is poised for launch as early as September 2026 — eight months ahead of schedule and under budget, …

NASA confirms GPS signals work in low Earth orbit but fail at lunar distances NASA confirms GPS signals work in low Earth orbit but fail at lunar distances

How GPS signals behave in space and on the Moon

NASA photos from the Artemis mission reveal astronauts using iPhones that display location data, raising questions about whether GPS works in space. The Global Positioning System relies on a network of satellites orbiting Earth at approximately 20,000 to 23,000 kilometers …

NASA shuts down Voyager 1’s LECP instrument to conserve power and extend mission through 2030s

NASA prepares a high-risk power-saving test for both Voyager probes

NASA shut down Voyager 1’s low-energy charged particle instrument on April 17, 2026, after an unexpected power drop during a routine maneuver threatened to trigger an automatic safety shutdown. <!– wp:paragraph> Shutting down the LECP instrument extends Voyager 1’s functional …

NASA shuts down Voyager 1 LECP instrument to extend mission

Why NASA shut down the LECP instrument on Voyager 1

NASA has turned off the Low-Energy Charged Particles Experiment (LECP) on Voyager 1 after sending a shutdown command on April 17, 2026, which took over 23 hours to reach the spacecraft 25 billion kilometers away. Why NASA shut down the …

Artemis 2 crew splashes down in Pacific after lunar mission

Medical teams begin health assessments after landing

The Artemis 2 crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 11, 2026, after a ten-day mission around the Moon, marking the first crewed deep-space flight since Apollo. Medical teams begin health assessments after landing Doctors immediately started evaluating …