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  • NASA Meets New Administrator Jared Isaacman SpacePolicyOnline.com · 20 Dec 2025 One day after being sworn in as NASA Administrator, Jared Isaacman held a Town Hall meeting with the NASA workforce to introduce himself and answer questions. He praised President Trump’s
  • Artemis II Crew Rehearse Launch Day Demonstration NASA · 20 Dec 2025 The four astronauts set to fly around the Moon during NASA’s Artemis II test flight depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, during a dress rehearsal...
  • NASA safety panel recommends review of Artemis plans SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2025 NASA’s safety advisers are recommending that the agency reconsider its Artemis lunar landing architecture as well as how it handles incidents such as the flawed Starliner test flight.
  • Meet NASA’s Astronaut Class of 2025 – Webby Submission NASA · 19 Dec 2025 NASA engineers are laying the foundation for the moonwalks the first woman and next man will conduct when they land on the lunar South Pole in 2024 as part of the Artemis program. At the agency’s Johnson Space Center in...
  • NASA Shares SpaceX Crew-12 Assignments for Space Station Mission NASA · 19 Dec 2025 As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, four crew members from three space agencies will launch no earlier than Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, to the International Space Station for a long-duration science expedition. NASA ast...
  • NASA Johnson’s 2025 Milestones NASA · 19 Dec 2025 NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston closed 2025 with major progress across human spaceflight, research, and exploration. From Artemis II mission preparations to science aboard the International Space Station, teams at...
  • NASA’s Wideband Technology Demo Proves Space Missions are Free to Roam NASA · 19 Dec 2025 Just like your cellphone stays connected by roaming between networks, NASA’s Polylingual Experimental Terminal, or PExT, technology demonstration is proving space missions can do the same by switching seamlessly between...
  • Water Droplet Science NASA · 19 Dec 2025 NASA astronaut Don Pettit demonstrates electrostatic forces using charged water droplets and a knitting needle made of Teflon. This series of overlapping frames from Feb. 19, 2025, displays the unique attraction-repulsio...
  • Metrics NASA · 19 Dec 2025 Services Catalog Click here to view the FY25 Services Catalog The catalogs provide service description, chargeback rate, unit of measure, and service level indicators for each NSSC service. Service Level Agreement (SLA)...
  • Astrobotic secures contracts for suborbital vehicle development SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2025 Astrobotic said Dec. 19 it has won $17.5 million in NASA and military contracts to develop three new reusable suborbital vehicles for technology demonstrations and other applications.
  • Hubble Glimpses Galactic Gas Making a Getaway NASA · 19 Dec 2025 A sideways spiral galaxy shines in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden), NGC 4388 is a resident of the Virgo galaxy cluster. This e...
  • Trump shifts priority to Moon mission, not Mars SpaceDaily · 19 Dec 2025 Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 19, 2025 US President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed that he wants to send astronauts back to the Moon as soon as possible, putting eventual Mars missions on the back burner. In an...
  • New NASA Sensor Goes Hunting for Critical Minerals SpaceDaily · 19 Dec 2025 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 09, 2025 Cradled in the nose of a high-altitude research airplane, a new NASA sensor has taken to the skies to help geoscientists map rocks hosting lithium and other critical minerals on Earth's sur...
  • NASA backs CINEMA smallsat fleet to probe Earth magnetotail SpaceDaily · 19 Dec 2025 Laurel MD (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 NASA has selected Dartmouth College and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, to begin developing a mission that will shed more light on the growing impacts...
  • Space Station Research Supports New FDA-Approved Cancer Therapy NASA · 19 Dec 2025 NASA opens the International Space Station for scientists and researchers, inviting them to use the benefits of microgravity for private industry research, technology demonstrations, and more. Today, half of the crew’s t...
  • Curiosity Blog, Sols 4743-4749:  Polygons in the Hollow NASA · 19 Dec 2025 Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Planning Date: Friday, Dec. 12, 2025 The weekend drive starting from the “Nevado Sajama” drill site brought Curiosity back into the “Mo...
  • Trump signs sweeping executive order to assert U.S. dominance in space SpaceNews · 18 Dec 2025 The White House issued a sweeping executive order on space policy Dec. 18 covering topics from NASA’s exploration plans to space security.
  • Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge NASA · 18 Dec 2025 Whose Moon Mascot design will join the Artemis II astronauts on their historic voyage around the Moon in early 2026? Between March 7 and Jun. 16, 2025, NASA worked with crowdsourcing company Freelancer to seek design ide...
  • NASA Announces 2025 International Space Apps Challenge Global Winners NASA · 18 Dec 2025 NASA Space Apps announced Thursday 10 winners of the 2025 NASA Space Apps Challenge. During this two-day hackathon, participants gathered at 551 local events across 167 countries and territories to showcase their STEM sk...
  • Rocket Lab launches 4 novel DiskSat satellites for U.S. Space Force, NASA Spaceflight Now · 18 Dec 2025 The STP-S30 mission was moved up five months on the launch manifest for Rocket Lab. This was the 20th launch of an Electron rocket in 2025.
  • NASA Lab Completes Engine Checks on New Aircraft NASA · 18 Dec 2025 Justin Hall, left, controls a subscale aircraft as Justin Link holds the aircraft in place during preliminary engine tests on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at NASA’s Armstong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Hall...
  • NASA’s Hubble Sees Asteroids Colliding at Nearby Star for First Time NASA · 18 Dec 2025 Like a game of cosmic bumper cars, scientists think the early days of our solar system were a time of violent turmoil, with planetesimals, asteroids, and comets smashing together and pelting the Earth, Moon, and the othe...
  • NASA, Boeing Test How to Improve Performance of Longer, Narrower Aircraft Wings NASA · 18 Dec 2025 The airliner you board in the future could look a lot different from today’s, with longer, thinner wings that provide a smoother ride while saving fuel. Those wings would be a revolutionary design for commercial aircraft...
  • Hubble sees asteroids colliding around nearby star ESA · 18 Dec 2025 In a historical milestone, astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope witnessed the catastrophic collisions in a nearby planetary system. As they observed the bright star Fomalhaut, scientists saw the impact o...
  • NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory Completes First Cosmic Map Like No Other NASA · 18 Dec 2025 Launched in March, NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has completed its first infrared map of the entire sky in 102 colors. While not visible to the human eye, these 102 infrared wavelengths of light are prevalent in the cos...
  • NASA Welcomes 15th Administrator Jared Isaacman NASA · 18 Dec 2025 Jared Isaacman was sworn in Thursday as NASA’s 15th administrator by District Judge Timothy J. Kelly. The oath was taken during a ceremony held at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. As NASA administr...
  • A Look Back at NASA Stennis in 2025 NASA · 18 Dec 2025 In 2025, NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, marked a year of progress by supporting NASA’s Artemis campaign, celebrating historic milestones, and continuing its role as a trusted propulsion test...
  • 2025 Science Activation Opportunity NASA · 18 Dec 2025 NASA Science encourages all people to actively participate in science through activities and resources developed by a collaborative network of project teams drawing on NASA SMD assets (science content, experts, data, etc...
  • Payroll NASA · 18 Dec 2025 The NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) Payroll Office (NPO) reviews, validates, and delivers time and attendance data to the Department of the Interior (DOI) Interior Business Center (IBC) for NASA Centers. NPO acts as l...
  • 2025 in Review: Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valley NASA · 18 Dec 2025 NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley continued to make strides in research, technology, engineering, science, and innovation this past year. Join us as we take a look back at some of the highlights...
  • NASA’s DiskSat Technology Demo Launches to Low Earth Orbit NASA · 18 Dec 2025 NASA’s DiskSat technology demonstration mission will test the performance of a new small spacecraft platform designed to expand the capabilities of current small spacecraft. By demonstrating the advantages of a flat, dis...
  • NASA eClips STEM Student Ambassadors Shine at STEM Exploration Community Event NASA · 18 Dec 2025 The 5th Annual Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Exploration Community Event hosted by the Coastal Virginia STEM Hub and the NASA eClips Education Team from the National Institute of Aerospace Center...
  • NASA Astronaut Lee Morin to Retire After 30 Years of Innovation NASA · 18 Dec 2025 NASA astronaut and retired United States Navy Capt. Lee Morin has retired from the agency after 30 years of service. He served as a mission specialist on STS-110 and went on to oversee the Rapid Prototyping Laboratory an...
  • NASA’s Fermi Spots Young Star Cluster Blowing Gamma-Ray Bubbles NASA · 18 Dec 2025 For the first time, astronomers using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have traced a budding outflow of gas from a cluster of young stars in our galaxy — insights that help us understand how the universe has evolve...
  • Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as 15th NASA Administrator Spaceflight Now · 18 Dec 2025 The vote on Dec. 17 closes out a year-long nomination process featuring the removal and renomination of the commercial astronaut.
  • Space community celebrates Isaacman confirmation SpaceNews · 18 Dec 2025 The space community welcomed the confirmation of Jared Isaacman as NASA’s next administrator, expressing hope he can lead the agency forward and relief that a long confirmation process is over.
  • Perseverance rover cleared for long distance Mars exploration SpaceDaily · 18 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 After nearly five years operating inside Mars Jezero Crater, NASA's Perseverance rover has logged almost 25 miles (40 kilometers) of driving while engineers certify that its mobility har...
  • NASA CubeSat puts dual micropropulsion systems through orbital trial SpaceDaily · 18 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 NASA and commercial partners are using a small satellite mission called DUPLEX (Dual Propulsion Experiment) to demonstrate new propulsion options for small spacecraft operating in low Ea...
  • Sandia centrifuge campaign clears NASA VIPER rover for lunar launch SpaceDaily · 18 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, has cleared a major test campaign at Sandia National Laboratories that is intended to show the 1,000-pound lunar rover c...
  • Billionaire Trump nominee confirmed to lead NASA amid Moon race SpaceDaily · 18 Dec 2025 Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 17, 2025 The US Senate on Wednesday approved President Donald Trump's re-nomination of billionaire Jared Isaacman to head NASA, following months of backtracking and uncertainty over th...

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