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NASA Awards Liquid Hydrogen Supply Contracts

By |2025-11-21T16:15:00-05:00November 21st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Credit: NASA NASA has selected Plug Power, Inc., of Slingerlands, New York, and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to supply up to approximately 36,952,000 pounds of liquid hydrogen for use at facilities across the agency. The NASA Agency-wide Supply of Liquid Hydrogen awards are firm-fixed-price requirements contracts that include multiple firm-fixed-price delivery [...]

3I/ATLAS: A View from Planet Earth

By |2025-11-21T15:44:25-05:00November 21st, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Now outbound after its perihelion or closest approach to the Sun on October 29, Comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third known interstellar object to pass through our fair Solar System. Its greenish coma and faint tails are seen against a background of stars in the constellation Virgo in this view [...]

Week Wraps with Fluid Physics, Stem Cell Research as New Crew Preps Begin

By |2025-11-21T15:23:00-05:00November 21st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

The Canadarm2 robotic arm releases Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo craft after it was installed on the Earth-facing port of the Unity module on Sept. 18, 2025.NASA Expedition 73 wrapped up the work week continuing to study fluid physics and stem cells, preparing for next week’s new crew arrival, and unpacking a U.S. cargo spacecraft. [...]

10 Years of Students Helping NASA Grow Space Food with Growing Beyond Earth

By |2025-11-21T13:25:00-05:00November 21st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Explore This Section Science Science Activation 10 Years of Students Helping… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science   3 min read 10 Years of Students Helping NASA Grow Space Food with Growing Beyond Earth Students from 71 Classrooms engaged with NASA scientists to learn about [...]

25 Years of Scientific Discovery Aboard International Space Station

By |2025-11-21T10:00:00-05:00November 21st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

8 Min Read 25 Years of Scientific Discovery Aboard International Space Station November marks 25 years of human presence aboard the International Space Station, a testament to international collaboration and human ingenuity. Since the first crew arrived on Nov. 2, 2000, NASA and its partners have conducted thousands of research investigations and technology demonstrations [...]

25 Years of Scientific Discovery Aboard the International Space Station

By |2025-11-21T10:00:00-05:00November 21st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

8 Min Read 25 Years of Scientific Discovery Aboard the International Space Station November marks 25 years of human presence aboard the International Space Station, a testament to international collaboration and human ingenuity. Since the first crew arrived on Nov. 2, 2000, NASA and its partners have conducted thousands of research investigations and technology [...]

Hubble Seeks Clusters in ‘Lost Galaxy’

By |2025-11-21T07:00:00-05:00November 21st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts Science Hubble Science Science Themes Science Highlights [...]

Crew Works on Stem Cells, CubeSats; Prepares for Soyuz and Commercial Crew Launches

By |2025-11-20T18:15:00-05:00November 20th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

Expedition 73 Flight Engineers Jonny Kim and Zena Cardman, both NASA astronauts, practice Canadarm2 robotic maneuvers at the robotics workstation inside the International Space Station’s cupola. The duo was preparing for the robotic capture of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft that launched on Sept. 14, 2025, and arrived on Sept. 18 delivering about [...]

Europa Clipper Captures Uranus With Star Tracker Camera

By |2025-11-20T18:13:00-05:00November 20th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 Min Read Europa Clipper Captures Uranus With Star Tracker Camera PIA26544 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Europa Clipper Captures Uranus… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Europa Clipper Captures Uranus With Star Tracker Camera PNG (128.99 KB) Description NASA’s Europa Clipper captured this image of a [...]

NASA’s Scott Tingle to Serve as Agency’s Chief Astronaut

By |2025-11-20T16:16:00-05:00November 20th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA astronaut Scott Tingle NASA named astronaut Scott Tingle as chief of the Astronaut Office at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, effective Nov. 10. A decorated spaceflight veteran and former captain in the United States Navy, Tingle has logged more than 4,500 flight hours in 51 different aircraft and served as a flight [...]

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