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Artemis 2
Artemis
Kennedy Space Center
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Space Launch System (SLS)
Media are invited to see NASA’s fully assembled Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft in mid-October before its crewed test flight around the Moon next year.   The event at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will showcase hardware for the Artemis II lunar mission, which will test capabilities needed for […]
Posted September 10, 2025
Droughts
Earth
Life on Earth
Natural Disasters
Water on Earth
When Uruguay faced its worst drought in nearly a century, the nation’s water authority turned to NASA satellite data and trainings to build a reservoir-monitoring tool.
Posted September 10, 2025
Perseverance (Rover)
Astrobiology
Mars
Mars 2020
Planetary Science
Science Mission Directorate
Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. A sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life.
Posted September 10, 2025
Biological & Physical Sciences
ISS Research
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Uncategorized
Space missions rely on cryogenic fluids — extremely cold liquids like liquid hydrogen and oxygen — for both propulsion and life support systems. These fuels must be kept at ultra-low cryogenic temperatures to remain in liquid form; however, solar heating and other sources of heat increase the rate of evaporation of the liquid and cause […]
Posted September 10, 2025
Dinnertime fare on the International Space Station takes center stage in this Aug. 15, 2025, photo. One tray features shrimp cocktail on whole grain wheat crackers, while the other holds sushi made with seaweed, Spam, tuna, and rice. Both trays are secured with Velcro strips to keep them stable inside the Unity module’s galley. The […]
Posted September 10, 2025
Astrophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
Stars
The Universe
A blowtorch of seething gasses erupting from a volcanically growing monster star has been captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Stretching across 8 light-years, the length of the stellar eruption is approximately twice the distance between our Sun and the next nearest stars, the Alpha Centauri system.
Posted September 10, 2025
Astrobiology
Mars
Perseverance (Rover)
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
What Would It Take to Say We Found Life? We call this the podium test. What would it take for you personally to confidently stand up in front of an international audience and make that claim? When you put it in that way, I think for a lot of scientists, the bar is really high. […]
Posted September 10, 2025
Perseverance (Rover)
Mars 2020
Planetary Science Division
Science Mission Directorate
NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, to discuss the analysis of a rock sampled by the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover last year, which is the subject of a forthcoming science paper. The agency previously announced this event as a teleconference.  Watch the news conference on NASA’s YouTube channel and the agency’s […]
Posted September 10, 2025
Technology Transfer & Spinoffs
Spinoffs
Technology Transfer
Exploring AI in space bolsters analytics software used in finance, manufacturing, and industry.
Posted September 9, 2025
Artemis
Artemis 2
Christina H. Koch
G. Reid Wiseman
Victor J. Glover
The Artemis II crew (from front left to back right) – pilot Victor Glover, commander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen of CSA (Canadian Space Agency), and mission specialist Christina Koch – walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. […]
Posted September 9, 2025
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