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As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, four crew members from three space agencies will launch in the coming months to the International Space Station for a long-duration science expedition aboard the orbiting laboratory.

Posted March 27, 2025

Space Operations Mission Directorate

Meet the Space Ops Team: Anum Ashraf

For Anum Ashraf, Ph.D., the interconnectedness of NASA’s workforce presents the exciting opportunity to collaborate with a multitude of people and teams.

Posted March 27, 2025

Johnson Space Center

NEO Surveyor (Near-Earth Object Surveyor Space Telescope)

NEO Surveyor Instrument Enclosure Inside Historic Chamber A

The instrument enclosure of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor is prepared for critical environmental tests inside the historic Chamber A at the Space Environment Simulation Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in December 2024.

Posted March 27, 2025

Gamma Rays

Marshall Astrophysics

Marshall Science Research & Projects

Marshall Space Flight Center

The Universe

Understanding Cosmic Explosions: StarBurst Arrives at NASA for Testing

StarBurst, a wide-field gamma ray observatory, arrived at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, March 4 for environmental testing and final instrument integration. The instrument is designed to detect the initial emission of short gamma-ray bursts, a key electromagnetic indicator of neutron star mergers.

Posted March 27, 2025

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Game Changing Development Program

Kennedy Space Center

Lunar Surface Technology Research

Missions

Moons

NASA Directorates

Science & Research

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA’s Dust Shield Successfully Repels Lunar Regolith on Moon

NASA’s Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) successfully demonstrated its ability to remove regolith, or lunar dust and dirt, from its various surfaces on the Moon during Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, which concluded on March 16. Lunar dust is extremely abrasive and electrostatic, which means it clings to anything that carries a charge.

Posted March 27, 2025

Earth

Earth's Vital Signs

General

NASA, NSIDC Scientists Say Arctic Winter Sea Ice at Record Low

Winter sea ice cover in the Arctic was the lowest it’s ever been at its annual peak on March 22, 2025, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder. At 5.53 million square miles (14.33 million square kilometers), the maximum extent fell below the prior […]

Posted March 27, 2025

Astrophysics

Black Holes

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Galaxies

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes

Marshall Astrophysics

Marshall Space Flight Center

The Universe

Finding Clues in Ruins of Ancient Dead Star With NASA’s Chandra

People often think about archaeology happening deep in jungles or inside ancient pyramids. However, a team of astronomers has shown that they can use stars and the remains they leave behind to conduct a special kind of archaeology in space. Mining data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the team of astronomers studied the relics that […]

Posted March 27, 2025

Blogs

Sols 4491-4492: Classic Field Geology Pose

Written by Lauren Edgar, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center Earth planning date: Monday, March 24, 2025 If you’ve ever seen a geologist in the field, you may have seen a classic stance: one leg propped up on a rock, knee bent, head down looking at the rocks at their feet, and arm pointing […]

Posted March 27, 2025

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Commercial Supersonic Technology

Langley Research Center

Low Boom Flight Demonstrator

Quesst (X-59)

Supersonic Flight

NASA’s X-59 Completes ‘Cruise Control’ Engine Speed Hold Test

The team behind NASA’s X-59 completed another critical ground test in March, ensuring the quiet supersonic aircraft will be able to maintain a specific speed during operation. The test, known as engine speed hold, is the latest marker of progress as the X-59 nears first flight this year. “Engine speed hold is essentially the aircraft’s […]

Posted March 26, 2025

Science Mission Directorate

Auroras

Heliophysics

Planetary Science Division

The Solar System

The Sun

How Can I See the Northern Lights? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 54

How can I see the northern lights? To see the northern lights, you need to be in the right place at the right time. Auroras are the result of charged particles and magnetism from the Sun called space weather dancing with the Earth’s magnetic field. And they happen far above the clouds. So you need […]

Posted March 26, 2025