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- NASA Data Hackathon Inspires Community Action NASA · 23 Mar 2026 On Jan. 31, students, library staff, researchers, and community members gathered at the University of Florida’s (UF) Marston Science Library for the Environmental Monitoring through Education, Research, and Geospatial En...
- See NASA’s GUARDIAN Catch a Tsunami NASA · 23 Mar 2026 A new data visualization illustrates how an experimental NASA technology can provide extra lead time to communities in the path of a tsunami. Called GUARDIAN (GNSS Upper Atmospheric Real-time Disaster Information and Ale...
- NASA’s Hubble, Webb Telescopes Survey Pinwheel Galaxy NASA · 23 Mar 2026 This March 16, 2026, image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope takes a closer look at the core of Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. At 25 million light-years away, M101 is...
- NASA to Provide Update on Implementation of National Space Policy NASA · 23 Mar 2026 NASA will host a public event at 9 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 24, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters in Washington to outline how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accele...
- NASA’s Hubble Revisits Crab Nebula to Track 25 Years of Expansion NASA · 23 Mar 2026 A quarter-century after its first observations of the full Crab Nebula, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken a fresh look at the supernova remnant. The result is an unparalleled, detailed look at the aftermath of a su...
- Lunar lander developers say they are ready to meet anticipated increased NASA demand SpaceNews · 23 Mar 2026 Two lunar lander companies say they’re ready to meet NASA’s plans for a major increase in the cadence of landings but offered few details about how they would do so.
- NASA’s X-59 Experimental Supersonic Aircraft Makes Second Flight NASA · 20 Mar 2026 NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft made its second flight on Friday, kicking off a series of dozens of test flights in 2026. Although the flight duration was abbreviated due to a technical issue, the team was able to...
- SLS enters pad flow ahead of historic Artemis II mission NASASpaceflight · 20 Mar 2026 NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft arrived at Launch Pad…
- NASA Selects University Finalists for Technology Concepts Competition NASA · 20 Mar 2026 NASA selected 14 university teams from across the nation as finalists in the 2026 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition. This NASA challenge tasks students to design innovative...
- How Open NASA Data on Comet 3I/ATLAS Will Power Tomorrow’s Discoveries NASA · 20 Mar 2026 The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will soon leave our solar system, never to return, but the observations of the comet will live on in NASA’s public data archives. More than a dozen NASA science missions turned their instr...
- Smiles and Spacesuits NASA · 20 Mar 2026 NASA astronaut Chris Williams smiles at the camera during a spacesuit fit verification on Jan. 2, 2026, inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock. This procedure confirms that the spacesuit is airtight and p...
- NASA Exploration, Science Inspire “Project Hail Mary” Film NASA · 20 Mar 2026 Real-life space exploration and big-screen science fiction will converge on Friday. As NASA prepares to launch Artemis II, the first crewed mission under the agency’s Artemis program and another step toward sending the f...
- NASA Simulations Improve Artemis II Launch Environment NASA · 20 Mar 2026 Airflow around rockets as they travel from Earth into space can have a dramatic impact on a mission, which is why NASA used advanced simulations to provide the best possible launch conditions for the Artemis II test flig...
- NASA Glenn Opens Applications for Free Summer Engineering Institute NASA · 20 Mar 2026 NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is hosting the 2026 NASA Glenn High School Engineering Institute this July. The hands-on learning experience is designed to help high school students prepare for a future in the...
- ESA to Purchase SpaceX Crew Dragon Mission to ISS European Spaceflight · 20 Mar 2026 The European Space Agency (ESA) Director General Josef Aschbacher announced on 19 March that the agency intends to purchase a dedicated SpaceX Crew Dragon flight to the International Space Station (ISS) for its astronaut...
- NASA Convening Artemis International Partners Next Week SpacePolicyOnline.com · 20 Mar 2026 NASA is bringing together the international partners in the Artemis program next week to discuss the program’s new architecture. NASA differentiates Artemis from the Apollo program by emphasizing that this
- Live coverage: NASA to roll its SLS rocket back to the launch pad ahead of planned April flight of Artemis 2 Spaceflight Now · 19 Mar 2026 The rollout of the 322-foot-tall rocket is anticipated to take about 12 hours after first motion. NASA hopes to launch the crewed test flight to the Moon no earlier than April 1.
- Eileen Collins on what it takes to become Space Shuttle Commander SpaceNews · 19 Mar 2026 In this episode of the Space Minds podcast, host David Ariosto speaks with Eileen Collins, retired NASA astronaut, Air Force colonel and the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle […]
- American Bald Eagle at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center NASA · 19 Mar 2026 An American bald eagle flies away from its nest and tree at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 13, 2026. Bald eagle nesting surveys across NASA Kennedy, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, and C...
- How NASA is Collecting Explosion Data for Next Generation Rockets NASA · 19 Mar 2026 Commercial launch providers continue to advance propulsion technology with a renewed focus on liquid oxygen and methane propelled rockets and spacecraft. As systems grow in scale, carrying millions of pounds of propellan...
- NASA Laser Reflecting Instrument Makes GPS Satellite More Accurate NASA · 19 Mar 2026 A NASA laser reflecting technology that will aid Global Positioning System (GPS) accuracy is now operational as of March 9. The instrument, known as a laser retroreflector array, or LRA, launched aboard GPS III SV-09, th...
- NASA to Cover Progress 94 Spacecraft Launch, Space Station Docking NASA · 19 Mar 2026 NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Roscosmos...
- Meet the Platypi: NASA’s Newest Astronaut Candidate Class NASA · 19 Mar 2026 Ten explorers are currently training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to become flight-eligible astronauts. Selected in 2025, the astronaut candidates are building the technical and operational skills needed for...
- NASA’s Roman Observatory Passes Final Major Prelaunch Tests NASA · 19 Mar 2026 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team recently blasted the observatory with extreme sound, shook it, and listened to its electronic hum. Roman passed all three assessments, which aimed to confirm that the observa...
- NASA considering sharp increase in robotic lunar landings SpaceNews · 19 Mar 2026 NASA is proposing a sharp increase in the rate of robotic lunar lander missions, a move that has excited but also puzzled the space community.
- From Service to Space Systems: A Pathways Journey to NASA NASA · 18 Mar 2026 For Corey Elmore, the path to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center did not begin in engineering. It began in service. Today he serves as a NASA Pathways engineering intern in the Technical Processes and Tools Branch (KSC-NE-TA) a...
- NASA’s Hubble Unexpectedly Catches Comet Breaking Up NASA · 18 Mar 2026 In a happy twist of fate, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope just witnessed a comet in the act of breaking apart. The chance of that happening while Hubble watched is extraordinarily minuscule. The findings published Wednesda...
- Hubble unexpectedly catches comet breaking up ESA · 18 Mar 2026 Comet K1, whose full name is Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), had just passed its closest approach to the Sun and was heading out of the Solar System. Though it had been intact just days before, K1 fragmented into at least four...
- NASA grappling with planetary science funding shortfall SpaceNews · 18 Mar 2026 NASA’s planetary science program, while spared steep cuts proposed last year, is still facing a funding shortfall that requires “strategic choices” about which missions to continue.
- NASA’s X-59 Prepares for Second Flight NASA · 17 Mar 2026 NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft is preparing for its second flight, a step that will set the pace for more flight testing in 2026. Over the coming months, NASA will take the quiet supersonic jet faster and higher, whil...
- Solving Asteroid Bennu’s Mysteries NASA · 17 Mar 2026 These X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans released on March 17, 2026, give us a glimpse inside asteroid Bennu. They show the most common types of crack networks observed in Bennu samples; these networks solved a myster...
- Asteroid Bennu’s Rugged Surface Baffled NASA, We Finally Know Why NASA · 17 Mar 2026 In one of the biggest surprises of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged world covered in large boulders, with few of the smooth patches of sandy or pebbly material scie...
- Hail Yeah! NASA Researchers Use Volunteer Observations for Hail Estimates NASA · 17 Mar 2026 The bigger the hailstone, the more damage it can cause. But scientists find that predicting hailstone size can be challenging. How quickly does hail melt as it falls?
- Kshatriya Hints NASA May Reconsider South Pole for Initial Artemis Landings SpacePolicyOnline.com · 17 Mar 2026 NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya said today that to be as agile as possible, the agency is opening up the specifications for early Artemis landings while keeping their sights on
- NASA Invites Media to Learn About Upcoming X-59 Test Flights NASA · 16 Mar 2026 NASA will hold a media teleconference at 5:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 19 to highlight plans for its X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft’s upcoming flight tests. The teleconference is set to take place after the X-59 is sc...
- To Protect Artemis II Astronauts, NASA Experts Keep Eyes on Sun NASA · 16 Mar 2026 As four astronauts travel around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission, they will venture beyond Earth’s protective magnetic field. The crew’s spacecraft, Orion, will carry and protect them as they journey into deep spac...
- Many Questions, Few Answers as Artemis II Targets April Space Scout · 16 Mar 2026 NASA is on track to launch Artemis II as soon as April 1st, with daily launch opportunities through April 6th. After major changes to the Artemis program, answers have been slow to materialize.
- NESC Develops Method for Estimating Risk When Reducing NDE NASA · 16 Mar 2026 Download PDF: NESC Develops Method for Estimating Risk When Reducing NDE Performing nondestructive evaluation (NDE) can have both cost and schedule impacts, leading some to question whether descoping (i.e., reducing or e...
- NASA Administrator teases further Artemis program updates in one-on-one interview Spaceflight Now · 14 Mar 2026 The conversation took place amid the flight readiness review for the Artemis 2 mission, which is currently set to launch no earlier than April 1, 2026, pending work being completed in the Vehicle Assembly Building.
- NASA ready for another shot at launching Artemis 2 moon mission Spaceflight Now · 13 Mar 2026 At the conclusion of a two-day flight readiness review, "all the teams polled 'go' to launch and fly Artemis 2 around the moon, pending completion of some of the work before we roll out to the launch pad," said Lori Glaz...