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NASA History
Gemini
Project Mercury
NASA astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. took 29 color photographs of the Earth with a 70mm camera as he orbited our planet during the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission in May 1963. Cooper’s view from the window of his Faith 7 spacecraft was spectacular, and he reported that he could see vehicles motoring on dirt roads, smoke-belching trains, […]
Posted August 20, 2026
Droughts
Earth
Earth's Atmosphere
Goddard Space Flight Center
Water on Earth
NASA Earth science data is supporting machine-learning forecasts that inform decisions about water, power, and public safety in Washington state.
Posted August 20, 2026
APOD
APODScienceAPODAPOD: 2026 August 20 – The…Today’s APODArchiveSubmissionsIndexSearchCalendarRSSEducationAboutDiscuss  APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Posted August 20, 2026
Earth Observatory
Ice & Glaciers
Landsat 9
A large iceberg, observed in summer 2026, had drifted more than 1,000 kilometers south from the northeastern Greenland bay where it likely originated.
Posted August 20, 2026
Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program
Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI)
CoECI News
Get Involved
Opportunities to Contribute to NASA Missions & Get Involved
Prizes, Challenges, & Crowdsourcing News
The Orbital Clarity Challenge — the sixth in the NASA TechLeap Prize series — is a collaborative effort between NASA’s Heliophysics Division, Flight Opportunities program, and Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation. The Heliophysics Division studies space weather, including how it heats and expands Earth’s outer atmosphere during intense
Posted August 19, 2026
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
Goddard Space Flight Center
Missions
Swift Boost Mission
Due to an ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue, NASA and Katalyst Space announced Wednesday the LINK spacecraft will not capture or boost an agency satellite to a higher altitude to extend its science mission as planned.
Posted August 19, 2026
Astrobiology
Earth's Moon
Goddard Space Flight Center
Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA Directorates
Planetary Geosciences & Geophysics
Planetary Science
Planetary Science Division
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Lee esta historia en español aquí. Some of Earth’s microbes likely to hitch a ride to space with human explorers could survive in the shaded nooks and crannies of the Moon’s South Pole region, NASA scientists say.  Published on Aug. 19, 2026, in Science Advances, these findings highlight a need to better understand microbial persistence […]
Posted August 19, 2026
This artist’s concept, released on Aug. 17, 2026, depicts a collision between our Milky Way galaxy and a dwarf galaxy known as LKH that happened about 12 billion years ago. A study of data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy, shows definitive evidence of a dwarf galaxy merging with the young […]
Posted August 19, 2026
Learning Resources
NASA Headquarters
Next Gen STEM
STEM Engagement at NASA
NASA has awarded approximately $10.5 million to seven institutions to help strengthen and streamline state-based pathways for students into skilled technical jobs in the aerospace industry. The awards were made through the new NASA Aerospace Skilled Technical Workforce Hubs initiative, or NASA State Hubs.
Posted August 19, 2026
Learning Resources
Grades 9 - 12
What does a mechanic do? Machines and engines are all around us. They power everything from cars and boats to airplanes and even rockets. Mechanics are experts who know how machinery works, especially engines, and how to fix them. When you think of a mechanic, you might picture someone working on cars. But mechanics can […]
Posted August 19, 2026
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