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Galaxies
Hubble Space Telescope
Spiral Galaxies
The spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is IC 3225. It looks remarkably as if it was launched from a cannon, speeding through space like a comet with a tail of gas streaming from its disk behind it. The scenes that galaxies appear in from Earth’s point of view are fascinating; many seem to hang […]
Posted October 25, 2024
Earth Science
The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program is calling on volunteers of all ages to help students and citizen scientists document seasonal change through leaf color and land cover.
Posted October 25, 2024
Earth Science
Grades 5 - 8 for Educators
Grades 9-12 for Educators
Grades K - 4 for Educators
Opportunities For Educators to Get Involved
Science Activation
The NASA Science Activation program’s AEROKATS and ROVER Education Network (AREN), led by Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) in Wayne County, MI, provides learners with hands-on opportunities to engage with science instruments & NASA technologies and practices in authentic, experiential learning environments.
Posted October 25, 2024
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Airborne Science
Earth Science
Earth's Atmosphere
ER-2
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)
Science Mission Directorate
Operating at altitudes above 99% of the Earth’s atmosphere, NASA’s ER-2 aircraft is the agency’s highest-flying airborne science platform.
Posted October 25, 2024
General
Commercial Space Division
The next CSUG event will take place November 6 – 7 at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Posted October 25, 2024
Stennis Space Center
Stennis Test Facility and Support Infrastructure
NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, achieved a key milestone this week for testing a new SLS (Space Launch System) rocket stage to fly on future Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. Over a two-week period beginning Oct. 10, crews completed a safe lift and installation of the interstage simulator component […]
Posted October 25, 2024
Commercial Crew
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission successfully splashed down at 3:29 a.m. EDT Friday, off Pensacola, Florida, concluding a nearly eight-month science mission and the agency’s eighth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station.
Posted October 25, 2024
The Solar System
Our universe is full of mysterious sights and sounds. Explore some of our most frightful finds from past Halloweens. Sinister Sounds of the Solar System Have you heard the scary noises from across our universe before? Using data from our spacecraft, scientists gathered sinister sounds from the depths of space. Listen to our playlist filled with […]
Posted October 25, 2024
Blogs
Earth planning date: Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 After Curiosity’s busy weekend, the team is ready for another day of planning. We are able to take advantage of the Earth-Mars time offset to full plan on both sols of our plan today. For this plan, I served as Mobility Rover Planner, and planned Curiosity’s drive.  The […]
Posted October 25, 2024
Heliophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics Division
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
NASA has selected the University of New Hampshire in Durham to build Solar Wind Plasma Sensors for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Next Program.
Posted October 24, 2024
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