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- Dusty wisps round a dusty disc ESA · 29 Aug 2025 For this new Picture of the Month feature, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided a fantastic new view of IRAS 04302+2247, a planet-forming disc located about 525 light-years away in a dark cloud within...
- NASA Awards Spaceflight Operations, Systems Organization Contract NASA · 28 Aug 2025 NASA has awarded ASCEND Aerospace & Technology of Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Contract for Organizing Spaceflight Mission Operations and Systems (COSMOS), to provide services at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Hous...
- NASA Invites Media to Learn About New Missions to Map Sun’s Influence NASA · 28 Aug 2025 NASA will hold a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 4, to discuss the agency’s upcoming Sun and space weather missions, IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) and Carruthers Geocorona Obse...
- NASA Marsquake Data Reveals Lumpy Nature of Red Planet’s Interior NASA · 28 Aug 2025 Rocky material that impacted Mars lies scattered in giant lumps throughout the planet’s mantle, offering clues about Mars’ interior and its ancient past. What appear to be fragments from the aftermath of massive impacts...
- NASA, International Astronauts to Address Students from New York NASA · 28 Aug 2025 NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui will connect with students in New York as they answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) quest...
- NASA Scientists Help Maryland County Plan to Beat Summer Heat Risks NASA · 28 Aug 2025 Thousands of Americans are impacted each summer by excessive heat and humidity, some suffering from heat-related illnesses when the body can’t cool itself down. Data from NASA satellites could help local governments redu...
- NASA’s Chandra Reveals Star’s Inner Conflict Before Explosion NASA · 28 Aug 2025 The inside of a star turned on itself before it spectacularly exploded, according to a new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Today, this shattered star, known as the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant, is one of t...
- Meet NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission Masterminds NASA · 27 Aug 2025 As four astronauts venture around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II test flight in 2026, many people will support the journey from here on Earth. Teams directing operations from the ground include the mission management team...
- Strap In! NASA Aeroshell Material Takes Extended Space Trip NASA · 27 Aug 2025 Components of a NASA technology that could one day help crew and cargo enter harsh planetary environments, like that of Mars, are taking an extended trip to space courtesy of the United States Space Force. On Aug. 21, se...
- NASA Seeks Volunteers to Track Artemis II Mission NASA · 27 Aug 2025 NASA seeks volunteers to passively track the Artemis II Orion spacecraft as the crewed mission travels to the Moon and back to Earth. The Artemis II test flight, a launch of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket...
- Portrait of an Astronaut NASA · 27 Aug 2025 NASA astronaut Zena Cardman poses for a portrait in a photography studio on March 22, 2024, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Cardman is currently aboard the International Space Station, where she perform...
- Webb investigates complex heart of a cosmic butterfly ESA · 27 Aug 2025 The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details in the core of the Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302. From the dense, dusty torus that surrounds the star hidden at the centre of the nebula to its outflowing...
- Inside NASA’s New Orion Mission Evaluation Room for Artemis II NASA · 26 Aug 2025 As NASA’s Orion spacecraft is carrying crew around the Moon on the Artemis II mission, a team of expert engineers in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will be meticulously monitoring th...
- Reaching Out NASA · 26 Aug 2025 This image released on Aug. 20, 2025, combines new radio data from the Australia Telescope Compact Array with X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Chandra first released an image of this pulsar and its surro...
- NASA Test Deploys Roman Space Telescope Solar Panels, ‘Visor’ NASA · 26 Aug 2025 On Aug. 7 and 8, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team assessed the observatory’s solar panels and a visor-like sunshade called the deployable aperture cover — two components that will be stowed for launch and un...
- NASA Stennis Provides Ideal Setting for Range Operations NASA · 26 Aug 2025 Think of NASA’s Stennis Space Center, and one likely thinks of rocket propulsion testing. The site has a long history of testing to support the nation’s space efforts, including the current Artemis program to send astron...
- Four laser links over 300 million kilometres: ESA concludes daring optical communication campaign ESA · 26 Aug 2025 Over the summer, the European Space Agency ran an optical communication demonstration campaign using two observatories on Earth and NASA’s Psyche mission. All four optical links were successful.
- ESA wraps up 300-million-kilometre optical communication campaign ESA · 26 Aug 2025 Over the summer, the European Space Agency ran an optical communication demonstration campaign using two observatories on Earth and NASA’s Psyche mission. All four optical links were successful.
- From NASA Citizen Scientist to Astronaut Training: An Interview with Benedetta Facini NASA · 25 Aug 2025 Titans Space Industries, a commercial space company, selected a new cohort of astronaut candidates this spring – and among them is NASA citizen scientist, Benedetta Facini. She has participated in not one, but many NASA...
- NASA’s X-59 at Sunrise NASA · 25 Aug 2025 NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the ramp at sunrise before ground tests at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, on July 18, 2025. Following completion of low-speed taxi t...
- Washington State Student Wins 2025 NASA Art Contest NASA · 25 Aug 2025 A Washington state high school student with a passion for art, space exploration, and a curiosity about the possibility of life on other planets earned the grand prize for the 2025 NASA Student Art Contest. Dahyun Jung’s...
- Astronomers Map Stellar ‘Polka Dots’ Using NASA’s TESS, Kepler NASA · 25 Aug 2025 Scientists have devised a new method for mapping the spottiness of distant stars by using observations from NASA missions of orbiting planets crossing their stars’ faces. The model builds on a technique researchers have...
- NASA Accepts Proposals for 2026 Student Launch Challenge NASA · 25 Aug 2025 NASA is kicking off the 2026 Student Launch challenge, looking for new student teams to design, build, and launch high-powered rockets with a scientific or engineering payload next April. The agency is seeking proposals...
- Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2: Collaboration Drives Innovation NASA · 25 Aug 2025 Introduction Landsat, a joint program of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), has been an invaluable tool for monitoring changes in Earth’s land surface for over 50 years. Researchers use instruments on Landsat sa...
- Lindy Garay: Supporting Space Station Safety and Success NASA · 25 Aug 2025 Lindy Garay always knew she wanted to develop software. She did not anticipate that her work would contribute to human spaceflight. The electrical and software engineering degree Garay earned from the University of Texas...
- NASA, SpaceX launch Dragon to the ISS on extended cargo, station boosting mission Spaceflight Now · 24 Aug 2025 This will be the 50th Dragon vehicle to visit the International Space Station, including the Dragon 1 vehicles that were berthed to the orbiting lab. Docking with the Harmony module is anticipated Monday, Aug. 25, at 7:3...
- NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 33rd SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station NASA · 24 Aug 2025 Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 33rd commercial resupply mission, new scientific experiments and cargo for the agency are bound for the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying m...
- Live coverage: NASA, SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket, Dragon spacecraft on CRS-33 from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 23 Aug 2025 This will be the first Cargo Dragon flight featuring a modified trunk that allows it to perform multiple orbital boosts of the International Space Station. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space...
- NASA Tests Tools to Assess Drone Safety Over Cities NASA · 22 Aug 2025 A future with advanced air mobility aircraft populating the skies will require the U.S. to implement enhanced preflight planning that can mitigate potential risks well before takeoff – and NASA is working to develop the...
- NASA Shares Final Contenders for Artemis II Moon Mascot Design Contest NASA · 22 Aug 2025 NASA is down to 25 finalists for the Artemis II zero gravity indicator set to fly with the mission’s crew around the Moon and back next year. Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch of NASA, and CSA (C...
- Epic Research Can Help Mars Missions NASA · 22 Aug 2025 The parachute of the Enhancing Parachutes by Instrumenting the Canopy, or EPIC, test experiment deploys following an air launch from an Alta X drone on June 4, 2025, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards,...
- NASA’s Bennu Samples Reveal Complex Origins, Dramatic Transformation NASA · 22 Aug 2025 Asteroid Bennu, sampled by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in 2023, is a mixture of dust that formed in our solar system, organic matter from interstellar space, and pre-solar system stardust. Its unique and varied contents we...
- Hubble Observes Noteworthy Nearby Spiral Galaxy NASA · 22 Aug 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image offers a new view of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 2835, which lies 35 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra (the Water Snake). The galaxy’s spiral arms are dotted...
- NASA’s SpaceX 33rd Commercial Resupply Mission Overview NASA · 21 Aug 2025 NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 2:45 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 24, for the next launch to deliver scientific investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station.
- NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in Ohio NASA · 21 Aug 2025 NASA astronauts Michael Fincke and Zena Cardman will connect with students in Ohio as they answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions aboard the International Space Station. The...
- NASA’s Artemis II Lunar Science Operations to Inform Future Missions NASA · 21 Aug 2025 While the Artemis II crew will be the first humans to test NASA’s Orion spacecraft in space, they will also conduct science investigations that will inform future deep space missions, including a lunar science investigat...
- Cities by the Bay NASA · 21 Aug 2025 NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers took this photo of California’s San Francisco Bay Area surrounded by the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, and their suburbs on Aug. 3, 2025. At the time, the International Spac...
- Close-Up Views of NASA’s DART Impact to Inform Planetary Defense NASA · 21 Aug 2025 On Sept. 11, 2022, engineers at a flight control center in Turin, Italy, sent a radio signal into deep space. Its destination was NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft flying toward an asteroid more t...
- NASA Invites Media to Joint Launch of Sun, Space Weather Missions NASA · 21 Aug 2025 Media accreditation is open for the launch of three observatories that will study the Sun and enhance the ability to make accurate space weather forecasts, helping protect technology systems that affect life on Earth. NA...
- NASA Selecting New Astronauts, Gearing Up for Artemis II SpacePolicyOnline.com · 21 Aug 2025 In four weeks, NASA will introduce a new class of astronauts as it begins gearing up for the launch of Artemis II, the first time humans will travel around the