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Astronaut Set to Patch NASA’s X-ray Telescope Aboard Space Station

NASA astronaut Nick Hague will install patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) X-ray telescope on the International Space Station as part of a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 16. Hague, along with astronaut Suni Williams, will also complete other tasks during the outing.

Posted January 8, 2025

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Goddard Space Flight Center

The Universe

NASA Joins Telescope, Instruments to Roman Spacecraft

Technicians have successfully integrated NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s payload – the telescope, instrument carrier, and two instruments – to the spacecraft that will deliver the observatory to its place in space and enable it to function while there.

Posted January 8, 2025

ISS Research

NASA’s 2024 International Space Station Achievements

For more than 24 years, NASA has supported a continuous U.S. human presence aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth for the benefit of humanity.

Posted January 8, 2025

Blogs

Sols 4416-4417: New Year, New Clouds

Earth planning date: Monday, Jan. 6, 2025 After our marathon holiday plan, we’re easing back into the new year with a standard two-sol plan. We did arrive today to the news that the drive hadn’t made it as far as we wanted, but luckily the rover planners determined that we were still in a good […]

Posted January 8, 2025

NASA Art Program

Best of 2024: Reestablished NASA Art Program Begins with Mural in New York City

The New York-based artist team Geraluz, left, and WERC, right, pose in front of their mural “To the Moon, and Back” with their son Amaru, 5. The community mural was created as part of the reimagined NASA Art Program, which aims to inspire and engage the next generation of explorers – the Artemis Generation – […]

Posted January 7, 2025

Science Activation

NASA eClips Educator Receives 2024 VAST Science Educator Specialist Award

On November 14, 2024, NASA eClips team member, Betsy McAllister, was recognized with the prestigious Virginia Association of Science Teachers (VAST) Science Educator Specialist Award at the 2024 VAST Annual Professional Development Institute.

Posted January 7, 2025

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Missions

JAXA’s First Wooden Satellite Deploys from Space Station

In December 2024, five CubeSats deployed into Earth’s orbit from the International Space Station. Among them was LignoSat, a wooden satellite from JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) that investigates the use of wood in space. Findings could offer a more sustainable alternative to conventional satellites.

Posted January 7, 2025

Missions

Mars Sample Return (MSR)

NASA to Explore Two Landing Options for Returning Samples from Mars

To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity, NASA announced Tuesday a new approach to its Mars Sample Return Program.

Posted January 7, 2025

Earth Science

AAS Hyperwall Schedule

NASA Science at AAS Hyperwall Schedule, January 12-16, 2025 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #505) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below.

Posted January 7, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Digital Transformation (DT)

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