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To put boots on the Moon—and keep them there—will require bold thinkers ready to tackle the challenges of tomorrow. That’s why NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement at Johnson Space Center in Houston is on a mission to empower the next generation of explorers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Through the High School Aerospac

Posted January 6, 2025

Mars Sample Return (MSR)

Science Mission Directorate

NASA to Host Media Call Highlighting Mars Sample Return Update

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Jan. 7, to provide an update on the status of the agency’s Mars Sample Return Program.

Posted January 3, 2025

Approval to Exceed GSA Lodging for LPSC 2025

This letter from SARA is to issue a waiver for NASA grantees attending the 2025 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), allowing them to be reimbursed out of their grants for their actual lodging, although it’s expected to be above the approved GSA amount. This waiver does not supersede the travel policy of your institution […]

Posted January 3, 2025

Earth Science

Summary of the Third Annual AEOIP Workshop

Introduction The Applied Earth Observations Innovation Partnership (AEOIP) was established in 2018 to facilitate knowledge coproduction and optimization of NASA Earth observations that can be used by natural resource managers for decision making.

Posted January 3, 2025

Andre Douglas

Artemis 2

Christina H. Koch

G. Reid Wiseman

Victor J. Glover

Media Day with Artemis II Crews

From left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jenni Gibbons, NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman participate in a media day event on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Posted January 3, 2025

Learning Resources

In-flight Education Downlinks

Outside the Classroom

Idaho Students to Connect with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station

Students from Hawthorne Elementary School in Boise, Idaho, will have the chance to hear NASA astronaut Don Pettit answer their prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) related questions from aboard the International Space Station. Watch the 20-minute space-to-Earth call at 12:30 p.m. EST Friday, Jan.

Posted January 3, 2025

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Earth's Magnetic Field

Earth's Moon

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Heliophysics Division

Magnetosphere

Marshall Space Flight Center

Science & Research

The Sun

NASA’s LEXI Will Provide X-Ray Vision of Earth’s Magnetosphere

A NASA X-ray imager is heading to the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, where it will capture the first global images of the magnetic field that shields Earth from solar radiation. The Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager, or LEXI, instrument is one of 10 payloads aboard the next lunar delivery through NASA’s CLPS (Commercial […]

Posted January 3, 2025

Earth

Climate Change

Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA, NOAA to Announce 2024 Global Temperatures, Climate Conditions

Climate researchers from NASA and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) will release their annual assessments of global temperatures and discuss the major climate trends of 2024 during a media briefing at 12 p.m. EST Friday, Jan. 10.

Posted January 3, 2025

Stennis Space Center

Lagniappe for January 2025

Explore Lagniappe for January 2025 featuring: Gator Speaks This time of year is one Gator enjoys. The ending of one year and beginning of another provides the opportunity to reflect, reset, and refocus. This is true at NASA Stennis, a place that powers space dreams, or for someone who enjoys staying up to date with […]

Posted January 3, 2025

Stennis Space Center

Mission Possible: Coordinating Travel for NASA Employees

A leap of faith for Heather Seagren eight years ago brought the Gulf Coast native to something new, yet also returned her to a familiar place at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Following graduation from Pearl River Community College, Seagren worked as an office manager at a pediatric office. Seagren anticipated […]

Posted January 3, 2025