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Crew Conducting Advanced Health Research and More Spacewalk Preps

By |2026-05-21T14:04:00-04:00May 21st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot shows off new scientific hardware recently delivered to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft. The new research equipment aims to grow human bone cells potentially leading to advanced treatments for osteoporosis and improved bone‑healing therapies for patients.ESA/Sophie Adenot Four Expedition 74 astronauts had a light duty day [...]

NASA Welcomes 16th Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson

By |2026-05-21T10:08:00-04:00May 21st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Matt Anderson, left, joined by his wife Christine, is sworn in as the 16th deputy administrator of NASA, by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington.Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Matt Anderson was sworn in Thursday as NASA’s 16th deputy administrator by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. The oath [...]

NASA Highlights 2025 International Space Station Science Results

By |2026-05-21T10:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 Min Read NASA Highlights 2025 International Space Station Science Results To dive deeper into the International Space Station research achievements from the past year, browse the 2025 Annual Highlights of Results, which NASA released in May 2026. In 2025, researchers using the orbital laboratory conducted more than 750 investigations that advanced understanding of [...]

Lunar Robots: NASA Spotlights Moon Base at 2026 FIRST Robotics Competition

By |2026-05-21T05:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s exhibit at the 2026 FIRST Robotics World Championship, held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston from April 29 to May 2, 2026. NASA Robotics will play a critical role in NASA’s ambitious plan to establish a long-term presence on the Moon, presenting opportunities for the next generation of engineers, technologists, and [...]

NASA Announces Winners in University Aeronautics Competition

By |2026-05-20T16:48:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Team WINGMAN from South Dakota State University, comprised of (from left to right) Todd Letcher (advisor), Matthew Wieberdink, Owen Diede, Christian Lee, and Anders Olsen, took home first place at the 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies Forum held at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Steven Holz, NASA sponsor and GBS Chair and judge, [...]

Cancer, Blood Research Tops Science Schedule as Spacewalk Preps Continue

By |2026-05-20T15:33:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

Six of the seven Expedition 74 crew members pose for a portrait together aboard the International Space Station. From left are, NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud‑Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev, NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir. ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 74 flight engineer [...]

La NASA informará sobre su estrategia y misiones para la Base Lunar

By |2026-05-20T15:08:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Concepto artístico de astronautas trabajando en la superficie lunar.Crédito: NASA Read this news release in English here. La NASA ofrecerá una conferencia de prensa el martes 26 de mayo a las 2 p.m. EDT (hora del este) para compartir los planes para la Base Lunar y destacar los avances hacia una presencia sostenida en la [...]

NASA TechLeap Prize: Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge

By |2026-05-20T15:02:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge — the fifth in the NASA TechLeap Prize series — is a competition to advance persistent infrastructure for in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing. NASA Flight Opportunities invites applicants to propose a payload that can be manipulated by a robotic arm in low Earth orbit. Up to three winners will each receive [...]

Psyche Spacecraft Completes Mars Flyby

By |2026-05-20T13:51:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU NASA’s Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, coming within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the planet’s surface. During the flyby, it took this image and others. This representative color image, captured by Psyche’s multispectral imager instrument, features the double-ring crater Huygens and the surrounding heavily cratered southern highlands. This [...]

NASA-developed AI Could Help Track Harmful Algae

By |2026-05-20T13:39:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Green swirls of microscopic algae (phytoplankton) are visible off the U.S. Gulf Coast in this image captured Oct. 21, 2024, by the Ocean Color Instrument on NASA’s PACE satellite. The sensor also observed autumn leaf colors, visible as a reddish streak, to the northeast.NASA NASA scientists have developed an artificial intelligence tool to take on [...]

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