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NASA is gearing up to launch its next flagship space telescope – combining spy technology with sophisticated infrared detectors

NASA plans to soon launch a new space telescope that will survey a billion galaxies to trace how the universe evolved over time, all courtesy of America’s spy program and decades of research into detector technology.

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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch this weekend

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NASA launching new space telescope this weekend

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket set to launch NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

SpaceX is preparing to launch NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on a Falcon Heavy rocket.

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NASA Set to Launch Next Generation Flagship Space Telescope

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NASA’s huge Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch

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NASA's wideband technology demo proves space missions are free to roam

Just like your cellphone stays connected by roaming between networks, NASA's Polylingual Experimental Terminal, or PExT, technology demonstration is proving space missions can do the same by switching seamlessly between government and commercial ...

NASA Selects PiLogic to Advance Spacecraft Fault Detection with Exact AI

LOS ANGELES, August 25, 2026 -- ( BUSINESS WIRE )--PiLogic, the company building explainable artificial intelligence for complex space systems, has been selected by NASA for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award to apply its exact AI technology to spacecraft fault detection.

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NASA just used satellites and debris to navigate without GPS

NASA has successfully tested a system that allows satellites to navigate without GPS by using other spacecraft and debris as landmarks in orbit. In just three days, FALCON also improved the known orbits of more than 200 space objects completely autonomously.

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NASA's space station laser comm terminal achieves first link

A NASA technology experiment on the International Space Station completed its first laser link with an in-orbit laser relay system on Dec. 5, 2023. Together, they complete NASA's first two-way, end-to-end laser relay system. Laser communications, also ...

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NASA’s first 2026 Fort Sumner balloon flight reaches 123,000 feet in technology test

NASA’s first 2026 Fort Sumner scientific balloon, the Salter test flight, reached 123,000 feet in a 4-hour, 8-minute mission.

NASA Is Building a Moon Base – and the First Pieces Are Already Coming Together

More than 20 robotic landings and a new fleet of commercial spacecraft are helping NASA turn its permanent Moon Base plans into reality. NASA is moving forward with plans for a durable Moon Base near the lunar South Pole,

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In 1964, NASA bounced a laser off a satellite; today, the same technology helps track melting ice

On October 29, 1964, a team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland, recorded the first successful laser returns from an artificial satellite. The target was Beacon Explorer B, also known as Explorer 22,

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How NASA technology found its way to auto assembly lines

Work done by General Motors and NASA has led to the creation of robotic, grip- strengthening gloves that the space agency says could help both astronauts and assembly-line workers on the job. The glove was recently commercialized by Swedish wearable ...

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NASA seeks input on space technology shortfalls

Kurt “Spuds” Vogel, NASA associate administrator for space technology, said in April the community input on space technology shortfalls will help the agency prioritize investments in them. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls WASHINGTON — NASA is seeking public ...