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NASA Joins Genesis Mission to Accelerate AI-Driven Discovery

NASA is supporting the Genesis Mission, a national effort to drive the use of artificial intelligence in tackling complex scientific and engineering challenges to advance a new era of discovery. President Donald J. Trump issued the Executive Order “Launching the Genesis Mission” on Nov.

Posted July 22, 2026

Aerosols

Air Quality

Earth Observatory

Goddard Space Flight Center

Wildfires

A Week of Smoky Skies Across North America

Brown carbon, emitted by wildland fires and tracked over the span of a week in July 2026, worsened air quality in parts of the U.S. and Canada.

Posted July 22, 2026

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Photojournal

NISAR’s L-Band Radar Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica

Description Data from the Earth-orbiting U.S.-India NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite’s L-band radar was used to produce an image of Nunatak Zaterjavshijsja — a mountaintop in East Antarctica — poking out amid a stream of ice flowing northeast to the ocean.

Posted July 22, 2026

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Astrophysics Division

Goddard Space Flight Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Kennedy Space Center

Science Mission Directorate

NASA to Host Media Briefing on Roman Telescope, Launching Next Month

Media are invited to join NASA for a virtual news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 29, to preview the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, scheduled to launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 30. NASA will stream this event live through a variety of platforms. Learn where […]

Posted July 21, 2026

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Cryosphere

Earth

Earth Science

Earth Science Division

Ice & Glaciers

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

US-India Satellite Delivers Data, Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica

As of July 20, the public can access data from the two powerful radar instruments aboard the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite. Teams in the United States and India will release files processed from the satellite’s L-band and S-band radars on an ongoing basis, helping researchers and other users track the movement of Earth’s […]

Posted July 21, 2026

General

Langley Research Center

NASA Langley Celebrates Community through Music with ‘Symphony Under the Stars’ Event

NASA Langley’s “Stars, Stripes, and Supernovas – Symphony Under the Stars” event brought employees, families, and community members together for an evening filled with music, connection, and celebration. Organizers planned the event, which took place July 16, to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America. The even

Posted July 21, 2026

NIAC Studies

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

Research and Technology Mission Directorate

NIAC 2026 Selections

Phase I Saptarshi BandyopadhyayDimming the Sun (DimSun) Using Controllable Dust Cloud to Reduce Solar InsolationNASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryPasadena, CA 91109-80012026 Phase I David BugbyCombinatory Architecture offering Neomobility, on-Venus Adaptability, and Survivability (CANVAS)NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryPasadena, CA 91109-80012026 Phase I

Posted July 21, 2026

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

NIAC Studies

Research and Technology Mission Directorate

Actively Steerable Femtosat Constellations for In-situ Exploration of Saturn’s Rings, Atmosphere, and Magnetosphere

Michael RubensteinNorthwestern University, Chicago We propose a mission to use ~10,000 actively steerable femtosats to map the ring composition, atmospheric composition and density, and the magnetic field distribution of Saturn.

Posted July 21, 2026

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

NIAC Studies

Research and Technology Mission Directorate

ECLIPSE – Efficient variable Conductivity Lunar Insulator for Passive Surveyor Environmental control

Austin Phoenix Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State A disaggregated lunar infrastructure requires novel thermal management methods to enable future lunar operations.

Posted July 21, 2026

NIAC Studies

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

Research and Technology Mission Directorate

Interworld Slingshot Resource Surveys

Pablo Sobron SanchezSETI Institute This proposal explores a new class of reconnaissance spacecraft that map minerals from orbit using Raman spectroscopy during high-speed flybys–without landing, sample return, or extended dwell.

Posted July 21, 2026