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Johnson Space Center
Johnson Leadership
July 3, 2025 Jefferson Davis Howell, Jr., former director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, died July 2, in Bee Cave, Texas. He was 85 years old. Howell was a champion of the construction of the International Space Station, working on a deadline to complete the orbiting lab by 2004. He oversaw four space […]
Posted July 4, 2025
Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO)
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
General
Langley Research Center
Missions
Science Mission Directorate
Since launching in 2023, NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution mission, or TEMPO, has been measuring the quality of the air we breathe from 22,000 miles above the ground.
Posted July 3, 2025
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Aerosciences Evaluation Test Capabilities
Ames Research Center
Flight Innovation
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
Transformational Tools Technologies
Many of us grew up using paint-by-number sets to create beautiful color pictures. For years now, NASA engineers studying aircraft and rocket designs in wind tunnels have flipped that childhood pastime, using computers to generate images from “numbers-by-paint” – pressure sensitive paint (PSP), that is.
Posted July 3, 2025
Perseverance (Rover)
The United States flag adorns an aluminum plate mounted at the base of the mast, or “head,” of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. This image of the plate was taken on June 28, 2025 (the 1,548th day, or sol, of the mission), by the WATSON (Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering) camera on the […]
Posted July 3, 2025
Exoplanets
Gas Giant Exoplanets
The Planets KOI-134 b and KOI-134 c  The Discovery A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has two planets which orbit their star in a unique style, like an old-fashioned merry-go-round.  Key Facts The KOI-134 system contains two planets which orbit their […]
Posted July 3, 2025
Humans in Space
ISS Research
Opportunities For International Participants to Get Involved
NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation to the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Thursday, July 10, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. First is an overview news conference at 12 p.m. EDT with mission leadership discussing final launch and mission preparations on the agency’s […]
Posted July 3, 2025
Technology
Johnson Space Center
NASA has awarded a contract to MacLean Engineering & Applied Technologies, LLC of Houston to provide simulation and advanced software services to the agency. The Simulation and Advanced Software Services II (SASS II) contract includes services from Oct. 1, 2025, through Sept. 30, 2030, with a maximum potential value not to exceed $150 million.
Posted July 2, 2025
Skywatching
Skywatching Tips
The Solar System
A.M./P.M. Planet Watching, Plus the Eagle Constellation Mars shines in the evening, and is joined briefly by Mercury. Jupiter joins Venus as the month goes on. And all month, look for Aquila the eagle. Skywatching Highlights All Month – Planet Visibility: Daily Highlights: July 1 – 7 – Mercury is relatively bright and easy to […]
Posted July 2, 2025
Glenn History
Glenn Research Center
In this Nov. 1, 1964, image, three members of NASA’s Lewis Research Center’s (now NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland) Educational Services Office pose with one of the center’s Spacemobile space science demonstration units.
Posted July 2, 2025
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