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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Team Installs Observatory’s Solar Panels

On June 14 and 16, technicians installed solar panels onto NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, one of the final steps in assembling the observatory. Collectively called the Solar Array Sun Shield, these panels will power and shade the observatory, enabling all the mission’s observations and helping keep the instruments cool. [...]

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

NASA’s Webb Scratches Beyond Surface of Cat’s Paw for 3rd Anniversary

Explore Webb Webb News Latest News Latest Images Webb’s Blog Awards X (offsite – login reqd) Instagram (offsite – login reqd) Facebook (offsite- login reqd) Youtube (offsite) Overview About Who is James Webb? Fact Sheet Impacts+Benefits FAQ Science Overview and Goals Early Universe Galaxies Over Time Star Lifecycle Other Worlds Observatory Overview Launch Deployment [...]

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

NASA Aircraft, Sensor Technology, Aid in Texas Flood Recovery Efforts

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The high-altitude WB-57 aircraft departed July 8, 2025, from Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, headed to the Texas Hill Country. The aircraft will use the DyNAMITE (Day/Night Airborne Motion Imager for Terrestrial Environments) sensor system to take video mosaics of the area to assist [...]

By |2025-07-09T15:10:00-04:00July 9th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Smarter Searching: NASA AI Makes Science Data Easier to Find

6 min read Smarter Searching: NASA AI Makes Science Data Easier to Find Image snapshot taken from NASA Worldview of NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission on March 15, 2025 showing heavy rain across the southeastern U.S. with an overlay of the GCMD Keyword Recommender for Earth Science, Atmosphere, Precipitation, Droplet Size. NASA Worldview [...]

By |2025-07-09T14:52:00-04:00July 9th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Anatomy of a Space Shuttle

This illustration shows the parts of a space shuttle orbiter. About the same size and weight as a DC-9 aircraft, the orbiter contains the pressurized crew compartment (which can normally carry up to seven crew members), the cargo bay, and the three main engines mounted on its aft end.NASA This 2001 illustration labels important parts [...]

By |2025-07-09T14:36:00-04:00July 9th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

“Hubble at 35 Years” Symposium Explores Insights from Hubble’s Past

As Hubble marks three and a half decades of scientific breakthroughs and technical resilience, the “Hubble at 35 Years” symposium offers a platform to reflect on the mission’s historical, operational, and scientific legacy. Hubble’s trajectory—from early challenges to becoming a symbol of American scientific ingenuity—presents valuable lessons in innovation, collaboration, and crisis response. Bringing together [...]

By |2025-07-09T14:16:00-04:00July 9th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA, International Astronauts Answer Questions from Florida Students

The seven-member Expedition 73 crew poses for a portrait inside the International Space Station’s Zvezda service module.Credit: NASA Students in Big Pine Key, Florida, will have the chance to have NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station answer their prerecorded questions. At 10:05 a.m. EDT on Monday, July 14, NASA astronaut Nicole Ayers and JAXA [...]

By |2025-07-09T13:48:00-04:00July 9th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Light Duty Day Amid Space Research and Crew Swap Preps

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim shows off a barbeque brisket taco during dinner time at the galley inside the International Space Station’s Unity module.NASA A portion of the Expedition 73 crew as well as the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) quartet had a light duty day on Wednesday. There was still time aboard the International Space Station [...]

By |2025-07-09T13:39:00-04:00July 9th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

I Am Artemis: Joe Pavicic

2 Min Read I Am Artemis: Joe Pavicic Listen to this audio excerpt from Joe Pavicic, Artemis operations project engineer 0:00 / 0:00 Your browser does not support the audio element. Joe Pavicic will never forget when he told the Artemis launch director teams were NO-GO for launch. Before Artemis I lifted off from [...]

By |2025-07-09T11:00:00-04:00July 9th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Polar Tourists Give Positive Reviews to NASA Citizen Science in Antarctica

2 min read Polar Tourists Give Positive Reviews to NASA Citizen Science in Antarctica Citizen science projects result in an overwhelmingly positive impact on the polar tourism experience. That’s according to a new paper analyzing participant experiences in the first two years of FjordPhyto, a NASA Citizen Science project..   The FjordPhyto citizen science project [...]

By |2025-07-09T09:30:00-04:00July 9th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |
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