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Forty years ago today, disaster struck NASA’s human spaceflight program when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after blastoff, killing all seven people onboard.The tragedy…

January 27, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmNASA pushes ahead with ‘wet’ dress rehearsal for Artemis II moon missionA crucial test of NASA’s upcoming…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup.First, we have an update…

Suni Williams, one of two Nasa astronauts whose 10-day test flight mission turned into a nine-month odyssey on the International Space Station (ISS), has retired from…

January 21, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmCrew-11 astronauts reflect on ISS medical evacuation and future of human spaceflightAt a press conference, former ISS…

NASA is quietly ending financial support for independent planetary science advisory groups, according to a letter posted to the agency’s website on January 16.The affected groups…

Nasa’s giant new moon rocket has moved to the launchpad in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century. The trip could…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup.First up, earlier this month…

Your article (Nasa moon rocket creeps to its launchpad in preparation for astronaut flight, 18 January) quotes the crew commander of Artemis II, Reid Wiseman: “They are so…

Nature, Published online: 16 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00194-8Nature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news.