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Space Station AMS-02 Instrument Works on the Mystery of Dark Matter
AMS-02 mounted on the outside of the space station. NASA Visible matter in the form…
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit’s Science of Opportunity on Space Station
A fisheye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image…
40 Years Ago: STS-41D – First Flight of Space Shuttle Discovery
On Aug. 30, 1984, space shuttle Discovery lifted off on the STS-41D mission, joining NASA’s…
New NASA Sonifications Listen to the Universe’s Past
Sonifications of three images have been released to mark the 25th anniversary of Chandra’s “First…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Changes Ahead of September Launch
Portraits of NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov. (Credit: NASA) Editor’s note:…
Behind the Scenes at the 2024 Mars 2020 Science Team Meeting
3 min read The Mars 2020 Science Team meets in Pasadena for 3 days of…
CORRECTION: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Changes Ahead of September Launch
NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov (Credit: NASA) Editor’s note: This release…
Aaron Vigil Helps Give SASS to Roman Space Telescope
The stars in the big Wyoming skies inspired Aaron Vigil as a child to dream…
NASA G-IV Plane Will Carry Next-Generation Science Instrument
In a series of baseline flights beginning on June 24, 2024, the G-IV aircraft flew…
NASA Celebrates 25 Years of High School Aerospace Scholars
For 25 years, the Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center has…
NASA Life Sciences Portal (NLSP)
NASA astronaut Steve Swanson harvests a crop of red romaine lettuce plants aboard the International…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope to Investigate Galactic Fossils
A galactic halo is a loose collection of stars that extends 15 to 20 times…
NASA, SpaceX Extend US Media Deadline for Crew-9 Launch to Station
The SpaceX Dragon Endurance crew ship, carrying four Crew-5 members, approaches the International Space Station…
NASA Assigns Astronaut Jonny Kim to First Space Station Mission
Official portrait of NASA astronaut Jonny Kim in an EMU suit. Credit: NASA During his…
40 Years Ago: President Reagan Announces Teacher in Space Project
On Aug. 27, 1984, President Ronald W. Reagan announced the Teacher in Space project as…
NASA Seeks Input for Astrobee Free-flying Space Robots
NASA is seeking input from American companies for the operation and use of a system…
Cassiopeia A, Then the Cosmos: 25 Years of Chandra X-ray Science
By Rick Smith On Aug. 26, 1999, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory opened its powerful telescopic eye…
Sols 4284–4286: Environmental Science Extravaganza
4 min read This image was taken by Left Navigation Camera onboard NASA’s Mars rover…
Station Science Top News: August 23, 2024
Researchers successfully produced cellulose from bacteria cultured on the International Space Station for four weeks.…
NASA Decides to Bring Starliner Spacecraft Back to Earth Without Crew
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and leadership participate in a live news conference on Saturday, Aug.…
NASA Astronauts Wilmore, Williams’ Space Station Science Highlights
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts (from top) Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams inside the…
NASA Awards 15 Grants to Support Open-Source Science
4 min read One of the 15 winning proposals for NASA High Priority Open-Source Science…
How Students Learn to Fly NASA’s IXPE Spacecraft
5 min read Amelia “Mia” De Herrera-Schnering is an undergraduate student at the University of…
NASA’s DART Team Earns AIAA Space Systems Award for Pioneering Mission
2 min read NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission continues to yield scientific discoveries and garner accolades…
Danish Instrument Helps NASA’s Juno Spacecraft See Radiation
This view of Jupiter was captured by the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during…
Tyler Parsotan Takes a Long Look at the Transient Universe with NASA’s Swift
Through a nonlinear path to success, research astrophysicist Tyler Parsotan discovers transformational science using Swift’s…
Station Science Top News: August 16, 2024
Locations designed as a maintenance work area and an exercise area on the International Space…
NASA Awards $1.25 Million to Three Teams at Deep Space Food Finale
Interstellar Lab, a small business comprised of team members from France, Texas, and Florida, took…
The Macroeconomics of Space Symposium
NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy invites you to join us at the “Macroeconomics…
Rescuers at the Ready at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
If there’s an emergency at the launch pad during a launch countdown, there’s a special…
NASA-Funded Research Institute Selects New Class of Space Health Fellows
Earth as viewed from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA The NASA-funded Translational Research Institute…
Mental Well-Being in Space
Life on the International Space Station is quite different from life on the ground. Crew…
Automated Technology Developed at Glenn Launches to Space
Engineer Adam Gannon works on the development of Cognitive Engine-1 in the Cognitive Communications Lab…
Primary Instrument for Roman Space Telescope Arrives at NASA Goddard
This photo shows the Wide Field Instrument for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arriving…
NASA Challenge Seeks ‘Cooler’ Solutions for Deep Space Exploration
NASA’s Human Lander Challenge, or HuLC, is now open and accepting submissions for its second…
NASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 89 Launch, Space Station Docking
The Progress 86 cargo spacecraft approaches the International Space Station’s Poisk module on Dec. 3,…
Station Science Top News: August 9, 2024
Researchers tested a treatment on cartilage and bone tissue cultures subjected to compressive impact injury…
NASA Tests Deployment of Roman Space Telescope’s ‘Visor’
[embedded content] In this clip, engineers are testing the the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s…
The International Space Station’s “window to the world”
The International Space Station’s “window to the world” is pictured from the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory…
Astro Campers SCoPE Out New Worlds
2 min read Teachers at Smokey Mountain Elementary School have collaborated with the NASA Science…
This Rocks! NASA is Sending Student Science to Space
A Terrier Improved Malemute sounding rocket carrying RockSat-X student developed experiments being raised on the…
How NASA Citizen Science Fuels Future Exoplanet Research
5 min read This artist’s concept shows the exoplanet K2-33b transiting its host star. Many…
NASA to Provide Crew Flight Test, Space Station Missions Update
The International Space Station was pictured flying 263 miles above the Marshall Islands in the…
NASA Seeks Student Missions to Send to Space in 2026, Beyond
Technicians with the University of Kansas prepare their KUbeSat-1 for integration at Firefly’s Payload Processing…
SERVIR/ResilienceLinks Webinar on “Floods, Drought, and Water Security: How is Water Data Critical to Climate Resilience?”
On 5/22/24, Chinmay Deval, the Water Security Lead at the SERVIR Science Coordination Office, moderated…
SERVIR Science Coordination Office (SCO) and Bhutan’s Implementing Partners Launch Farm Action Toolkit Service
On 5/13/24, in alignment with the NASA Interagency Agreement with the US Department of State…
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society – Earth Science Informatics Workshop and Hackathon on Remote Sensing Data Systems Held at SRM University, Chennai
Muthukumaran Ramasubramanian, Slesa Adhikari, and Nish Pantha from IMPACT/ST11 organized hands-on workshops and a hackathon…
NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 21st Northrop Grumman Mission to Station
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft for the company’s 21st commercial resupply services mission for NASA launched…
NASA’s Stennis Space Center Announces New Deputy Director
Christine Powell, Stennis Space Center Deputy Director NASA/Stennis NASA’s Stennis Space Center Director John Bailey…
NASA Sends More Science to Space, More Strides for Future Exploration
New experiments aboard NASA’s Northrop Grumman 21st cargo resupply mission aim to pioneer scientific discoveries…
NASA Invites Media, Public to Attend Deep Space Food Challenge Finale
NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge directly supports the agency’s Moon to Mars initiatives. Credit: NASA…
Exploring Deep Space: NASA Announces 2025 RASC-AL Competition
NASA has officially announced the 2025 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition.…
NASA Shares its SpaceX Crew-10 Assignments for Space Station Mission
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 members (pictured from left to right) NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, Roscosmos cosmonaut…
NASA to Highlight 13th Space Station Research, Development Conference
The International Space Station pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon during a fly around of…
Ames Science Directorate’s Stars of the Month, July 2024
The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Ryan…
Repair Kit for NASA’s NICER Mission Heading to Space Station
4 min read NASA will deliver a patch kit for NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition…
PLACES team publishes blog post on NextGenScience Blog
2 min read The NASA Science Activation program’s PLACES (Broadening Data Fluency Through the Integration…
NASA Awards $5 Million to Women’s Colleges Tackling STEM Gender Gap
As part of a Biden/Harris initiative, NASA will award more than $5 million in funding to…
NASA Opens Applications for Artifact Program to Museums, Schools, More
Eligible schools, universities, museums, libraries, and planetariums interested in receiving historic NASA objects for their STEM…
NASA Invites Media to View Asteroid Sample Recovery Rehearsal
NASA invites media to attend the first major asteroid sample recovery rehearsal for its OSIRIS-REx (Origins,…
NASA Names Winners of 2023 Student Rocket Launch Competition
NASA announced Tuesday the University of Alabama in Huntsville is the overall winner of the agency’s…
NASA Names New Agency General Counsel
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday the selection of Iris Lan as the agency’s new general…
Review Board: NASA-JPL Psyche Progress Outstanding, Launch on Track
Steps taken by NASA, the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, and Caltech, to…
NASA, SpaceX Launch Solar Arrays, Cargo to Space Station
Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 28th commercial resupply services mission, two new solar arrays,…
NASA Selects Small Business, Research Teams for Tech Development
NASA will award funding to more than 200 small business teams to develop new technologies designed…
NASA Awards Technical Workforce Training Contract
NASA has selected Osi Vision, LLC of San Antonio, to provide program support and course development/delivery…
NASA Invites Public to Sign Poem That Will Fly Aboard Europa Clipper
Members of the public are invited to add their names to an original poem dedicated to…
NASA to Discuss Conclusions of Psyche Mission Independent Review Board
NASA will host a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT on Monday, June 5, to discuss…
NASA Welcomes Spain as 25th Artemis Accords Signatory
During a ceremony at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on Tuesday, Spain became the 25th country…
Espa?a es el 25.? signatario de los Acuerdos de Artemis
En una ceremonia celebrada el martes en el Palacio de la Moncloa de Madrid, Espa?a se…
NASA Sets Coverage for Axiom Mission 2 Departure from Space Station
NASA will provide live coverage of the undocking and departure of Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) private…
NASA Pursues Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services for Artemis Missions
NASA is seeking industry proposals for a next-generation LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) that will allow astronauts…
New Mexico Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station
Students from southern New Mexico schools will have an opportunity to hear from NASA astronauts aboard…
NASA, Rocket Lab Complete Launch of TROPICS CubeSat Constellation
The final pair of NASA’s TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a…
NASA to Provide Briefing, Coverage of Spacewalks for Station Upgrades
Two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station will conduct a pair of spacewalks Friday, June…
NASA to Discuss Science on Next SpaceX Cargo Launch to Space Station
NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 30, to discuss the…
NASA, Department of Education Partnership Strengthens STEM Education
NASA and the U.S. Department of Education signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday, strengthening the…
Florida Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station
NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station will speak to students from St. Mark’s Episcopal School…
NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Space Station Cargo Launch, Docking
NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of the Roscosmos Progress 84 cargo spacecraft carrying…
NASA Mission to Study Ice Clouds, Help Observe Our Dynamic Atmosphere
NASA has selected a new mission to help humanity better understand Earth’s dynamic atmosphere – specifically,…
Axiom Space Private Astronauts Headed to International Space Station
Four private astronauts are in orbit following the successful launch of Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2), the…
NASA Extends Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Science Operations
NASA has awarded a contract extension to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Space…
NASA Selects Blue Origin as Second Artemis Lunar Lander Provider
To develop a human landing system for the agency’s Artemis V mission to the Moon, NASA…
NASA Selects Winners, Announces Final Phase of Space Food Challenge
NASA has announced eight winning teams and awarded $750,000 in prizes in the second phase of…
Smithsonian Latino Museum Students to Hear from NASA Station Astronaut
Frank Rubio, a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station, will speak to students associated with…
NASA, Rocket Lab Announce Coverage for Second TROPICS Launch
After successfully launching the first pair of small satellites earlier this month from New Zealand, NASA…
NASA to Select Second Lunar Lander Partner for Artemis Moon Mission
During an event at 10 a.m. EDT Friday, May 19, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, the…
NASA’s Artemis II Moon Crew Available for Interviews in Washington
The four astronauts who will fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II will visit Washington…
NASA Provides Coverage of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Meeting
NASA is holding a public meeting at 10:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday, May 31, of its independent…
Media, Public Invited to Meet Solvers in NASA Space Food Challenge
NASA will announce the second phase winners of its Deep Space Food Challenge, a global competition…
NASA Sets Coverage for Axiom Mission 2 Briefings, Events, Broadcast
NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for…
NASA Announces Upcoming Retirement of Space Technology Head
James L. Reuter, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), announced Tuesday he will…
NASA, Rocket Lab Launch First Pair of Storm Observing CubeSats
Two NASA CubeSats designed to study tropical cyclones, including hurricanes and typhoons, successfully launched at 1…
NASA, Rocket Lab Update Launch Coverage for Tropical Cyclones Mission
After the previous launch target date changed due to weather conditions in New Zealand, NASA and…
NASA Invites Media to Next SpaceX Resupply Launch to Space Station
Media accreditation is open for SpaceX’s 28th commercial resupply mission for NASA to the International Space…
NASA Welcomes Czech Foreign Minister for Artemis Accords Signing
During a ceremony at NASA Headquarters in Washington Wednesday, the Czech Republic became the 24th country…
VP Harris, South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol to Visit NASA Goddard
Vice President Kamala Harris and Republic of Korea (ROK) President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit NASA’s…
NASA Announces Student Winners of Power to Explore Challenge
NASA selected three winners out of nine finalists in the second annual Power to Explore Challenge,…
NASA, Rocket Lab Set Coverage for Tropical Cyclones Mission
NASA and Rocket Lab are targeting 9 p.m. EDT, Sunday, April 30 (1 p.m. New Zealand…
NASA Announces Winners of 2023 Human Exploration Rover Challenge
NASA has announced the winners of the 2023 Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) with Escambia High…
NASA Selects 12 Companies to Collaborate on Key Technology Development
NASA has selected 16 proposals from 12 companies under the 2022 Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO)…
NASA Sets Coverage for Czech Republic Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony
The Czech Republic is expected to sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at NASA Headquarters…
NASA Experts Available for Interviews About Sea and Sky Campaign
This spring, NASA’s S-MODE (Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment) began conducting its final plane, ship, and ocean…
NASA Updates Coverage of Roscosmos Spacewalks at Space Station
NASA will provide live coverage as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct two spacewalks in May outside the…
NASA Sets Coverage for Dragon Port Relocation on Space Station
Four crew members aboard the International Space Station will relocate their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft’s docking port…
Entrepreneurs to Pitch Ideas for Future in NASA ‘Space Tank’
College students in NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Innovation and Technology Tech Transfer…
Pennsylvania Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station
Students from North Allegheny School District in McCandless, Pennsylvania, will have an opportunity this week to…
NASA Creates In-Space Servicing, Assembly, Manufacturing Consortium
NASA announced Wednesday a new consortium focused on making in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) capabilities…
NASA Awards Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services III Contract
NASA has awarded the Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services (OMES) III contract to Space & Technology Solutions…
NASA Shares First Moon to Mars Architecture Concept Review Results
As NASA builds a blueprint for human exploration throughout the solar system for the benefit of…
NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman Cygnus Departure from Station
Carrying more than 8,200 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, commercial products, hardware, and other cargo to…
NASA Sets Coverage of Spacewalk, News Conference for Station Upgrades
Two crew members, including a NASA astronaut, living aboard the International Space Station will conduct a…
NASA Awards Agencywide Digital, Information Technology Contract
NASA has selected Rothe Ares Joint Venture of San Antonio to manage digital communication services, as…
NASA to Participate in Space Symposium, Discuss Moon to Mars
NASA leadership and other experts will participate in the Space Foundation’s 38th Annual Space Symposium in…