🛰️ The Cosmos Library
Dive into curated content on space missions, open APIs, telescope data, and more. This page will evolve to showcase real-time integrations and long-form research.
🌌 Astronomy Picture of the Day
NGC 3310: A Starburst Spiral Galaxy
The party is still going on in spiral galaxy NGC 3310. Roughly 100 million years ago, NGC 3310 likely collided with a smaller galaxy causing the large spiral galaxy to light up with a tremendous burst of star formation. The changing gravity during the collision created density waves that compresse...
Read full description →🔭 James Webb Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope Briefing
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, center, meets with NASA James Webb Space Telescope Timeline Controller Matt Wasiak, left, and NASA James Webb Sp...
☄️ Near Earth Objects — Today
- 2020 HK6 Diameter: 8–18 m Miss distance: 68,065,650 km Velocity: 102,928 km/h
- 2021 GH13 Diameter: 17–39 m Miss distance: 36,721,034 km Velocity: 31,013 km/h
- 2021 RF2 Diameter: 19–42 m Miss distance: 41,024,561 km Velocity: 29,454 km/h
- 2023 GC2 Diameter: 9–21 m Miss distance: 12,308,413 km Velocity: 25,985 km/h
- 2023 GQ1 Diameter: 2–5 m Miss distance: 69,262,006 km Velocity: 56,088 km/h
📰 Latest Space News
SpaceNews NASA finalizes science plans for Artemis 2 lunar flyby
WASHINGTON — As Artemis 2 approaches the moon, a NASA science team is finalizing plans for the observations they want t...
Apr 5, 2026
Arstechnica Artemis II is going so well that we're left to talk about frozen urine
"I think the fixation on the toilet is kind of human nature."...
Apr 5, 2026
NASASpaceflight Orion Spacecraft Races Toward Historic Lunar Flyby in Artemis II Mission
As NASA’s Artemis II mission enters its critical mid-flight phase, the Orion spacecraft—carrying the first… The post Ori...
Apr 4, 2026
SpaceNews Atlas 5 launches Amazon Leo satellites
An Atlas 5 launched the latest set of satellites for Amazon’s broadband constellation April 4 as the company seeks to a...
Apr 4, 2026
NASA NASA Answers Your Most Pressing Artemis II Questions
The first crewed test flight under NASA’s Artemis program is underway. Four Artemis II astronauts are flying aboard NASA...
Apr 4, 2026
SpaceNews Space Force budget would more than double in Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense plan
$71 billion request for the U.S. Space Force for fiscal year 2027 includes more than $60 billion for procurement, resea...
Apr 4, 2026🚀 Upcoming Launches
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-35
📍 Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
🗓 Apr 6, 2026, 02:42 AM UTC
Minotaur IV | STP-S29A
📍 Space Launch Complex 8, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
🗓 Apr 7, 2026, 11:30 AM UTC
Long March 8 | Unknown Payload
📍 Commercial LC-1, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
🗓 Apr 7, 2026, 01:30 PM UTC
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-24
📍 Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
🗓 Apr 8, 2026, 12:51 PM UTC
Long March 6A | Unknown Payload
📍 Launch Complex 9A, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
🗓 Apr 8, 2026, 07:35 PM UTC
🛸 Upcoming Space Events
Artemis II Daily Mission Status Briefing (April 5)
📍 Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA
NASA provides daily Artemis II mission status briefings from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston beginning Thursday, April 2, except for April 6, due to luna...
🗓 Apr 5, 2026, 07:30 PM UTC
Artemis II Lunar Flyby
📍 Cislunar space
Video during the lunar flyby may be limited while the spacecraft flies through an eclipse. The crew also is expected to temporarily experience a loss of communi...
🗓 Apr 6, 2026, 04:45 PM UTC