October 2024

NASA Announces STEM Engagement Lead, Chief Economist Retirements

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday Mike Kincaid, associate administrator, Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM), and Alexander MacDonald, chief economist, will retire from the agency. Following Kincaid’s departure on Nov.

Posted October 28, 2024

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Goddard Space Flight Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Successfully Integrates Coronagraph for Roman Space Telescope

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully completed integration of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument onto Roman’s Instrument Carrier, a piece of infrastructure that will hold the mission’s instruments, which will be integrated onto the larger spacecraft at a later date.

Posted October 28, 2024

Artemis

Artemis 3

Earth's Moon

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Human Landing System Program

Humans in Space

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA Provides Update on Artemis III Moon Landing Regions

As NASA prepares for the first crewed Moon landing in more than five decades, the agency has identified an updated set of nine potential landing regions near the lunar South Pole for its Artemis III mission. These areas will be further investigated through scientific and engineering study. NASA will continue to survey potential areas for […]

Posted October 28, 2024

Blogs

Sols 4343-4344: Late Slide, Late Changes

Earth planning date: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 Curiosity is driving along the western edge of the Gediz Vallis channel, heading for a good vantage point before turning westward and leaving the channel behind to explore the canyons beyond. The contact science for “Chuck Pass” on sol 4341 and backwards 30-meter drive (about 98 feet) on […]

Posted October 26, 2024

Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)

Artemis Accords

Missions

NASA Welcomes Chile as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

Chile signed the Artemis Accords Friday during a ceremony hosted by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, becoming the 47th nation and the seventh South American country to commit to the responsible exploration of space for all humanity.

Posted October 26, 2024

Blogs

Red Rocks with Green Spots at ‘Serpentine Rapids’

After discovering and sampling the “leopard spots” of “Bright Angel,” it became apparent that Perseverance’s journey of discovery in this region was not yet finished.

Posted October 25, 2024

NASA en español

Aeronáutica

Hispanic Heritage Month

Destacado de la NASA: Felipe Valdez, un ingeniero inspirador

Read this story in English here.

Posted October 25, 2024

Galaxies

Hubble Space Telescope

Spiral Galaxies

Hubble Sees a Celestial Cannonball

The spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is IC 3225. It looks remarkably as if it was launched from a cannon, speeding through space like a comet with a tail of gas streaming from its disk behind it. The scenes that galaxies appear in from Earth’s point of view are fascinating; many seem to hang […]

Posted October 25, 2024

Earth Science

Autumn Leaves – Call for Volunteers

The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program is calling on volunteers of all ages to help students and citizen scientists document seasonal change through leaf color and land cover.

Posted October 25, 2024

Earth Science

Grades 5 - 8 for Educators

Grades 9-12 for Educators

Grades K - 4 for Educators

Opportunities For Educators to Get Involved

Science Activation

Kites in the Classroom: Training Teachers to Conduct Remote Sensing Missions

The NASA Science Activation program’s AEROKATS and ROVER Education Network (AREN), led by Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) in Wayne County, MI, provides learners with hands-on opportunities to engage with science instruments & NASA technologies and practices in authentic, experiential learning environments.

Posted October 25, 2024