Space tech

• NASA’s EMIT sensor on the ISS now detects plastic pollution on land, inspiring ocean debris tracking. • A new library of 25,000 molecular fingerprints catalogs 19 polymer types a

• JWST produced the most detailed, high‑resolution dark matter map ever, twice sharper than previous maps. • Map shows dark matter overlapping and intertwining with visible matter

• ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot launched to ISS on 13 Feb 2026 aboard SpaceX Dragon. • Mission named εpsilon symbolizes small yet impactful contributions in space exploration. • Crew

• Six SunRISE SmallSats undergo rigorous testing at Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory. • Thermal vacuum tests simulate orbital conditions, ensuring spacecraft survi

• NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory Completes First Cosmic Map Like No Other This panoramic view of SPHEREx’s first all-sky map shows how the sky looks to the telescope. • It transitions

• NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Ready to Roll for Miles in Years Ahead NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this view of a location nicknamed ‘Mont Musard’ on Sept. • Made up o

• NASA Study Suggests Saturn’s Moon Titan May Not Have Global Ocean This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Cassini spacecraft performing one of its many close flybys of Titan, Saturn

• One of NASA’s Key Cameras Orbiting Mars Takes 100,000th Image This view of a region called Syrtis Major is from the 100,000th image captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

• NASA, Partners Share First Data From New US-European Sea Satellite Sentinel-6B and Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich captured data on Nov. • 26 of sea levels across a vast stretch of t

• NASA JPL Shakes Things Up Testing Future Commercial Lunar Spacecraft Your browser cannot play the provided video file(s). • A time-lapse video recorded at JPL in October shows en

• NASA’s Webb, Curiosity Named in TIME’s Best Inventions Hall of Fame NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s Curiosity rover, have earned places in TIME’s ‘Best Inventions Ha

• NASA JPL Unveils Rover Operations Center for Moon, Mars Missions This video highlights the Rover Operations Center at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. • A center of excellence f

• New NASA Sensor Goes Hunting for Critical Minerals A pilot signals to a crew member before takeoff from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Aug. •

• Invention Challenge Brings Student Engineers to NASA JPL Student teams competed in the 2025 Invention Challenge at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Dec. • The event pits middl