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NASA to Preview Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter Moon

NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to discuss the upcoming Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. The briefing will be open to media and will air live on NASA+ and the agency’s website, plus Facebook, X, and […]

Posted September 11, 2024

Earth

Climate Change

Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Finds Summer 2024 Hottest to Date

The agency also shared new state-of-the-art datasets that allow scientists to track Earth’s temperature for any month and region going back to 1880 with greater certainty.

Posted September 11, 2024

Advanced Plant Habitat (APH)

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Chile Flowers Bloom in Space

In July 2021, NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station started growing chile peppers in the Advanced Plant Habitat, as part of the Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) experiment. The astronauts and a team of researchers at Kennedy worked together to monitor the peppers’ growth before harvesting them. In this image from Sept.

Posted September 11, 2024

Skywatching

Skywatching Tips

The Next Full Moon is a Partial Lunar Eclipse; a Supermoon; the Corn Moon; and the Harvest Moon

The next full Moon will be Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at 10:35 PM EDT. The Moon will appear full from Monday evening through Thursday morning.

Posted September 11, 2024

General

NASA Remembers Sept. 11

The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 were a national tragedy that resulted in a staggering loss of life and a significant change in American culture. Each year, we pause and remember. Beyond honoring the Americans who died that day, NASA also assisted FEMA in New York in the days afterward, and remembered the victims by providing flags […]

Posted September 11, 2024

Artemis

Earth's Moon

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Humans in Space

Missions

NASA Directorates

Planetary Science Division

Science Mission Directorate

The Solar System

9 Phenomena NASA Astronauts Will Encounter at Moon’s South Pole

Out-of-this-world phenomena NASA astronauts will experience at the Moon’s south polar region.

Posted September 11, 2024

Mars

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Scientists Re-Create Mars ‘Spiders’ in a Lab for First Time

Tests on Earth appear to confirm how the Red Planet’s spider-shaped geologic formations are carved by carbon dioxide. Since discovering them in 2003 via images from orbiters, scientists have marveled at spider-like shapes sprawled across the southern hemisphere of Mars. No one is entirely sure how these geologic features are created.

Posted September 11, 2024

General

Johnson Space Center

People of Johnson

Inspiration Among the Stars: How Johnson’s Workforce Found Their Place in Space

For some people, working for NASA is a lifelong dream. For others, it is an interesting and perhaps unexpected opportunity that comes up at just the right time and place.

Posted September 11, 2024

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Air Traffic Management - Exploration

Air Traffic Management – eXploration (ATM-X) Description

As the aviation industry evolves, new air vehicles and operators enter the airspace. NASA is working to ensure these new diverse operations can be safely integrated into the current airspace. This includes providing research on how traditional and emerging aircraft operations can efficiently operate in a shared airspace.

Posted September 11, 2024

Stennis Space Center

NASA Stennis Set to Continue ASTRA Mission with Sidus Space

NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, announced Wednesday it will continue its historic in-space autonomous systems payload mission aboard an orbiting satellite through a follow-on agreement with Sidus Space, Inc.

Posted September 11, 2024