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NASA Installs Heat Shield on First Private Spacecraft Bound for Venus

Other Venus missions that have sent probes into the Venusian atmosphere and successfully landed on the surface and provided valuable data: Year | Mission name | Agency 1967 | Venera 4 | USSR 1970-1982 | Venera 7-14 | USSR 1985 | Vega 1 & 2 | USSR

No other space agencies (e.g., NASA, ESA) have successfully landed probes on Venus. NASA’s Pioneer Venus (1978) sent probes into the atmosphere but did not land, so it’s excluded here. No new landings have occurred since Vega 2 in 1985. More here: x.com/i/grok/share/U…

If the Universe is Expanding, What is it Expanding Into? ✍️

Just at ~1% of Type I Long way to go

Today we celebrate 60 years of NASA's exploration of Mars! #OTD in 1965, NASA's Mariner 4 made history by capturing the first close-up photos of Mars as it flew by. Its 21 grainy images revealed a barren, cratered landscape—forever changing our concept of the Red Planet.

🔱 Ariane, Prometheus, Vulcain… We didn’t just choose these names at random. They’re from mythology, but they’re also significant in their notion of progress: linking the sagas of the past to tomorrow’s technologies.

From coast to coast, testing efforts advanced significantly across propulsion and structural systems. 📍 Stennis Space Center , MS: The first stage engine qualification campaign passed the halfway mark, validating ascent, re-entry, and landing objectives. 📍 Long Beach, CA: Shear

Only 2 days to go to the anniversary of the Apollo11 launch! Tall and proud, gleaming white, the Saturn V rocket sat calmly poised on the launchpad. It would soon unleash a roaring fury of unimaginable and awesome power to propel us to the Moon. Things were coming down to the

Our next mission is set for Wednesday, July 16. Named KF-01 for our first launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the mission will send another 24 Kuiper satellites into low Earth orbit. Follow along for the latest on Kuiper missions: spr.ly/601344aD5

Axiom 4 Dragon spacecraft on its way back to Earth; about to splash down into the Pacific Ocean (Source: Axiom space - YouTube) 🗞️ Catch the day's latest news and updates ➠ ecoti.in/cWrpgZ

Continuing our work for power infrastructure on the Moon with VSAT‑XL.💡 This vertical solar array is designed to be 30m+ high to power assets at the lunar south pole.🌙 The Moon doesn't have weather as we experience it on Earth, so these colossal arrays won't tip over.

The U.S. government's "One, Big Beautiful Bill" Act finds funding for Artemis and Lunar Gateway, but nearly half of NASA's science missions are on the chopping block ahead of the 2026 budget. space.com/space-explorat…

Astronomers discover giant alien planet 35 times more massive than Earth hiding in a known star system. "It remains possible that there are other unseen planets in the system. The challenge is finding them..." space.com/astronomy/astr…

Scientists find Uranus is surprisingly warm, heating up the case for a new planetary mission. "I think it strengthens the case for a mission to Uranus..." space.com/astronomy/uran…

Trump names Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as interim NASA administrator. It will likely be 2026 before a permanent administrator is confirmed to lead the space agency... space.com/space-explorat…

Astronomers say new interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is 'very likely to be the oldest comet we have ever seen'. "This is an object from a part of the galaxy we've never seen up close before..." space.com/astronomy/aste…