December 2024

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
Earth
Earth Science Division
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Oceans
Intrusion of saltwater into coastal groundwater can make water there unusable, damage ecosystems, and corrode infrastructure.
Posted December 11, 2024
Climate Change
Earth
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Water on Earth
Earth’s rainy days are changing: They’re becoming less frequent, but more intense. Vegetation is responding.
Posted December 11, 2024
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
That’s a wrap! Astronauts aboard the International Space Station conducted hundreds of science experiments and technology demonstrations during 2024. Crew members participated in research across a variety of scientific disciplines and accomplished milestones demonstrating benefits for future missions and humanity back on Earth.
Posted December 11, 2024
Learning Resources
For Colleges & Universities
For Educators
Outside the Classroom
Partner with NASA STEM
In the two years since NASA’s Orion spacecraft returned to Earth with more than 2,000 tree seedlings sourced in a partnership with USDA Forest Service, Artemis I Moon trees have taken root at 236 locations across the contiguous United States.
Posted December 11, 2024
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Galaxy clusters
Goddard Space Flight Center
Gravitational Lensing
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
The Universe
For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected and “weighed” a galaxy that not only existed around 600 million years after the big bang, but is also similar to what our Milky Way galaxy’s mass might have been at the same stage of development. Other galaxies Webb has detected at this time […]
Posted December 11, 2024
General
At Goddard Space Flight Center, the GSFC Data Science Group has completed the testing for their SatVision Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA) Foundation Model, a geospatial foundation model for coarse-resolution all-sky remote sensing imagery.
Posted December 11, 2024
Ingenuity (Helicopter)
Astrobiology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars 2020
Perseverance (Rover)
The review takes a close look the final flight of the agency’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which was the first aircraft to fly on another world. Engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and AeroVironment are completing a detailed assessment of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s final flight on Jan.
Posted December 11, 2024
Podcasts
Astronauts
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
NASA Headquarters
Social Media
NASA’s audio storytelling reached new frontiers in 2024, with Spotify Wrapped revealing the agency’s podcasts as a favorite among listeners worldwide. In celebration of the milestone, NASA astronaut Nick Hague spoke with Spotify about what space sounded like this year.
Posted December 10, 2024
Jasmin Moghbeli
Loral O'Hara
NASA Headquarters
On Dec. 4, 2024, NASA astronauts Loral O’Hara, left, and Jasmin Moghbeli spent a moment in part of the Earth Information Center, an immersive experience combining live NASA data sets with innovative data visualization and storytelling at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
Posted December 10, 2024
Blogs
At Pico Turquino, a bedrock mesa on the Jezero crater rim, the science and engineering teams planned proximity science on Percy’s 30th abrasion patch, Rio Chiquito. SCAM and ZCAM characterized the rock near the abrasion, while SHERLOC and PIXL instruments were deployed for proximity science.
Posted December 10, 2024
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