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But NASA and GE Aerospace researchers watching the unit fire up for a demonstration knew what they were looking at: a hybrid engine performing at a level that could potentially power an airliner.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-01-nasa-ge-aerospace-hybrid-successful.html","category":"Space Exploration","pubDate":"Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:12:22 EST","guid":"news688738321"},{"title":"Flight engineers give NASA's Dragonfly lift","description":"In sending a car-sized rotorcraft to explore Saturn's moon Titan, NASA's Dragonfly mission will undertake an unprecedented voyage of scientific discovery. And the work to ensure this first-of-its-kind project can fulfill its ambitious exploration vision is underway in some of the nation's most advanced space simulation and testing laboratories.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-01-flight-nasa-dragonfly.html","category":"Space Exploration","pubDate":"Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:04:28 EST","guid":"news688647736"},{"title":"New NASA Artemis payloads to study moon's terrain, radiation, history","description":"NASA announced Tuesday the selection of three new science investigations that will strengthen humanity's understanding and exploration of the moon. As part of the agency's CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, American companies will deliver these research payloads to the lunar surface no earlier than 2028.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-01-nasa-artemis-payloads-moon-terrain.html","category":"Space Exploration","pubDate":"Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:30:01 EST","guid":"news688217097"},{"title":"Q&A: How AI changes NASA's search for life in outer space","description":"Alicja Ostrowska's doctoral thesis \"Life and AI at NASA\" examines how artificial intelligence is transforming the way science is conducted within some of the world's most ambitious space projects. The study investigates how AI is used in NASA's missions exploring the conditions for present or past life on other planets and moons and what this means for how knowledge is produced. The research is based on fieldwork with scientists and engineers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-01-qa-ai-nasa-life-outer.html","category":"Astrobiology","pubDate":"Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:04:45 EST","guid":"news688230247"},{"title":"NASA astronaut who was stuck at the space station for months retires within a year of returning","description":"NASA's Suni Williams\u2014one of two astronauts stuck for months at the International Space Station\u2014has retired.","link":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-01-nasa-astronaut-stuck-space-station.html","category":"Space Exploration","pubDate":"Wed, 21 Jan 2026 04:50:51 EST","guid":"news688193355"},{"title":"SpaceX launch sets record turnaround from Cape Canaveral pad","description":"SpaceX is starting to get the ball rolling on its Florida launch card with its fourth mission of the year coming less than two days since the last launch, setting a record for its Cape Canaveral launch 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