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How NASA is Using Virtual Reality to Prepare for Science on Moon

When astronauts walk on the Moon, they’ll serve as the eyes, hands, and boots-on-the-ground interpreters supporting the broader teams of scientists on Earth.

Posted March 5, 2025

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Turns Off 2 Voyager Science Instruments to Extend Mission

The farthest-flung human-made objects will be able to take their science-gathering even farther, thanks to these energy-conserving measures. Mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California turned off the cosmic ray subsystem experiment aboard Voyager 1 on Feb.

Posted March 5, 2025

Organizations

Office of the General Counsel (OGC)

NASA’s Ethics Program

NASA’s Ethics Program provides training and counsel to NASA employees and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the agency-wide ethics program. Headquarters and Center Chief Counsels ethics officials support the ethics program in their respective localities.

Posted March 5, 2025

Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI)

Novel Recuperator Design for Cryogenic Fluid Management System

Cryocoolers are essential systems in many space exploration missions to maintain propellants at cryogenic temperatures. Cryogenic recuperators are a key component of these cryocoolers and dictate the performance of the system.

Posted March 5, 2025

Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble Captures New View of Colorful Veil

In this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, Hubble once again lifts the veil on a famous — and frequently photographed — supernova remnant: the Veil Nebula. The remnant of a star roughly 20 times as massive as the Sun that exploded about 10,000 years ago, the Veil Nebula is situated about 2,400 light-years away in the constellation […]

Posted March 5, 2025

Humans in Space

Human Research Program

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 to Explore Deep Space Exercise, Health

During NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station, which is scheduled to launch in March, select members of the four-person crew will participate in exercise and medical research aimed at keeping astronauts fit on future long-duration missions.

Posted March 5, 2025

Citizen Science

Clouds

Opportunities For Students to Get Involved

Science Activation

Weather and Atmospheric Dynamics

2025 Aviation Weather Mission: Civil Air Patrol Cadets Help Scientists Study the Atmosphere with GLOBE Clouds

The Science Activation Program’s NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative (NESEC) is working alongside the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) to launch the 2025 Aviation Weather Mission.

Posted March 4, 2025

Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS)

Earth Science

Planetary Science Division

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

SmallSats Program

Wallops Flight Facility

NASA Awards Launch Service for Mission to Study Storm Formation

NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency’s Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) mission, which aims to understand why, when, and where tropical convective storms form, and why some storms produce extreme weather.

Posted March 4, 2025

Johnson Space Center

Commercial Crew

General

International Space Station (ISS)

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

People of Johnson

Station Nation: Meet Chris Wade, Visiting Vehicle Integration Manager for SpaceX Vehicles

Chris Wade is a visiting vehicle integration manager for SpaceX vehicles in the International Space Station Transportation Integration Office. He plays a key role in ensuring that all vehicle requirements are on track to support SpaceX missions to the space station.

Posted March 4, 2025

Ames Research Center's Science Directorate

Ames Research Center

Earth Science

Earth Science Division

Water & Energy Cycle

FARMing with Data: OpenET Launches new Tool for Farmers and Ranchers

A NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)-supported research and development team is making it easier for farmers and ranchers to manage their water resources.

Posted March 4, 2025