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For over a decade, NASA’s SCaN (Space Communications and Navigation) Internship Project alumni have played important roles in extending the agency’s long-term vision for exploration.

Posted July 25, 2024

NASA History

55 Years Ago: One Year Before the Moon Landing

In July 1968, much work still remained to meet the goal President John F. Kennedy set in May 1961, to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to the Earth before the end of the decade. No American astronaut had flown in space since the November 1966 flight of Gemini XII, the […]

Posted July 25, 2024

NASA History

25 Years Ago: STS-93, Launch of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory

On July 23, 1999, space shuttle Columbia took to the skies on its 26th trip into space, to deliver its heaviest payload ever – the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The STS-93 crew included Commander Eileen M. Collins, the first woman to command a space shuttle mission, Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby, and Mission Specialists Catherine “Cady” G. […]

Posted July 25, 2024

Missions

Commercial Crew

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Kennedy Space Center

UPDATE: NASA, Boeing to Stream Flight Test Mission Briefing on NASA+

NASA and Boeing will host a news conference with mission leadership at 11:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 25, to provide the latest status of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test aboard the International Space Station. NASA previously planned an audio-only media teleconference to host the discussion.

Posted July 25, 2024

Johnson Space Center

General

Internships

STEM Engagement at NASA

The Future is Bright: Johnson Space Center Interns Shine Throughout Summer Term

More than 100 interns supported operations at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston this summer, each making an important impact on the agency’s mission success. Get to know seven stellar interns nominated by their mentors for their hard work and outstanding contributions.

Posted July 24, 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center

The Marshall Star for July 24, 2024

25 Years On, Chandra Highlights Legacy of NASA Engineering Ingenuity By Rick Smith “The art of aerospace engineering is a matter of seeing around corners,” said NASA thermal analyst Jodi Turk. In the case of NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, marking its 25th anniversary in space this year, some of those corners proved to be as far […]

Posted July 24, 2024

Hubble Space Telescope

Rings of Saturn

Saturn

A Saturnian Summer

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of Saturn and its colossal rings on July 4, 2020, during summer in the gas giant’s northern hemisphere. Two of Saturn’s icy moons are also clearly visible: Mimas at right, and Enceladus at bottom. The light reddish haze over the northern hemisphere seen in this color composite could […]

Posted July 24, 2024

Astrophysics

Exoplanet Science

Exoplanets

Gas Giant Exoplanets

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Science & Research

Studying Exoplanets

The Universe

NASA’s Webb Images Cold Exoplanet 12 Light-Years Away

An international team of astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has directly imaged an exoplanet roughly 12 light-years from Earth. The planet, Epsilon Indi Ab, is one of the coldest exoplanets observed to date. The planet is several times the mass of Jupiter and orbits the K-type star Epsilon Indi A (Eps Ind A), […]

Posted July 24, 2024

Earth's Atmosphere

Earth's Magnetic Field

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Heliophysics Division

ICON (Ionospheric Connection Explorer)

Ionosphere

Missions

Science Mission Directorate

Space Weather

The Sun

NASA’s ICON Mission Ends with Several Ionospheric Breakthroughs

After contributing to many important findings on the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space — an area where space weather can interfere with both satellites and communications signals — NASA’s ICON (Ionospheric Connection Explorer) mission has come to an end.

Posted July 24, 2024

Environmental Management Division (EMD)

Sustainability