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  • Civil Servants Sworn in at NASA Ames NASA · 27 Aug 2026 New civil servants and guests pose for a group photo with NASA and center leadership in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) 80-by-120-foot test section, N221 on Aug. 24, 2026. The civil servants were swor...
  • 9 Things to Know About NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope NASA · 27 Aug 2026 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch at 7:26 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 30. While you wait to watch the launch, brush up on some key facts about this wide-view mission. To learn more about the Roman mi...
  • NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Departs Agency to Continue Military Service NASA · 27 Aug 2026 After nearly a decade of service to NASA, including an eight-month science expedition aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Jonny Kim’s last day at the agency is Thursday. He will continue serving as lieutena...
  • Building Foresight for Earth Science, featuring Lindsey Jacobson NASA · 26 Aug 2026 NASA’s Earth-observing satellite missions track dozens of features of a changing planet — aerosols, sea levels, land cover, cloud cover — over years and decades. Sustaining that record for the scientific and operational...
  • Roman Space Telescope Travels to SpaceX Hangar NASA · 26 Aug 2026 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in its payload fairing, travels from the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, A...
  • NASA Johnson Pilots Chase Moon’s Shadow for Eclipse Science NASA · 26 Aug 2026 During the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Europe, scientists aimed to study a long-standing mystery: why the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is far hotter than its visible surface. Capturing the data they needed me...
  • Analysis: Narrowing In – Artemis III, HLS and NASA’s Journey to Today Space Scout · 26 Aug 2026 How did the Human Landing System come to simultaneously occupy the core of NASA’s ambitions, while slipping significantly on its schedule in the last seven years?
  • NASA Sets Spacewalk for Station Maintenance, Live Coverage Planned NASA · 26 Aug 2026 NASA will provide coverage as two astronauts step outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to replace a spacecraft navigational aid and complete several maintenance tasks in support of space station o...
  • NASA Begins Moon Mission Plume-Surface Interaction Tests NASA · 26 Aug 2026 EDITOR’S NOTE: This story, originally published in December, was revised Aug. 26, 2026 with an update on a new phase of testing, including video from a recent test run and new images. To help NASA and commercial partners...
  • Contractor to Civil Servant: NASA Welcomes Jeret Howard NASA · 26 Aug 2026 At 17, Jeret Howard raised his right hand to serve his country as a United States Army combat medic in Iraq. This past summer, he raised his right hand again at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi...
  • Second spacewalk completed for Sophie Adenot ESA · 26 Aug 2026 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon successfully completed US EVA-98 at 20:57 CEST on Tuesday 25 August. It was Sophie’s second spacewalk, and the 32nd conducted by a European astronaut.
  • New Next-Gen Dish Adds Muscle to NASA’s Deep Space Network NASA · 25 Aug 2026 NASA’s Deep Space Network facility in California is marking the addition of a brand new 34-meter-wide (114-foot-wide) radio frequency antenna to the agency’s deep space communications and navigation system. The network u...
  • NASA Invites Media to LunaRecycle Challenge Finale Event in Alabama NASA · 25 Aug 2026 NASA will announce the winners of the final phase of its LunaRecycle Challenge on Friday, Aug. 28, at The University of Alabama (UA) Lee Styslinger College of Engineering in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Launched in 2024, the cha...
  • NASA Ames’ Contributions to Roman’s Mission NASA · 25 Aug 2026 Set to launch on Sunday, Aug. 30, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will empower astronomers to explore vast regions of the cosmos and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, dark matter, planets o...
  • NASA Ames Experts Available for Roman Space Telescope Interviews NASA · 25 Aug 2026 NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley invites media to learn more about NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled to launch Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florid...
  • NASA’s Pandora Mission Begins Study of Exoplanets, Host Stars NASA · 25 Aug 2026 Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission and the first satellite to launch through the agency’s Astrophysics Pioneers program, is now making unique observations of worlds beyond our solar system and the stars they orbit....
  • Galactic Gems Glisten in New Gallery From NASA’s Chandra NASA · 25 Aug 2026 Galaxies are like cosmic gems, each with characteristics including size and shape that make them distinct. A new gallery released today from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes displays a collection of...
  • Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot on Spacewalk NASA · 25 Aug 2026 From left, Expedition 75 flight engineers Anil Menon of NASA (partially obscured and wearing the spacesuit with a red stripe on the legs) and Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) work together during a six‑hour a...
  • Cutting-edge infrared space telescope Roman set to launch ESA · 25 Aug 2026 The NASA-led Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch on 30 August 2026 at 07:26 EDT / 12:26 BST / 13:26 CEST from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.
  • NASA Sets Coverage for Roman Space Telescope Launch from Florida NASA · 24 Aug 2026 Coverage plans are ready for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope prelaunch and launch activities. Roman is NASA’s next-generation observatory designed to explore some of the universe’s biggest mysteries, including d...
  • Perseverance Captures Another Phobos Transit NASA · 24 Aug 2026 Description NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture the silhouette of Phobos, one of the two Martian moons, as it crossed in front of the Sun on Aug. 12, 2026, the 1,948th Martian day, or sol,...
  • Starstruck: NASA Research Shows How Sun’s Ancient History Shaped Earth NASA · 24 Aug 2026 At the center of our solar system, the Sun influences every planet that orbits it. In two recent NASA-funded studies, scientists uncovered how ancient events in the Sun’s history may have helped create Earth’s unique cli...
  • NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman at Freedom 250 Grand Prix NASA · 24 Aug 2026 NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman is seen in the two-seat IndyCar as he prepares for driver Conor Daly to take him on a lap ahead of the start of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in W...
  • MAIA Air Sensor at Work in Addis Ababa NASA · 24 Aug 2026 Description This roof-mounted air sensor in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is one of 10 used by NASA’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) to study the city’s air quality. MAIA’s air sensors provide a detailed...
  • Mapping Air Pollution With MAIA Sensors in Addis Ababa NASA · 24 Aug 2026 Description This map of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, shows the locations of 10 air sensors that NASA’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) mission is using to provide one of the most detailed looks ever at th...
  • The Fuel for the Next Generation of Cislunar Exploration? Technology and Talent. SpaceNews · 24 Aug 2026 After NASA astronauts landed on the moon in 1969, their achievement bore decades’ worth of fruit, including scientific discoveries and a strategic national security advantage. Now — with plans to […]
  • NASA’s Roman telescope nears launch, reaches final integration and rehearsal milestones NASASpaceflight · 23 Aug 2026 With a scheduled launch date of Aug. 30, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is…
  • NASA Shares Views of August Solar Eclipse from Ground, Air, Space NASA · 21 Aug 2026 On Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse darkened skies over Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. As the Moon covered the Sun, it briefly revealed the Sun’s wispy outer atmosphere — the corona — to those in the path of totality who w...
  • TB 26-04 Updates and Modernization of NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) Code NASA · 21 Aug 2026 For more information, contact Mark K. Leader, Glenn Research Center, mark.leader@nasa.gov Download the PDF version NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) code is a foundational tool for propulsion system ana...
  • Webb Opens Treasure Chest NASA · 21 Aug 2026 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured this Aug. 6, 2026, infrared image of part of the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region also home to the Cosmic Cliffs. This feature, called the “Treasure Chest,” is an object kno...
  • NASA’s Artemis II Crew Set to Receive Congressional Space Medal of Honor NASA · 21 Aug 2026 President Donald J. Trump will award each of NASA’s Artemis II crew members the Congressional Space Medal of Honor at 11 a.m. EDT on Friday, Aug. 28, during a ceremony at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NAS...
  • SmallSat 2026 NASA · 20 Aug 2026 SmallSat 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth # 635, 835, 641, and 940) for Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Agenda below. MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 9:00 – 10:00 AM WelcomeJose NunezBryceTech’s Smallsats by the Numbers:...
  • Artemis Mission Patches NASA · 20 Aug 2026 A jacket decorated with Artemis I and II mission patches, along with other NASA patches hangs on the back of a chair on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, inside the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Ce...
  • NASA Selects University Teams to Help Advance Aviation Research NASA · 20 Aug 2026 NASA has selected four university teams to help the agency transform the future of aviation through projects ranging from high-supersonic propulsion systems to low-noise routes for small aircraft flying through cities. T...
  • The View from Above: The Gemini Visual Acuity Experiments NASA · 20 Aug 2026 NASA astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. took 29 color photographs of the Earth with a 70mm camera as he orbited our planet during the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission in May 1963. Cooper’s view from the window of his Faith 7 spacecr...
  • NASA Data Feeds River Forecasts as Snow Drought Effects Linger NASA · 20 Aug 2026 NASA Earth science data is supporting machine-learning forecasts that inform decisions about water, power, and public safety in Washington state.
  • No-Go for Katalyst’s Reboost of NASA’s Swift Observatory SpacePolicyOnline.com · 19 Aug 2026 Katalyst Space and NASA concluded today that reboosting the Swift Observatory with Katalyst’s LINK spacecraft will not be possible due to attitude control problems. They still plan to conduct some
  • NASA TechLeap Prize: Orbital Clarity Challenge NASA · 19 Aug 2026 The Orbital Clarity Challenge — the sixth in the NASA TechLeap Prize series — is a collaborative effort between NASA’s Heliophysics Division, Flight Opportunities program, and Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innov...
  • Katalyst Space and NASA abandon plans for Swift reboost SpaceNews · 19 Aug 2026 Katalyst Space and NASA have called off plans to use the company’s Link spacecraft to raise the orbit of the agency’s Swift gamma-ray observatory, citing attitude-control problems with the spacecraft.
  • NASA Updates Next Steps for Commercial Swift Boost Mission NASA · 19 Aug 2026 Due to an ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue, NASA and Katalyst Space announced Wednesday the LINK spacecraft will not capture or boost an agency satellite to a higher altitude to extend its science mis...

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