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Earth Science
Introduction The American Geophysical Union (AGU) returned to the nation’s capital in 2024, hosting its annual meeting at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC from December 9–14, 2024.
Posted February 25, 2025
Opportunities For Educators to Get Involved
Planetary Science
Science Activation
Out of school time (OST) educators work with youth in afterschool, community, and camp programs. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) learning in OST can be challenging for multiple reasons, including lack of materials and support for educators.
Posted February 25, 2025
Quesst (X-59)
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a series of engine performance tests.
Posted February 25, 2025
Europa Clipper
Europa
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The orbiter bound for Jupiter’s moon Europa will investigate whether the moon is habitable, but it first will get the help of Mars’ gravitational force to get to deep space. On March 1, NASA’s Europa Clipper will streak just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the surface of Mars for what’s known as a gravity assist […]
Posted February 25, 2025
Science Mission Directorate
Astrobiology
Europa
Europa Clipper
Planetary Science
Planetary Science Division
The Solar System
That’s a great question. And it’s a question that NASA will seek to answer with the Europa Clipper spacecraft. Europa is a moon of Jupiter. It’s about the same size as Earth’s Moon, but its surface looks very different. The surface of Europa is covered with a layer of ice, and below that ice, we […]
Posted February 25, 2025
ISS Research
NASA and its international partners have hosted research experiments and fostered collaboration aboard the International Space Station for over 25 years. More than 4,000 investigations have been conducted, resulting in over 4,400 research publications with 361 in 2024 alone.
Posted February 25, 2025
Artemis
Artemis 4
Earth's Moon
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Gateway Program
Gateway Space Station
Glenn Research Center
Humans in Space
Technology
Technology for Space Travel
Assembly is underway for Gateway's Power and Propulsion Element, the module that will power the lunar space station's journey to and around the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis campaign.
Posted February 25, 2025
Goddard Space Flight Center
Mars
The Solar System
A new international study partially funded by NASA on how Mars got its iconic red color adds to evidence that Mars had a cool but wet and potentially habitable climate in its ancient past. The current atmosphere of Mars is too cold and thin to support liquid water, an essential ingredient for life, on its […]
Posted February 25, 2025
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Game Changing Development Program
Kennedy Space Center
Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative
Missions
NASA Headquarters
Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center
Science Mission Directorate
NASA is sending revolutionary technologies to the Moon aboard Intuitive Machines’ second lunar delivery as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to establish a long-term presence on the lunar surface.  As part of this CLPS flight to the Moon, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate will te
Posted February 25, 2025
International Space Station (ISS)
Humans in Space
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft delivering approximately three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 91 spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 4:24 p.m. EST, Thursday, Feb. 27 (2:24 a.m. Baikonur time, Friday, Feb.
Posted February 25, 2025
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