June 2024

Earth Science
Climate Science
Earth
GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment)
GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on)
Science & Research
Record snowfall in recent years has not been enough to offset long-term drying conditions and increasing groundwater demands in the U.S. Southwest, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data. Declining water levels in the Great Salt Lake and Lake Mead have been testaments to a megadrought afflicting western North America since 2000. But […]
Posted June 17, 2024
Learning Resources
For Educators
For Kids and Students
Grades 5 - 8
Grades 5 - 8 for Educators
Grades 9 - 12
Grades 9-12 for Educators
Grades K - 4
Grades K - 4 for Educators
Outside the Classroom
The school year has come to an end, and those long summer days are stretching ahead like an open runway. Parents and educators often worry about the “summer slide,” the concept that students may lose academic ground while out of school. But summer doesn’t mean students’ imaginations have to stay grounded! Are you hoping to […]
Posted June 17, 2024
Marshall Science Research & Projects
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Science Projects
Several funding proposals for General Observer (GO) IXPE observations have been accepted by NASA headquarters.
Posted June 17, 2024
Astrophysics
Crab Nebula
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Nebulae
Neutron Stars
Pulsars
Science & Research
Stars
Supernovae
New data revises our view of this unusual supernova explosion. A team of scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to parse the composition of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant located 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Taurus.
Posted June 17, 2024
Aeronautics
Flight Innovation
Transformational Tools Technologies
Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program
NASA and its international partners are using the same generically shaped wing design to create physical and digital research models to better understand how air moves around an aircraft during takeoff and landing.
Posted June 17, 2024
Night Sky Network
Solstices were some of our earliest astronomical observations, celebrated throughout history via many summer and winter celebrations.
Posted June 15, 2024
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Missions
NASA and Boeing will discuss Starliner’s mission and departure from the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test in a pre-departure media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 18.
Posted June 14, 2024
Marshall Space Flight Center
For Colleges & Universities
Learning Resources
Over 1,000 students from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico launched high-powered, amateur rockets on April 13, just north of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of the agency’s annual Student Launch competition.
Posted June 14, 2024
Mission Equity
General
Each year, Black Space Week celebrates the achievements of Black Americans in space-related fields. To kick-off Black Space Week 2024, NASA is collaborating with the National Space Council for the Beyond the Color Lines: From Science Fiction to Science Fact forum on Monday, June 17, at 11:30 a.m. EDT at the National Museum of African […]
Posted June 14, 2024
Planetary Defense Coordination Office
Planetary Defense
Planetary Science Division
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
NASA will host a virtual media briefing at 3:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 20, to discuss a new summary of a recent tabletop exercise to simulate national and international responses to a hypothetical asteroid impact threat. The fifth biennial Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise was held April 2 and 3, 2024, at the Johns Hopkins […]
Posted June 14, 2024
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