Student Art Murals at Johnson Celebrate 25 Years of Humanity in Space
NASA · 3 Dec 2025
Select walls at NASA’s Johnson Space Center have been transformed into works of art. Each piece reflects creativity, collaboration, and the spirit of discovery. Painted by Texas students, the murals honor the legacy of t...
NASA Rover Detects Electric Sparks in Mars Dust Devils, Storms
NASA · 3 Dec 2025
Perseverance confirmed a long-suspected phenomenon in which electrical discharges and their associated shock waves can be born within Red Planet mini-twisters. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has recorded the sounds of el...
Hubble Seeks Clusters in ‘Lost Galaxy’
NASA · 3 Dec 2025
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4535, which is situated about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden). Through a small telescope, this galaxy appears...
Jared Isaacman makes second appeal for NASA administrator position
Spaceflight Now · 3 Dec 2025
This will be the second hearing for the commercial astronaut, billionaire and entrepreneur following his first go around in April. This hearing is scheduled for Dec. 3 beginning at 10 a.m. EST (1500 UTC).
NASA desert drone trials refine navigation software for future Mars explorers
SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 To prepare new autonomous systems for Mars, NASA teams have been testing drones, a legged robot, and a winged flyer concept in harsh desert environments in California, New Mexico, and Vi...
Mars Rover Uncovers Evidence of Ancient Wet Climate in Jezero Crater
SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 NASA's Perseverance rover identified light-colored rocks in Jezero crater that consist of white, aluminum-rich kaolinite clay. These rocks formed after prolonged exposure to water leache...
NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Advances Research Aboard Space Station
NASA · 3 Dec 2025
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is wrapping up his first mission aboard the International Space Station in early December. During his stay, Kim conducted scientific experiments and technology demonstrations to benefit humanity...
A vindication for NASA’s CLPS program, and a victory for Firefly
SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025
Each year, SpaceNews selects the people, programs and technologies that have most influenced the direction of the space industry in the past year. Started in 2017, our annual celebration recognizes outsized achievements...
Defending NASA science in the face of sweeping budget cuts
SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025
Each year, SpaceNews selects the people, programs and technologies that have most influenced the direction of the space industry in the past year. Started in 2017, our annual celebration recognizes outsized achievements...
NASA Awards Lunar Freezer System Contract
NASA · 2 Dec 2025
NASA has selected the University of Alabama at Birmingham to provide the necessary systems required to return temperature sensitive science payloads to Earth from the Moon. The Lunar Freezer System contract is an indefin...
NASA’s Fly Foundational Robots Demo to Bolster In-Space Infrastructure
NASA · 2 Dec 2025
NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational Robots mission set to launch in late 2027. This mission aims to revolutionize in-space operations,...
NASA Tests Drones in Death Valley, Preps for Martian Sands and Skies
NASA · 2 Dec 2025
Next-generation drone flight software is just one of 25 technologies for the Red Planet that the space agency funded for development this year. When NASA engineers want to test a concept for exploring the Red Planet, the...
The U.S. Senate vs. the Athena Plan — NASA on trial
SpaceNews · 2 Dec 2025
On December 3, 2025, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold a hearing to examine the re-nomination of Mr. Jared Isaacman for NASA Administrator. A central issue at the Hearing will be...
NASA’s Moon Rocket Celebrates 250 Years of American Innovation
NASA · 2 Dec 2025
NASA is marking America’s 250th year with a bold new symbol of the nation’s relentless drive to explore. The America 250 emblem is now on the twin solid rocket boosters of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for Artemis...
It’s time to give NASA an astrophysics nervous system
SpaceNews · 2 Dec 2025
The most tragic event in modern astronomy isn’t a funding cut or a launch failure. It is a “missed connection.” Right now, a neutron star collision somewhere in the distant universe is blasting out a short gamma-ray burs...
Sugars, ‘Gum,’ Stardust Found in NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Samples
NASA · 2 Dec 2025
The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists’ biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As part of the ongoing study of pristine samples delivered to Eart...
The International Space Station Marks 25 Years of Continuous Human Presence
NASA · 2 Dec 2025
On Nov. 2, 2025, NASA honored 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station. What began as a fragile framework of modules has evolved into a springboard for international cooperation, advan...
Sun-watcher SOHO celebrates thirty years
ESA · 2 Dec 2025
On 2 December 1995 the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) blasted into space – on what was supposed to be a two-year mission.
Sagittarius B2 Molecular Cloud
NASA · 1 Dec 2025
The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured glowing cosmic dust heated by very young massive stars in unprecedented detail in this image of the Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) molecular cloud...
NASA confirms support for delayed European Mars rover: ESA
SpaceDaily · 1 Dec 2025
Bremen, Germany (AFP) Nov 26, 2025 NASA has confirmed that it will contribute to Europe's Martian rover Rosalind Franklin, which is scheduled to launch in 2028 after repeated delays, the European Space Agency said on Wed...
Newly Found Organics in Enceladus’ Plumes
NASA · 28 Nov 2025
Dramatic plumes, both large and small, spray water ice out from many locations along the famed tiger stripes near the south pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in this image released on Feb. 23, 2010. A study published in Oc...
Soyuz MS-28 Arrives at ISS
SpacePolicyOnline.com · 27 Nov 2025
Soyuz MS-28 arrived at the International Space Station this morning with its crew of two Russian cosmonauts and NASA’s Chris Williams. Unlike most Russian crew rotations, they are scheduled to
NASA Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Arrive at Space Station
NASA · 27 Nov 2025
NASA astronaut Chris Williams, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, safely arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday, expanding the orbiting laboratory’s crew to 10 for...
NASA astronaut, two cosmonauts take Thanksgiving Day ride to space station
Spaceflight Now · 27 Nov 2025
Astronomer-turned-medical physicist and now NASA astronaut Chris Williams joined two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz ferry ship Thursday for a Thanksgiving Day flight to the International Space Station, kicking off a p...
ESA DG Says NASA Confirms Commitment to ExoMars Rover
SpacePolicyOnline.com · 26 Nov 2025
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher announced today that NASA has confirmed it will help get the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover to Mars. Developed in partnership with Roscosmos, ESA terminated all
PLANETS Units Have Landed – Free NASA-Funded Out-of-School Time Resources
NASA · 26 Nov 2025
The NASA Science Activation program’s PLANETS (Planetary Learning that Advances the Nexus of Engineering, Technology, and Science) project, led by Northern Arizona University (NAU), is pleased to announce the official la...
Artemis II Orion Spacecraft Stacked
NASA · 26 Nov 2025
In this Oct. 20, 2025, photo, NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft with its launch abort system is stacked atop the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center...
ESA to Repurpose European Service Module and Earth Return Orbiter
European Spaceflight · 26 Nov 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) is exploring options to repurpose both the European Service Module and the Earth Return Orbiter, as support in the United States for the NASA programmes they were originally designed to se...
NASA's Mars Spacecraft Capture Images of Comet 3I/ATLAS
SpaceDaily · 26 Nov 2025
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 21, 2025 Two orbiters and a rover captured images of the interstellar object - from the closest location any of the agency's spacecraft may get - that could reveal new details. At the start of Octob...
NASA changes Starliner contract: First ISS mission to carry only cargo
SpaceDaily · 26 Nov 2025
Miami FL (UPI) Nov 26, 2025 Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will only fly cargo to the International Space Station after NASA changed the contract with Boeing that also cut the number of missions for the craft. On Monday,...
ESCAPADE spacecraft capture first images while en route to Mars
SpaceDaily · 26 Nov 2025
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 About a week after liftoff, the twin spacecraft of NASA's ESCAPADE mission returned their first images as they journey away from Earth. On November 21, one of the two spacecraft used its...
Second CHAPEA Crew Begins Extended Mars Habitat Mission at NASA Johnson
SpaceDaily · 26 Nov 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 NASA's second CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) mission is underway with four volunteers - Ross Elder, Ellen Ellis, Matthew Montgomery, and James Spicer - beginning...
OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft completes Earth flyby on its journey to explore Apophis
SpaceDaily · 26 Nov 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 NASA's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft flew within 2,136 miles of Earth on Tuesday, Sept. 23, as part of its mission to study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis. During its close approach, the space...
NASA Orbiter Shines New Light on Long-Running Martian Mystery
SpaceDaily · 26 Nov 2025
Pasadena, Calif. (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 Results from an enhanced radar technique have demonstrated improvement to subsurface observations of Mars. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revisited and raised new questio...
Decoded star reveals signs of distant stellar merger and black hole companion
SpaceDaily · 26 Nov 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 Astronomers at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy analyzed the vibrations of a distant red giant star now orbiting a quiet black hole in the Gaia BH2 system. Using NASA's T...
LSAH Newsletter
NASA · 25 Nov 2025
The Lifetime Surveillance of Astronaut Health (LSAH) program collects, analyzes, and interprets medical, physiological, hazard exposure, and environmental data for the purpose of maintaining astronaut health and safety a...