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Fourth NASA-Enabled Private Flight to Space Station Completes Safely

The NASA-supported fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4, completed its flight as part of the agency’s efforts to demonstrate demand and build operational knowledge for future commercial space stations.

Posted July 15, 2025

Johnson Space Center

General

People of Johnson

Melissa Harris: Shaping NASA’s Vision for a Future in Low Earth Orbit

With over 25 years of experience in human spaceflight programs, Melissa Harris has contributed to numerous programs and projects during key moments in NASA’s history.

Posted July 15, 2025

Blogs

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4595-4596: Just Another Beautiful Day on Mars

Written by Ashley Stroupe, Mission Operations Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 9, 2025 In today’s plan, we have a little bit of everything. With it being winter still, we are taking advantage of the ability to let the rover sleep in, doing most of the activities in the afternoon […]

Posted July 15, 2025

Astrobiology

Planets

Saturn

Saturn Moons

The Solar System

Titan

NASA Research Shows Path Toward Protocells on Titan

NASA research has shown that cell-like compartments called vesicles could form naturally in the lakes of Saturn’s moon Titan. Titan is the only world apart from Earth that is known to have liquid on its surface. However, Titan’s lakes and seas are not filled with water. Instead, they contain liquid hydrocarbons like ethane and methane. […]

Posted July 14, 2025

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Posted July 14, 2025

Linking Satellite Data and Community Knowledge to Advance Alaskan Snow Science

Seasonal snow plays a significant role in global water and energy cycles, and billions of people worldwide rely on snowmelt for water resources needs, including water supply, hydropower, agriculture, and more.

Posted July 14, 2025

New Horizons

Pluto

10 Years Ago: NASA’s New Horizons Captures Pluto’s Heart

This image, taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on July 14, 2015, is the most accurate natural color image of Pluto. This natural-color image results from refined calibration of data gathered by New Horizons’ color Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC).

Posted July 14, 2025

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Space Flight Awareness (SFA)

Chief Training Officer Teresa Sindelar Touches the Future of Human Spaceflight

Teresa Sindelar always knew she wanted to be a part of human spaceflight, but she was unsure how to make that dream a reality until a chance encounter with former NASA astronaut Tom Stafford when she was 11 years old. The pair met in a local jewelry shop near Sindelar’s Nebraska home, where Gen. Stafford […]

Posted July 14, 2025

Mars

Ingenuity (Helicopter)

Mariner 4

Mars 2020

Mars Pathfinder

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)

Opportunity (Rover)

Perseverance (Rover)

Sojourner (Rover)

Viking 1

Viking 2

Advances in NASA Imaging Changed How World Sees Mars

Sixty years ago, NASA’s Mariner 4 captured groundbreaking views of the Red Planet, leading to a steady stream of advances in the cameras used to study other worlds. In 1965, NASA’s Mariner 4 mission brought Mars into American living rooms, where TV sets showed fuzzy black-and-white images of a cratered landscape. The spacecraft took 21 […]

Posted July 11, 2025

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Astronauts

NASA Astronaut Shannon Walker Retires

NASA astronaut Shannon Walker retired July 10, concluding a career that spanned 38 years, including 30 years of federal service and more than 21 years as an astronaut. During two spaceflights, she spent 330 days in orbit, contributing to hundreds of scientific experiments and technology demonstrations for the benefit of humanity.

Posted July 11, 2025