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NASA SBIR Program Review: How Small Business Grants Reach Space

The National Academies of Sciences formally concluded that NASA's SBIR and STTR small business grant programs are structurally sound and a proven pathway for commercializing space technology — a rigorous endorsement most taxpayers have never heard of. James Loftus - June 21, 2026

Caltech’s DSA-2000: 1,650-Dish Nevada Radio Telescope Explained

Caltech's Deep Synoptic Array 2000 will combine 1,650 dishes in a remote Nevada valley to form the world's most sensitive radio telescope, designed to detect Fast Radio Bursts, gravitational-wave events, and signals no existing instrument can hear. Alexander Gabriel - June 21, 2026

9 Things to Know About the NASA BFGoodrich Tires Partnership

BFGoodrich Tires is now a National Partner of NASA — but not the space agency. Here are 9 things worth understanding about what this motorsport partnership actually is and who it benefits. James Loftus - June 20, 2026

Heat Waves Cause 37% More Wildfire Burn Area, New Study Finds

New research reveals heat waves account for 42% of all wildfire-burned area in the western U.S. despite occurring on only 12–15% of warm-season days—and that rising heat wave frequency since 2001 is responsible for 37% more burned forest than would otherwise exist. Asher John - June 20, 2026

NASA Aeolus Mars Mission 2028: Relativity Space to Launch Wind-Mapping Probe

NASA and Relativity Space have signed a Space Act Agreement to send the Aeolus atmospheric science payload to Mars orbit by 2028, where it will make the first direct measurements of Martian wind velocities from space. Relativity Space will supply the spacecraft, launch vehicle, and mission operations using its 3D-printed Terran R rocket. Alexander Gabriel - June 20, 2026

Lucy Mission Finds Peanut Asteroid Donaldjohanson Wobbling Unpredictably

When NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew past peanut-shaped asteroid Donaldjohanson in 2025, it detected a complex, multi-axis wobble that existing rotational models failed to predict — forcing scientists to reconsider how contact binary asteroids behave in space. Will Lewis - June 20, 2026

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