NASA News 2 October 2025 - 1 January 2026

NASA Mars goes radio-silent as solar conjunction stalls MAVEN recovery efforts

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 18:11 ET NASA has entered a planned communications blackout with its Mars missions as a solar alignment known as conjunction begins, delaying efforts to re-establish contact with the MAVEN orbiter that has been silent since

1 January 2026

Astronomy·NASA·Science News·Space

NASA wants a long-range drone detection system at Kennedy Space Center as security tightens

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 08:24 ET NASA is seeking a drone-detection and analysis system to spot unauthorized aircraft over the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, according to a sources sought notice posted for industry review. ( HigherGov) The capability

30 December 2025

Drones·NASA·Security·Technology

Shannon Airport Was Considered a NASA Space Shuttle Emergency Landing Site, Newly Released Irish State Papers Show

If you’ve ever passed through Shannon Airport, it’s easy to think of it as a gateway for transatlantic travel—a place built for long runways, strong winds, and big aircraft. But newly released Irish State Papers suggest the Co Clare runway

28 December 2025

NASA·Space Exploration

Comet 3I/ATLAS Today (Dec. 25, 2025): What’s New After the Flyby, What NASA and ESA Just Saw, and Why It Matters

December 25, 2025 marks the strange, quiet “afterglow” phase of Comet 3I/ATLAS—the third confirmed interstellar object ever found passing through our solar system. The comet’s closest approach to Earth is already behind us (it passed at a safe distance), but

25 December 2025

Astronomy·Comets·NASA·Scientific Discoveries·Space News

Jared Isaacman NASA Today: Senate Confirms Billionaire Spaceflight Veteran as New NASA Administrator (Dec. 17, 2025)

WASHINGTON — Jared Isaacman, the billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut best known for commanding the all-civilian Inspiration4 mission and SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, to lead NASA. The confirmation vote was

18 December 2025

NASA·Science News·Space Exploration

NASA Loses Contact With Critical MAVEN Mars Orbiter: What the Sudden Silence Means for Future Missions

NASA is racing to re‑establish contact with MAVEN, a Mars orbiter that has quietly underpinned Red Planet science and communications for more than a decade, after the spacecraft unexpectedly fell silent on December 6, 2025. NASA Science The loss of

11 December 2025

NASA·Space Exploration·Space Technology

NASA’s Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: New Images, Life’s Ingredients and What Comes Next After the December Flyby

As of December 10, 2025, NASA and partner observatories are racing to squeeze every last photon out of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS — a green-glowing, ice‑volcano‑blasting visitor loaded with the chemical “ingredients for life.” Here’s the latest on what we’ve learned

10 December 2025

Astronomy·Comets·NASA·Scientific Discoveries·Space Exploration

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Erupts with Activity in New NASA and ESA Images Ahead of December 19 Earth Approach

Hubble, ESA’s Juice spacecraft and ALMA are now all locked onto the rare interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS, revealing dramatic jets, twin tails and a rich mix of organic molecules as the comet makes a safe, distant pass through the inner solar

8 December 2025

Astronomy·Comets·NASA·Science News·Space Exploration

NASA News Today, December 4, 2025: Isaacman Hearing, Mars ‘Mini‑Lightning,’ Interstellar Comet, Tsunami from Space and a Cold Supermoon

As of Thursday, December 4, 2025, NASA is at the center of a busy news cycle that spans politics in Washington, discoveries on Mars, a new interstellar comet campaign, breakthroughs in tsunami science, fresh Earth imagery, and a sky show

4 December 2025

Astronomy·NASA·Space News

Tsunami Seen From Space: NASA’s SWOT Satellite Captures 2025 Kamchatka Megaquake in Unprecedented Detail

When a magnitude 8.8 megathrust earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29, 2025, it sent a tsunami racing across almost the entire Pacific. Now, scientists have revealed something just as extraordinary as the quake itself: for the first

3 December 2025

NASA·Satellites·Space

Comet 3I/ATLAS Today: NASA, UN Drill and Alien‑Probe Claims Explained (Nov. 29, 2025)

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is now sweeping back out of the inner solar system, but the news cycle around it is only getting hotter. On November 29, 2025, new headlines are mixing hard data from NASA and the UN with high‑profile speculation from

29 November 2025

Astronomy·Comets·NASA·Space Exploration

Space Industry Roars Amid Shutdown Drama: NASA Halts Ops as ESA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, China Make Headlines

Key Facts: In-Depth Report: NASA and U.S. Space Policy: Shutdown Halts Many Operations On Oct. 1, 2025, the U.S. government lapsed into a funding shutdown as federal appropriations ran out. All NASA civil servants (about 15,000 employees) were furloughed, and

2 October 2025

Industry News·NASA·Space·SpaceX