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NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars

1 Min Read NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars PIA26771 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Psyche Mission Images… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars PNG (251.49 KB) Description This view of a crescent Mars was captured [...]

By |2026-05-19T16:28:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This view of a crescent Mars was captured on May 15, 2026, at about 5:03 a.m. PDT by NASA’s Psyche mission as it approached the planet for a gravity assist. The image has been processed into a natural-color view using red, green, and blue [...]

By |2026-05-19T15:49:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Astronauts Work Cancer, Cartilage Treatments, Cosmonauts Prep for Spacewalk

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft, with its nose cone open to reveal its docking mechanism, approaches the International Space Station carrying nearly 6,500 pounds of food, supplies, and equipment for the Expedition 74 crew on May 17, 2026.NASA/Jessica Meir The Expedition 74 crew explored advanced treatments for cancer and cartilage injuries on Tuesday using the [...]

By |2026-05-19T15:27:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

Moon-Venus Conjunction

The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington.NASA/Bill Ingalls The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson NASA [...]

By |2026-05-19T13:07:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Johnson’s Cindy Evans Prepares Artemis Teams for Lunar Science

4 Min Read Johnson’s Cindy Evans Prepares Artemis Teams for Lunar Science Cindy Evans, Artemis exploration scientist and geology training lead at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, preparing for a deep-field deployment to collect meteorites in Antarctica. Credits: Cindy Evans NASA’s Artemis II crew had many technical and operational responsibilities during their historic [...]

By |2026-05-19T11:00:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s New Shock Detectives Project Invites Volunteers to Help Study Solar Wind

The Sun sprays an extremely fast stream of charged particles called the solar wind. At approximately 56,000 miles (90,000 kilometers) in front of the Earth toward the Sun, the solar wind collides with the Earth’s protective magnetic field, generating a long-lasting shock wave that stretches for hundreds of thousands of miles. Now, you can help [...]

By |2026-05-19T09:05:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4893-4899: Drilling at Campo Marte and a Visit From the Psyche Spacecraft

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 [...]

By |2026-05-18T20:33:00-04:00May 18th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Johnson Photographers Honored for Award-Winning Portraits 

Three photographers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center who inspire the world through visual storytelling earned top honors in the portrait category at the 2025 NASA Imagery Experts Program Annual Awards.  “Congratulations to all three on this impressive achievement and for capturing such breathtaking imagery,” said Johnson Director Vanessa Wyche. “Their work represents the collaboration, precision, [...]

By |2026-05-18T17:28:00-04:00May 18th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Crew Unloads Dragon and Begins New Space Experiments

The last rays of an orbital sunset illuminate Earth’s atmosphere and the cloud tops in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean north of Papua New Guinea.NASA/Jessica Meir New science experiments are getting underway aboard the International Space Station after a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft delivered about [...]

By |2026-05-18T14:39:00-04:00May 18th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

NASA’s MAVEN Makes 1st Discovery of Atmospheric Effect at Mars

In December 2023, scientists looking at Mars data stumbled across something completely unexpected — observations of an atmospheric effect never before seen in the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Using instruments aboard NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission, scientists identified a phenomenon known to occur in Earth’s magnetosphere, where charged particles are squeezed like toothpaste [...]

By |2026-05-18T13:09:00-04:00May 18th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |
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