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Crew Preps for Dragon Departure and Arrival; Keeps Up Space Research

By |2025-07-30T14:09:00-04:00July 30th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

A wispy aurora spikes across the Indian Ocean as the orbital outpost soars 270 miles above Earth southwest of Australia.NASA The Expedition 73 crew is readying a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for return to Earth while a new crew on the ground is preparing to launch aboard another Dragon to the International Space Station. Meanwhile, exercise [...]

Coronal Loops on the Sun

By |2025-07-30T13:44:28-04:00July 30th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Our Sun frequently erupts in loops. Hot solar plasma jumps off the Sun's surface into prominences, with the most common type of prominence being a simple loop. The loop shape originates from the Sun's magnetic field, which is traced by spiraling electrons and protons. Many loops into the Sun's lower [...]

Artemis II Integration in High Bay

By |2025-07-30T13:44:16-04:00July 30th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket topped by its upper stage booster – the interim cryogenic propulsion stage – stands atop the mobile launcher inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, July 24, 2025. The Artemis II mission is the first crewed flight under NASA’s Artemis [...]

Artemis II Integration in High Bay

By |2025-07-30T13:44:15-04:00July 30th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket topped by its upper stage booster – the interim cryogenic propulsion stage – stands atop the mobile launcher inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, July 24, 2025. The Artemis II mission is the first crewed flight under NASA’s Artemis [...]

Artemis II Integration in High Bay

By |2025-07-30T13:44:14-04:00July 30th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket topped by its upper stage booster – the interim cryogenic propulsion stage – stands atop the mobile launcher inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, July 24, 2025. The Artemis II mission is the first crewed flight under NASA’s Artemis [...]

Artemis II Integration in High Bay

By |2025-07-30T13:44:13-04:00July 30th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket topped by its upper stage booster – the interim cryogenic propulsion stage – stands atop the mobile launcher inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, July 24, 2025. The Artemis II mission is the first crewed flight under NASA’s Artemis [...]

Artemis II Integration in High Bay

By |2025-07-30T13:44:12-04:00July 30th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket topped by its upper stage booster – the interim cryogenic propulsion stage – stands atop the mobile launcher inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, July 24, 2025. The Artemis II mission is the first crewed flight under NASA’s Artemis [...]

NASA Tests Epic Solution for Supersonic Parachute Deliveries

By |2025-07-30T12:00:00-04:00July 30th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA/Lori Losey The best way to solve a mystery is by gathering evidence and building a case. That’s exactly what NASA researchers are doing with a series of research flights aimed at advancing a sensor for supersonic parachutes. The clues they find could help [...]

NASA-ISRO Satellite Lifts Off to Track Earth’s Changing Surfaces

By |2025-07-30T10:10:00-04:00July 30th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India’s southeastern coast at 8:10 a.m. EDT (5:40 a.m. IST), July 30, 2025.Credit: ISRO Carrying an advanced radar system that will produce a dynamic, three-dimensional view of Earth in unprecedented detail, the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite [...]

NASA’s Webb Traces Details of Complex Planetary Nebula

By |2025-07-30T10:00:00-04:00July 30th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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