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NASA eClips and GLOBE Educators Strengthen a Regional STEM Ecosystem in Coastal Virginia

By |2026-05-05T17:20:00-04:00May 5th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore This Section Science Science Activation NASA eClips and GLOBE… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science Science Activation Opportunities   3 min read NASA eClips and GLOBE Educators Strengthen a Regional STEM Ecosystem in Coastal Virginia Jessica Taylor, Physical Scientist at NASA Langley Research Center [...]

NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Surveys ‘Crocodile Bridge’

By |2026-05-05T16:10:00-04:00May 5th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Perseverance Mars… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   2 Min Read NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Surveys ‘Crocodile Bridge’ PIA26699 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS Description NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to capture this 360-degree panorama of a region nicknamed “Crocodile Bridge” on Jezero [...]

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4879-4885: Struggle at Atacama

By |2026-05-05T16:00:00-04:00May 5th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

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 3 min [...]

Crew Works Health, Spacesuits, and Cargo Mission Preps on Tuesday

By |2026-05-05T15:50:00-04:00May 5th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway configures a spacesuit installing its components, checking a helmet, and cleaning suit seals inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock.NASA/Jessica Meir Health monitoring, spacesuit checks, and preparations for an upcoming cargo mission kept the Expedition 74 crew busy on Tuesday. The International Space Station residents rounded out the day with a [...]

650 NASA Volunteers Have Co-Authored Scientific Papers

By |2026-05-05T14:34:00-04:00May 5th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

After a recent count, NASA Citizen Science is proud to report that more than 650 people who have volunteered to participate in NASA citizen science projects have co-authored peer-reviewed research papers with scientists on those project teams. These volunteers made incredible contributions like: Spotting comets, gamma-ray bursts, and brown dwarfs in data collected by space [...]

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Frees Its Drill From a Rock

By |2026-05-05T13:58:00-04:00May 5th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 Min Read NASA’s Curiosity Rover Frees Its Drill From a Rock PIA26723 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Curiosity Rover Frees… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s Curiosity Rover Frees Its Drill From a Rock GIF (50.56 MB) PIA26723 Figure A GIF (48.45 MB) PIA26723 [...]

NASA Research Shows Early Life Relied on Rare Metal

By |2026-05-05T12:34:00-04:00May 5th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read NASA Research Shows Early Life Relied on Rare Metal Timeline of Earth’s history in billions of years. The new study indicates that life used molybdenum as far back as 3.3 to 3.7 billion years ago, long before levels of molybdenum in the oceans increased to modern levels. Other events in Earth’s [...]

Building on America’s 65-Year Legacy of Human Spaceflight

By |2026-05-05T12:04:00-04:00May 5th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

America’s first human spaceflight begins as the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) space vehicle, with astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. aboard, launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 5, 1961.NASA On the morning of May 5, 1961, the Mercury-Redstone 3 launch vehicle lifted into the sky from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. Over [...]

NASA’S Juno Misson Captures Jupiter Moon Thebe

By |2026-05-05T11:35:00-04:00May 5th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

1 Min Read NASA’S Juno Misson Captures Jupiter Moon Thebe PIA26751 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’S Juno Misson Captures… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’S Juno Misson Captures Jupiter Moon Thebe JPEG (152.30 KB) Description NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Thebe, the second [...]

New NASA HEAT Coloring Book Blends Art, Science, and Cultural Perspectives

By |2026-05-05T11:09:00-04:00May 5th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A new Sun-centered and science-focused coloring book produced by NASA in partnership with the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) is now available for people to learn while showing their artistic side. The book, titled “Journey Through the Heliosphere: The Sun-Earth System in Color,” has twenty-eight, 11”x14” pages, and includes science facts and coloring pages for [...]

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