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Crew Sets Up Liver Tissue Research and Preps for Dragon Reboost

iss073e0508120 (Aug. 15, 2025) — The seven-member Expedition 73 crew gathers together for a dinnertime portrait inside the galley of the International Space Station’s Unity module. In the front from left are, Flight Engineers Zena Cardman of NASA, Kimiya Yui of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and Jonny Kim of NASA. In the back are, [...]

By |2025-08-26T16:15:00-04:00August 26th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

Hands-On Technical Workshops Return to 2026 North American WE Locals

Have you heard the news? The wildly popular hands-on technical workshop sessions are returning to a WE Local conference near you! Have an idea for a technical workshop? We want to hear from you. Source

By |2025-08-26T15:44:00-04:00August 26th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|

Reaching Out

Near the center of this image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory lies the pulsar B1509-58, a rapidly spinning neutron star that is only about 12 miles in diameter. This tiny object is responsible for producing an intricate nebula that resembles a human hand with a palm and extended fingers pointing to the upper right.X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. [...]

By |2025-08-26T12:08:00-04:00August 26th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Test Deploys Roman Space Telescope Solar Panels, ‘Visor’

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center; Music Credit: “History in Motion” by Fred Dubois [SACEM], Koka Media [SACEM], Universal Publishing Production Music France [SACEM], and Universal Production Music. On Aug. 7 and 8, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team assessed the observatory’s solar panels and a visor-like sunshade called the deployable aperture cover [...]

By |2025-08-26T10:00:00-04:00August 26th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Stennis Provides Ideal Setting for Range Operations

Think of NASA’s Stennis Space Center, and one likely thinks of rocket propulsion testing. The site has a long history of testing to support the nation’s space efforts, including the current Artemis program to send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future human exploration of Mars. However, NASA Stennis also is working to become [...]

By |2025-08-26T10:00:00-04:00August 26th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4638-4640: Imaging Extravaganza Atop a Ridge

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 |2025-08-26T00:38:00-04:00August 26th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The Meteor and the Star Cluster

Photo of the Day Sometimes even the sky surprises you. To see more stars and faint nebulosity in the Pleiades star cluster (M45), long exposures are made. Many times, less interesting items appear on the exposures that were not intended -- but later edited out. These include stuck pixels, cosmic ray hits, frames with [...]

By |2025-08-25T13:44:33-04:00August 25th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

From NASA Citizen Scientist to Astronaut Training: An Interview with Benedetta Facini

Titans Space Industries, a commercial space company, selected a new cohort of astronaut candidates this spring – and among them is NASA citizen scientist, Benedetta Facini. She has participated in not one, but many NASA citizen science projects: Cloudspotting on Mars, Active Asteroids, Daily Minor Planet, GLOBE, Exoasteroids and International Astronomical Collaboration (IASC). We asked [...]

By |2025-08-25T12:01:00-04:00August 25th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s X-59 at Sunrise

Lockheed Martin Corporation NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the ramp at sunrise before ground tests at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, on July 18, 2025. Following completion of low-speed taxi tests in July 2025 in Palmdale, California, medium- and high-speed taxi tests mark the final steps before the aircraft takes to [...]

By |2025-08-25T11:49:00-04:00August 25th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Washington State Student Wins 2025 NASA Art Contest

4 Min Read Washington State Student Wins 2025 NASA Art Contest “My Wonders with You” by Dahyun Jung, 2025 NASA Student Art Contest grand prize winner Credits: NASA/Dahyun Jung A Washington state high school student with a passion for art, space exploration, and a curiosity about the possibility of life on other planets earned [...]

By |2025-08-25T11:36:00-04:00August 25th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |
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