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NASA Aims to Advance Hypersonic Flight Testing with New Awards 

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The NASA award to SpaceWorks Enterprises will focus on research using the company’s X-60 platform. SpaceWorks While NASA is working with U.S. aviation to explore commercial supersonic technologies, the agency is also looking forward to an even faster era of flight – one of vehicles that can fly [...]

By |2026-01-30T15:45:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus

Photo of the Day NGC 1333 is seen in visible light as a reflection nebula, dominated by bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by interstellar dust. A mere 1,000 light-years distant toward the heroic constellation Perseus, it lies at the edge of a large, star-forming molecular cloud. This telescopic close-up spans over two full [...]

By |2026-01-30T15:44:26-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Visualizing Perseverance’s AI-Planned Drive on Mars

2 Min Read Visualizing Perseverance’s AI-Planned Drive on Mars PIA26646 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Visualizing Perseverance’s… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Visualizing Perseverance’s AI-Planned Drive on Mars PNG (326.26 KB) PIA26646 Animation MP4 (157.38 MB) Description This animation of NASA’s Perseverance was created with the [...]

By |2026-01-30T15:30:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA Honor Awards for Cold Atom Lab Team Members

NASA Cold Atom Lab team members were presented with the following NASA Honor Awards. From left to right, Kamal Oudrhiri, Sarah Rees, Jason Williams, and Ethan Elliott. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA OUTSTANDING PUBLIC LEADERSHIP MEDAL Awarded for notable leadership accomplishments that have significantly influenced NASA’s mission. Sustained leadership and exceptionally high-impact leadership achievements demonstrate the individual’s [...]

By |2026-01-30T15:15:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Video: Perseverance Rover’s View of Crater Rim Drive

1 Min Read Video: Perseverance Rover’s View of Crater Rim Drive PIA26647 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Video: Perseverance Rover’s… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Video: Perseverance Rover’s View of Crater Rim Drive JPEG (659.02 KB) PIA26647 Animation MP4 (125.55 MB) Description This animation shows Perseverance’s [...]

By |2026-01-30T15:02:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Mapping Perseverance’s Route With AI

2 Min Read Mapping Perseverance’s Route With AI PIA26645 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UofA Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Mapping Perseverance’s Route… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Mapping Perseverance’s Route With AI PNG (1,003.24 KB) Description This annotated image from NASA’s HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera aboard the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter [...]

By |2026-01-30T14:31:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Week Wraps with Cargo Packing, Tech Research as Crew-12 Discusses Mission

NASA astronaut Chris Williams conducts microbiology research inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox aboard the International Space Station.NASA The Expedition 74 trio wrapped up the week packing cargo for return to Earth and exploring artificial intelligence to benefit crew operations. Earth observations and lab gear maintenance rounded out the shift aboard the International [...]

By |2026-01-30T13:58:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition Program Releases Archived and Tasked Multispectral Data from Satellogic

CSDA Menu CSDA Commercial Data Commercial Datasets Commercial Satellite Data Explorer Satellite Data Evaluation CSDA Vendors Airbus U.S. BlackSky Capella Space GeoOptics GHGSat ICEYE Maxar Planet Polar Geospatial Center Spire Teledyne Brown Engineering Umbra Tomorrow.io PlanetiQ Program Activities Pilot Research Projects FAQs News Featured Articles 3 min read NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition Program [...]

By |2026-01-30T13:58:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on Mars 

NASA’s Perseverance used its navigation cameras to capture its drive along the rim of Jezero Crater on Dec. 10, 2025. The navcam images were combined with rover data and placed into a 3D virtual environment, resulting in this reconstruction with virtual frames inserted about every 4 inches (0.1 meters) of drive progress. NASA/JPL-Caltech The team [...]

By |2026-01-30T13:51:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

What’s Up: February 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA

The Moon readies for Artemis II, Orion shines bright, and a planetary parade marches across the night sky NASA’s Artemis II mission has its first opportunity to launch to the moon, Orion the Hunter takes center stage, and a planetary parade marches across the night sky. Skywatching Highlights Feb: Artemis II launch window opens. [...]

By |2026-01-30T13:34:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |
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