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The first space-based observatory designed to detect gravitational waves has passed a major review and will proceed to the construction of flight hardware. On Jan. 25, ESA (European Space Agency), announced the formal adoption of LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, to its mission lineup, with launch slated for the mid-2030s.

Posted January 25, 2024

Earth's Moon

Artemis 3

Shrinking Moon Causing Moonquakes and Faults Near Lunar South Pole

As NASA continues to make progress toward sending astronauts to the lunar South Pole region with its Artemis campaign, data from a NASA-funded study is helping scientists better understand this strategic part of the Moon.

Posted January 25, 2024

NASA History

40 Years Ago: President Reagan Directs NASA to Build a Space Station

On Jan. 25, 1984, President Ronald W. Reagan directed NASA to build a permanently inhabited Earth orbiting space station within a decade. The President’s announcement turned years of NASA studies into a real program.

Posted January 25, 2024

NASA Headquarters

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Johnson Space Center

Kennedy Space Center

NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman Cargo Space Station Mission

NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting 12:29 p.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 29, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station for the agency and its partners.

Posted January 25, 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center

The Marshall Star for January 24, 2024

NASA’s IXPE Team Awarded Prestigious Rossi Prize By Rick Smith NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) team has been awarded a top prize in high-energy astronomy.

Posted January 24, 2024

Commercial Space

Commercial Resupply

Glenn Research Center

International Space Station (ISS)

NASA, Sierra Space Invite Media to See Spaceplane for Cargo Missions

As part of NASA’s efforts to expand commercial resupply in low Earth orbit, media are invited to view Sierra Space’s uncrewed commercial spaceplane ahead of its first demonstration flight for the agency to the International Space Station in 2024. The Dream Chaser event is scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 1, at […]

Posted January 24, 2024

Mars Exploration Rovers (MER)

Opportunity (Rover)

Spirit (Rover)

Celebrating NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity Rovers’ Mars Landings

NASA’s twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, stand on the Martian landscape in this poster created to commemorate their 20th landing anniversary. The rovers landed in January 2004, on opposite sides of the planet in locales that scientists suspected had been affected by liquid water in the past. Their main scientific objective was to search for […]

Posted January 24, 2024

Artemis

Artemis Accords

Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)

NASA Welcomes Belgium as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

During a ceremony at the Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels on Tuesday, Belgium became the 34th country to sign the Artemis Accords. The accords establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations, including those participating in NASA’s Artemis campaign.

Posted January 24, 2024

Asteroids

Meteors & Meteorites

Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA)

Planetary Defense Coordination Office

NASA System Predicts Impact of a Very Small Asteroid Over Germany

The Scout impact assessment system calculated where and when the asteroid 2024 BX1 would impact Earth’s atmosphere, providing a useful demonstration of planetary defense capability. A small asteroid about 3 feet (1 meter) in size disintegrated harmlessly over Germany on Sunday, Jan. 21, at 1:32 a.m. local time (CET).

Posted January 24, 2024

Commercial Space

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Commercial Space Programs

Missions