September 2025

By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 19, 2025 Curiosity is currently driving along the ridges of a very uneven terrain. One of the bigger ridges we nicknamed “Autobahn,” which is the German word for a highway. But the rover didn’t stay on that […]
Posted September 24, 2025
Candidate Astronauts
NASA’s 2025 astronaut candidate class greets the crowd in this Sept. 22, 2025, image. The group was introduced Monday following a competitive selection process of more than 8,000 applicants from across the United States.
Posted September 23, 2025
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
BackgroundThe NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) has reviewed flight, ground test, and published data on ultraviolet-induced degradation of silicone based thermal control coatings.
Posted September 23, 2025
Biological & Physical Sciences
Citizen Science
Lettuce Find Healthy Space Food! Citizen Scientists Study Space Salads Missions to the Moon and Mars pose nutritional challenges for astronauts, but volunteers from NASA’s Open Science Data Repository Analysis Working Groups (OSDR-AWG) are working together to analyze data on astronaut health.
Posted September 22, 2025
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Star-forming Nebulae
Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope combine to reveal an otherworldly view of the star-forming region IC 348. In this image released on July 23, 2025, X-rays from Chandra are red, green, and blue, while infrared data from Webb are pink, orange, and purple. The wispy structures that dominate […]
Posted September 22, 2025
Astronauts
Candidate Astronauts
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
NASA en español
NASA Headquarters
Read this press release in English here. Diez nuevos candidatos a astronauta de la NASA fueron presentados el lunes tras un competitivo proceso de selección en el que participaron más de 8.000 aspirantes de todo Estados Unidos. Ahora, la nueva clase completará casi dos años de formación antes de poder optar a asignaciones de vuelo en […]
Posted September 22, 2025
Astronauts
Candidate Astronauts
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
NASA Headquarters
Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates were introduced Monday following a competitive selection process of more than 8,000 applicants from across the United States.
Posted September 22, 2025
Blogs
Written by Melissa Rice, Professor of Planetary Science at Western Washington University Perseverance accomplished something unusual this week: abrading two dramatically different rocks within the span of a few days.
Posted September 20, 2025
VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)
Ames Research Center
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Johnson Space Center
Science Mission Directorate
As part of the agency’s Artemis campaign, NASA has awarded Blue Origin of Kent, Washington, a CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) task order with an option to deliver a rover to the Moon’s South Pole region. NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) will search for volatile resources, such as ice, on the lunar surface […]
Posted September 19, 2025
Artemis 2
Exploration Ground Systems
Kennedy Space Center
Langley Research Center
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
All the pieces are stacking up – literally – for NASA’s first crewed mission of the Artemis program coming in 2026. Teams are finishing integration of the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II test flight with its launch abort system on Sept. 17 inside the Launch Abort System Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in […]
Posted September 19, 2025
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