Saturday · September 5, 2026 Vol. I · No. 247
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Rafaela (sore right quad) misses 3rd straight game; Durbin, Rutschman rest Is the Steam Deck still worth it in 2026? DeLauter out of Saturday's lineup, day to day with ailing wrist Ryan appears set to rejoin Twins' rotation after weekend series Taillon (right elbow inflammation) back on injured list Murphy says Crew 'built to win' in postseason despite lack of home run power Drone attack blamed on guerrillas kills at least three soldiers in Colombia Salahdine Parnasse stops Dan Hooker in the first round Rafaela (sore right quad) misses 3rd straight game; Durbin, Rutschman rest Is the Steam Deck still worth it in 2026? DeLauter out of Saturday's lineup, day to day with ailing wrist Ryan appears set to rejoin Twins' rotation after weekend series Taillon (right elbow inflammation) back on injured list Murphy says Crew 'built to win' in postseason despite lack of home run power Drone attack blamed on guerrillas kills at least three soldiers in Colombia Salahdine Parnasse stops Dan Hooker in the first round

Space

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NASA Astronaut Chris Williams to Discuss Space Station Mission

NASA astronaut Chris Williams will recap his recent eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 2:45 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 4, from the …

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NASA Science Soars During August Total Solar Eclipse

Each time the Moon covers the Sun during a total solar eclipse — darkening daytime skies and briefly revealing the Sun’s ethereal outer atmosphere, the corona — it presents new op…

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NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Returns to Earth

NASA astronaut Chris Williams is all smiles in this July 26, 2026, photo taken shortly after he landed with Expedition 74 Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mik…

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NASA’s Swift Sees ‘Wandering’ Mega Black Hole Shredding Star

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory captured an “orphan” black hole lighting up as it devoured a star on the outskirts of a faraway galaxy. These phenomena are rare to begin wit…

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NASA to Cover Three US Spacewalks, Host Preview News Conference

NASA will provide coverage as astronauts venture outside the International Space Station during three spacewalks in August to continue upgrading solar arrays, replace a communicat…

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NASA’s Hubble Shows Star Formation in Andromeda Galaxy Winding Down

NASA’s Hubble finds that star formation in the Andromeda galaxy has undergone a 500-million-year decline.

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NASA Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Return from Space Station

Concluding an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Williams returned to Earth on Sunday alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey K…

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NASA’s ESCAPADE Snaps Family Portrait of Earth, Moon

On July 3, one of NASA’s two Mars-destined ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft captured photos of Earth and the Moon in visible and thermal…

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New Crew Members Welcomed to International Space Station

From left, Expedition 74 flight engineers Anna Kikina and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Anil Menon of NASA pose for a July 18, 2026, photo while holding a cake celebrating their …

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NASA Announces New Spacecraft Technology Demonstration Mission at Moon    

NASA is working with industry to advance the next phase of cislunar infrastructure for the agency’s Artemis program and Moon Base, including orbital assets and demonstrations. Und…

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NASA to Support Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Testing, Advance Artemis

NASA and Blue Origin announced Friday they recently agreed to conduct second stage hot fire testing for the company’s New Glenn rocket on the B-2 test stand at the agency’s Stenni…

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Hubble Spies One-Sided Spiral

This Hubble image features spiral galaxy NGC 4654, located 72 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden).

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A Million-Panel Project

Utah’s new solar power and battery storage facility is among the largest in the region.

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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4954–4960: Celebrating Our Rover Engineers Past and Present

Written by Lucy Thompson, Senior Research Scientist, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, July 27, 2026 As an APXS uplink lead and strategic planner, I…

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Look for NASA+ Now Streaming on Amazon Fire TV

Continuing agency efforts to bring space closer to home, NASA+ is heading to more streaming platforms. On Thursday, NASA announced its programming is on Fire TV Channels. Fire TV …

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Crews Move Artemis IV Liquid Hydrogen Tank

Crews at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans transport the 130-foot-tall Artemis IV liquid hydrogen tank out of a production cell inside the main factory building into…

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NASA’s MAVEN Illuminates New Understanding of Auroras at Mars

NASA MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission scientists have uncovered a key puzzle piece in understanding certain types of auroras on Mars, finding that they form …

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NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Closes Out Space Station Mission

After eight months aboard the International Space Station for his first mission, NASA astronaut Chris Williams is preparing to return to Earth. During his assignment, Williams con…

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Olympic Mountain Glory

Snow-capped mountains carved by deep river valleys preside over northwestern Washington state.

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NASA to Showcase Agency’s Newest Wind Tunnel in Virginia

Media are invited to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, on Friday, July 31, to attend a media tour and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Flight Dynamics Research F…

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Robotic Servicing Mission Launches with NASA Support

Following its liftoff from Cape Canaveral on July 21 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) hosting the NASA-supported Robotic Servicing of Geosynchron…

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NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Return

NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev are wrapping up their 241‑day mission aboard the International Space Station. The cre…

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A New Look – and Sound – for Messier 94

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory unveiled this new look at the galaxy NGC 4736, also known as Messier 94, on June 30, 2026. Messier 94 is a spiral galaxy with a bright inner ring …

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Mapping Io’s Hidden Heat With NASA’s Juno

Description This graphic illustrates the areas of Jupiter’s moon Io sampled by the Microwave Radiometer (MWR) instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during two close flybys. The…