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- Artemis Astronauts & Orion Leadership Visit NASA Ames NASA · 2 Apr 2025 As NASA prepares to send astronauts to the Moon aboard the Orion spacecraft, research, testing, and development at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley has played a critical role. Recently, Ames wel...
- What Are the Dangers of Going to Space? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 55 NASA · 2 Apr 2025 What are the dangers of going to space? For human spaceflight, the first thing I think about is the astronauts actually strapping themselves to a rocket. And if that isn’t dangerous enough, once they launch and they’re o...
- NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch to Join Station Expedition 72/73 NASA · 2 Apr 2025 NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft to the International Space Station, accompanied by cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, where they will join the Expedition 72/...
- NASA Continues Support for Private Astronaut Missions to Space Station NASA · 2 Apr 2025 NASA is seeking proposals for two new private astronaut missions to the International Space Station, targeted for 2026 and 2027, as the agency continues its commitment to expanding access to space. These private missions...
- NASA Space Flight Awareness Program Recognizes Stennis Employees NASA · 2 Apr 2025 NASA’s Stennis Space Center employees were recognized with Honoree Awards from NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program during a March 10 ceremony in Orlando, Florida, for outstanding support of human spaceflight. Melissa W...
- Rocket Test Group Visits NASA Stennis NASA · 2 Apr 2025 NASA Stennis partnered with Mississippi Enterprise for Technology to host more than 100 members of the 57th Rocket Test Group on March 18-19. The group toured the south Mississippi NASA center on March 19, learning how N...
- NASA Webb Explores Effect of Strong Magnetic Fields on Star Formation NASA · 2 Apr 2025 Follow-up research on a 2023 image of the Sagittarius C stellar nursery in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, has revealed ejections from still-forming protostars and insigh...
- Biotech is the launchpad for human survival in space SpaceNews · 2 Apr 2025 With NASA’s Artemis program preparing for the first crewed moon landing since 1972, four commercial space stations in development, and companies like SpaceX setting their sights on Mars, long-duration human […]
- NASA Research Examines the Multicellular Behavior of Unique Bacteria NASA · 2 Apr 2025 In a recent study, NASA-supported researchers gained new insight into the lives of bacteria that survive by grouping together as if they were a multi-cellular organism. The organisms in the study are the only bacteria kn...
- CLPS companies seek expanded opportunities for commercial lunar landers SpaceNews · 2 Apr 2025 Lunar lander companies want NASA to revise and expand its approach to buy services as Congress raises questions about NASA’s handling of VIPER.
- Citizen Scientists Use NASA Open Science Data to Research Life in Space NASA · 2 Apr 2025 How can life thrive in deep space? The Open Science Data Repository Analysis Working Groups invite volunteers from all backgrounds to help answer this question. Request to join these citizen science groups to help invest...
- NASA’s Petro Endorses Space Science, But Budget Future a Question Mark SpacePolicyOnline.com · 2 Apr 2025 NASA Acting Administrator Janet Petro enthusiastically endorsed NASA’s space science program today in an address to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Noting the exciting missions already enro...
- Who Was Alan Shepard? (Grades 5-8) NASA · 1 Apr 2025 This article is for students grades 5-8. Alan Shepard was the first American in space. He was one of NASA’s first seven astronauts. Later, he walked on the moon during the Apollo program. What Was Shepard’s Early Life Li...
- Who Was Alan Shepard? (Grades 5-8) NASA · 1 Apr 2025 This article is for students grades 5-8. Alan Shepard was the first American in space. He was one of NASA’s first seven astronauts. Later, he walked on the moon during the Apollo program. What Was Shepard’s Early Life Li...
- NASA Receives 10 Nominations for the 29th Annual Webby Awards NASA · 1 Apr 2025 Since it began in 1958, NASA has been charged by law with spreading the word about its work to the widest extent practicable. From typewritten press releases to analog photos and film, the agency has effectively moved in...
- NASA’s SPHEREx Takes First Images, Preps to Study Millions of Galaxies NASA · 1 Apr 2025 Processed with rainbow hues to represent a range of infrared wavelengths, the new pictures indicate the astrophysics space observatory is working as expected. NASA’s SPHEREx (short for Spectro-Photometer for the History...
- Studying Ice for the Future of Flight NASA · 1 Apr 2025 Thomas Ozoroski, a researcher at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, takes icing accretion measurements in October 2024 as part of transonic truss-braced wing concept research. In the future, aircraft with long, t...
- What’s Up: April 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA · 1 Apr 2025 April (Meteor) Showers and See a City of Stars! Enjoy observing planets in the morning and evening sky, look for Lyrid meteors, and hunt for the “faint fuzzy” wonder that is the distant and ancient city of stars known as...
- NASA History News and Notes–Spring 2025 NASA · 1 Apr 2025 The NASA History Office brings you the new Spring 2025 issue of NASA History News & Notes reflecting on some of the transitional periods in NASA’s history, as well as the legacies of past programs. Topics include NASA’s...
- Ways Community College Students Can Get Involved With NASA NASA · 1 Apr 2025 For many students, the path to a NASA career begins at a community college. These local, two-year institutions offer valuable flexibility and options to those aspiring to be part of the nation’s next generation STEM work...
- Butch and Suni to Meet with Boeing Leadership on Starliner’s Path Forward SpacePolicyOnline.com · 31 Mar 2025 The two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, but returned on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, will soon meet with Boeing’s leadership about getting Starliner
- NASA Trains for Orion Water Recovery Ahead of Artemis II Launch NASA · 31 Mar 2025 Preparations for NASA’s next Artemis flight recently took to the seas as a joint NASA and Department of Defense team, led by NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program, spent a week aboard the USS Somerset off the coast o...
- Vertical Lift Technology at NASA Ames Research Center NASA · 31 Mar 2025 The Aeromechanics Office at NASA’s Ames Research Center focuses on advancing vertical lift aircraft, including eVTOLs, through research and development in areas like acoustics, aeromechanics, and flight dynamics, aiming...
- Old Missions, New Discoveries: NASA’s Data Archives Accelerate Science NASA · 31 Mar 2025 Every NASA mission represents a leap into the unknown, collecting data that pushes the boundaries of human understanding. But the story doesn’t end when the mission concludes. The data carefully preserved in NASA’s archi...
- Artemis II Core Stage Integration – Complete! NASA · 31 Mar 2025 Technicians from NASA and primary contractor Amentum join the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the stacked solid rocket boosters for the Artemis II mission at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 23, 2025...
- Career Spotlight: Scientist (Ages 14-18) NASA · 31 Mar 2025 What does a scientist do? Science is about exploring answers to questions. A scientist uses research and evidence to form hypotheses, test variables, and then share their findings. NASA scientists conduct groundbreaking...
- 20-Year Hubble Study of Uranus Yields New Atmospheric Insights NASA · 31 Mar 2025 The ice-giant planet Uranus, which travels around the Sun tipped on its side, is a weird and mysterious world. Now, in an unprecedented study spanning two decades, researchers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have unc...
- University High Triumphs at JPL-Hosted Ocean Sciences Bowl NASA · 31 Mar 2025 The annual regional event puts students’ knowledge of ocean-related science to the test in a fast-paced academic competition. A team of students from University High School in Irvine earned first place at a fast-paced re...
- El X-59 de la NASA completa la prueba de ‘control de crucero’ mantenimiento automático de velocidad del motor NASA · 31 Mar 2025 Read this story in English here. El equipo detrás del X-59 de la NASA completó en marzo otra prueba crítica en tierra, garantizando que el silencioso avión supersónico será capaz de mantener una velocidad específica dura...
- She Speaks for the Samples: Meet Dr. Juliane Gross, Artemis Campaign Sample Curation Lead NASA · 31 Mar 2025 Based at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division, or ARES, curates the most extensive collection of extraterrestrial materials on Earth, ranging from microscop...
- NASA Awards Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2025 NASA · 31 Mar 2025 The highly competitive NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP) recently named 24 new fellows to its 2025 class. The NHFP fosters excellence and leadership in astrophysics by supporting exceptionally promising and innovativ...
- Nelson concerned about NASA layoffs and other changes SpaceNews · 31 Mar 2025 Former NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says he is concerned about some of the recent changes at the agency, such as the firing of its chief scientist.
- NASA adds Starship to launch contract SpaceNews · 31 Mar 2025 NASA has added SpaceX’s Starship to a contract used for launching agency missions, but the vehicle still has significant work ahead before it can start launching major missions.
- NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for SpaceX Starship NASA · 28 Mar 2025 NASA has awarded SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, a modification under the NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to add Starship to their existing Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch service offerings. The NLS II contracts provi...
- NASA Boosts Efficiency with Custom X-66 Flooring NASA · 28 Mar 2025 NASA designed temporary floorboards for the MD-90 aircraft to use while it is transformed into the X-66 experimental demonstrator aircraft. These floorboards will protect the original flooring and streamline the modifica...
- NASA to put Starliner’s thrusters through an extensive workout before next launch Ars Technica · 28 Mar 2025 "We’ll continue to work through certification toward the end of this year."
- Visiting Mars on the Way to the Outer Solar System NASA · 28 Mar 2025 Written by Roger Wiens, Principal Investigator, SuperCam instrument / Co-Investigator, SHERLOC instrument at Purdue University Recently Mars has had a few Earthly visitors. On March 1, NASA’s Europa Clipper flew within 5...
- NASA Employee Meets Success at NASA Stennis NASA · 28 Mar 2025 A career path can unfold in unexpected ways. Ask NASA’s Rebecca Mataya. The journey to NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, was not planned but “meant to be,” she said. While working for a local b...
- Hubble Spots a Chance Alignment NASA · 28 Mar 2025 The subject of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 5530. This galaxy is situated 40 million light-years away in the constellation Lupus, the Wolf, and classified as a ‘floccule...
- Artemis II on Track, But NASA Awaits Starship Milestones for Artemis III SpacePolicyOnline.com · 28 Mar 2025 NASA’s Artemis II crewed test flight is just over a year away. That April 2026 mission appears to be on track, but questions remain about whether the next flight, Artemis