May 2025

University Student Research Challenge
Aeronautics
Flight Innovation
Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program
University Innovation
NASA has selected two more university student teams to help address real-world aviation challenges, through projects aimed at using drones for hurricane relief and improved protection of air traffic systems from cyber threats.  The research awards were made through NASA’s University Student Research Challenge (USRC), which provides student-led team
Posted May 15, 2025
Mars
Mars Moons
Perseverance (Rover)
NASA’s Perseverance rover captured this view of Deimos, the smaller of Mars’ two moons, shining in the sky at 4:27 a.m. local time on March 1, 2025, the 1,433rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. In the dark before dawn, the rover’s left navigation camera used its maximum long-exposure time of 3.28 seconds for […]
Posted May 15, 2025
SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Oceanography
Oceans
The international mission collects two-dimensional views of smaller waves and currents that are bringing into focus the ocean’s role in supporting life on Earth. Small things matter, at least when it comes to ocean features like waves and eddies.
Posted May 15, 2025
Citizen Science
Heliophysics
Noctilucent or night-shining clouds are rare, high-altitude clouds that glow with a blue silvery hue at dusk or dawn when the Sun shines on them from below the horizon. These ice clouds typically occur near the North and South Poles but are increasingly being reported at mid- and low latitudes. Observing them helps scientists better […]
Posted May 15, 2025
Space Operations Mission Directorate
Christine Braden values new experiences that broaden her perspective; a mindset that has guided her 26-year career at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, where she currently serves as a senior systems engineer in the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program.
Posted May 15, 2025
ISS Research
International Space Station (ISS)
Science in Space: May Crew members on the International Space Station periodically conduct spacewalks to perform a variety of tasks such as installing, upgrading, and repairing equipment.
Posted May 15, 2025
Science Mission Directorate
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
The Solar System
The Sun
The Sun & Solar Physics
Will the Sun ever burn out? Well, the Sun, just like the stars we see at night, is a star. It’s a giant ball of super hot hydrogen. Gravity squeezes it in and it creates energy, which is what makes the Sun shine. Eventually, it will use up all of that hydrogen. But in the […]
Posted May 15, 2025
Uncategorized
Written by Alex Jones, Ph.D. candidate at Imperial College London  After a busy few months exploring the outer slopes of the Jezero crater rim at an area named “Witch Hazel Hill,” the Perseverance Science Team was eyeing another sample of these truly ancient rocks, which likely predate Jezero crater itself.   The target? A rock containing […]
Posted May 15, 2025
Auroras
Eclipses
Opportunities For Students to Get Involved
Science Activation
In the heart of Alaska’s winter, where the night sky stretches endlessly and the aurora dances across the sky in a display of ethereal beauty, nine undergraduate students from across the United States were about to embark on a transformative journey.
Posted May 15, 2025
Space Operations Mission Directorate
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Office
Launch Services Program
NASA Headquarters
NASA has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Long Beach, California, to launch the agency’s Aspera mission, a SmallSat to study galaxy formation and evolution, providing new insights into how the universe works. The selection is part of NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract.
Posted May 14, 2025
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