May 2025

Mars
MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)
Planets
After a decade of searching, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere Volatile Evolution) mission has, for the first time, reported a direct observation of an elusive atmospheric escape process called sputtering that could help answer longstanding questions about the history of water loss on Mars.
Posted May 29, 2025
Langley Research Center
Game Changing Development Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have developed a technique to test long, flexible, composite booms for use in space in such a way that gravity helps, rather than hinders, the process.
Posted May 29, 2025
General
Join NASA for a free screening of Cosmic Dawn, the incredible true story of the James Webb Space Telescope–humanity’s mission to unveil the early universe, against all odds. Cosmic Dawn is the incredible true story of the James Webb Space Telescope – humanity’s largest and most powerful space telescope – on a mission to unveil […]
Posted May 28, 2025
Hubble Space Telescope
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image offers us the chance to see a distant galaxy now some 19.5 billion light-years from Earth (but appearing as it did around 11 billion years ago, when the galaxy was 5.5 billion light-years away and began its trek to us through expanding space). Known as HerS 020941.1+001557, this remote galaxy appears […]
Posted May 28, 2025
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
Neutron Stars
Pulsars
Stars
The Universe
Scientists have discovered a star behaving like no other seen before, giving fresh clues about the origin of a new class of mysterious objects. As described in our press release, a team of astronomers combined data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the SKA [Square Kilometer Array] Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope on Wajarri Country in […]
Posted May 28, 2025
ISS Research
Biological & Physical Sciences
International Space Station (ISS)
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
How do we do research in zero gravity? Actually when astronauts do experiments on the International Space Station, for instance, to environment on organisms, that environment is actually technically called microgravity. That is, things feel weightless, but we’re still under the influence of Earth’s gravity.
Posted May 28, 2025
Citizen Science
Heliophysics
SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment)
Solar radio bursts, intense blasts of radio emission associated with solar flares, can wreak havoc on global navigation systems.
Posted May 28, 2025
Low Earth Orbit Economy
Commercial Space
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA-supported commercial space station, Vast’s Haven-1, recently completed a test of a critical air filter system for keeping future astronauts healthy in orbit. Testing confirmed the system can maintain a safe and healthy atmosphere for all planned Haven-1 mission phases.
Posted May 28, 2025
Biological & Physical Sciences
Earth Science
Internships
NASA STEM Projects
Opportunities For Students to Get Involved
Planetary Science
Science Activation
The NASA Science Activation program’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Enhancement in Earth Science (SEES) Summer Intern Program, hosted by the University of Texas Center for Space Research, continues to expand opportunities for high school students to engage in authentic spaceflight research.
Posted May 27, 2025
Blogs
Written by Conor Hayes, Graduate Student at York University Earth planning date: Friday, May 23, 2025 In Wednesday’s mission update, Alex mentioned that this past Monday’s plan included a “marathon” drive of 45 meters (148 feet). Today, we found ourselves almost 70 meters (230 feet) from where we were on Wednesday. This was our longest […]
Posted May 27, 2025
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