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Artemis 2
Michoud Assembly Facility
Space Launch System (SLS)
On July 16, 2024, the first core stage of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the agency’s Artemis II mission began a journey from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The core stage was moved onto the agency’s Pegasus barge, where it will be ferried 900 miles to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in […]
Posted July 18, 2024
Earth
Earth Science Division
Get Involved
Heliophysics Division
NASA invites innovators, technologists, storytellers, and problem solvers to register for the 2024 NASA Space Apps Challenge, the largest annual global hackathon.
Posted July 18, 2024
Ames Research Center
General
As one of eight nations that helped to develop the Artemis Accords, New Zealand is a valuable NASA partner. On July 12, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon visited NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley to learn more about how Ames supports efforts to return humans to the Moon and the ongoing collaboration […]
Posted July 18, 2024
Astrobiology
Enceladus
Europa
Goddard Space Flight Center
The Search for Life
The Solar System
Europa, a moon of Jupiter, and Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, have evidence of oceans beneath their ice crusts. A NASA experiment suggests that if these oceans support life, signatures of that life in the form of organic molecules (e.g. amino acids, nucleic acids, etc.) could survive just under the surface ice despite the harsh […]
Posted July 18, 2024
Earth Science
Introduction Observations of the Sun and Earth from space continue to revolutionize our view and understanding of how solar variability and other natural and anthropogenic forcings impact Earth’s atmosphere and climate.
Posted July 18, 2024
Curiosity (Rover)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Among several recent findings, the rover has found rocks made of pure sulfur — a first on the Red Planet. Scientists were stunned on May 30 when a rock that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drove over cracked open to reveal something never seen before on the Red Planet: yellow sulfur crystals. Since October 2023, the […]
Posted July 18, 2024
General
“She gets things done.”    This is how colleagues describe Brooke Weborg, machine learning data scientist and engineer at NASA.
Posted July 18, 2024
Astrobiology
NASA-supported scientists have examined the long and intricately linked history of microbial life and the Earth’s environment.
Posted July 18, 2024
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA Ships Moon Rocket Stage Ahead of First Crewed Artemis Flight NASA rolled out the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket’s core stage for the Artemis II test flight from its Michoud Assembly Facility on Tuesday for shipment to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center. The rollout is key progress on the path to NASA’s first crewed mission to […]
Posted July 17, 2024
VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Earth's Moon
Johnson Space Center
Science Mission Directorate
Following a comprehensive internal review, NASA announced Wednesday its intent to discontinue development of its VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) project. NASA stated cost increases, delays to the launch date, and the risks of future cost growth as the reasons to stand down on the mission.
Posted July 17, 2024
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