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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4614-4615: Driving Along the Boxwork

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 2 min [...]

By |2025-07-29T22:00:00-04:00July 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Spheres in the Sand

Explore This Section Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Perseverance Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter [...]

By |2025-07-29T19:34:00-04:00July 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA Selects Firefly for New Artemis Science, Tech Delivery to Moon

This artist’s concept of Blue Ghost Mission 4 shows Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander and NASA payloads in the lunar South Pole Region, through NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative.Credit: Firefly Aerospace NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas, $176.7 million to deliver two rovers and three scientific instruments to the lunar [...]

By |2025-07-29T16:26:00-04:00July 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A Helix Nebula Deep Field

Photo of the Day Is the Helix Nebula looking at you? No, not in any biological sense, but it does look quite like an eye. The Helix Nebula is so named because it also appears that you are looking down the axis of a helix. In actuality, it is now understood to have a [...]

By |2025-07-29T13:44:28-04:00July 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Muscles, AI Robotics Research Assisting Astronauts as Next Crew Nears Launch

JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi sets up the CIMON artificial intelligence-powered robotic assistant inside the Kibo laboratory module. CIMON tests how artificial intelligence affects crew support potentially relieving crews for more important tasks and increasing time for relaxation.JAXA/ESA Muscles and robotics topped the research schedule aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday to keep astronauts fit [...]

By |2025-07-29T13:31:00-04:00July 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

Adam and Hirsa Present Research on the Ring-Sheared Drop

3 min read Adam and Hirsa Present Research on the Ring-Sheared Drop Abnormal fibrous, extracellular, proteinaceous deposits found in organs and tissues are associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. (“Amyloid fibril formation in microgravity: Distinguishing interfacial and flow effects” NNX13AQ22G). The Ring Sheared Drop investigation studies the biophysics of protein amyloidogenesis in the [...]

By |2025-07-29T12:42:00-04:00July 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Drop Test Supports Safer Air Taxi Designs

An aircraft body modeled after an air taxi with weighted test dummies inside is being prepared for a drop test by researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The test was completed June 26, 2025, at Langley’s Landing and Impact Research Facility. The aircraft was dropped from a tall steel structure, known as a gantry, [...]

By |2025-07-29T11:30:00-04:00July 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, First to Sequence DNA in Space, Retires

NASA Astronaut Kate RubinsNASA NASA astronaut and microbiologist Kate Rubins retired Monday after 16 years with the agency. During her time with NASA, Rubins completed two long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station, logging 300 days in space and conducting four spacewalks.   “I want to extend my sincere gratitude to Kate for her dedication [...]

By |2025-07-29T10:10:00-04:00July 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4611-4613: Scenic Overlook

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 2 min [...]

By |2025-07-28T20:02:00-04:00July 28th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |
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