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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reads Record of Ancient Mars Impacts

By |2026-07-15T11:30:00-04:00July 15th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Perseverance took this selfie at “Witch Hazel Hill” on Jezero Crater’s rim on May 10, 2025. The small dark hole in the rock in front of the rover is the borehole made when the rover collected the “Bell Island” sample. The small puff [...]

Volunteer Measures Record Louisiana Rainfall 

By |2026-07-15T08:32:00-04:00July 15th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore This Section Science Citizen Science Volunteer Measures Record… Overview Resources Opportunities Citizen Science Highlights About Science Activation   “I didn’t sign up to try to measure a new record or anything”, said Matt Carnicle, a volunteer for the NASA-sponsored Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network, or CoCoRaHS, project. Carnicle measured a whopping [...]

NASA’s Webb Discovers Hidden Planet in Famous Star System

By |2026-07-15T08:00:00-04:00July 15th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore Webb Science James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NASA’s Webb Discovers Hidden… Webb News Latest News Latest Images Webb’s Blog Awards X (offsite – login reqd) Instagram (offsite – login reqd) Facebook (offsite- login reqd) Youtube (offsite) Overview About Who is James Webb? Fact Sheet Impacts+Benefits FAQ Webb Timeline Science Overview and Goals Early [...]

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4947-4953: Gale Crater Then and Now

By |2026-07-15T01:25:00-04:00July 15th, 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 Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 3 min read Curiosity Blog, Sols [...]

NASA Astronaut Anil Menon, Crewmates Arrive at Space Station

By |2026-07-14T14:26:00-04:00July 14th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina onboard, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA astronaut Anil Menon, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, arrived safely at the International Space [...]

Hubble Sees Crimson Cloud and Stars

By |2026-07-14T14:06:00-04:00July 14th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A glowing landscape of gas and dust is heated and illuminated by a thriving population of young stars in the LH 95 region of the Large Magellanic Cloud.NASA, ESA, and N. Da Rio (The University of Virginia), G. De Marchi (European Space Agency – ESTEC), and D. Gouliermis (Universitat Heidelberg); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University [...]

NASA Jets Turn Red, White, and Blue

By |2026-07-14T13:13:00-04:00July 14th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A NASA F-15 aircraft flies above Washington on Saturday, July 4, 2026, as part of a flyover to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. This aircraft is from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and it joined other NASA aircraft for the flyover.NASA/Jim Ross In honor of America’s 250th birthday, two of NASA’s most iconic [...]

NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Spot Distant Black Holes That Shred Stars

By |2026-07-14T10:00:00-04:00July 14th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. How do black holes at the center of galaxies form and grow over time? To answer this question, scientists need to detect and study supermassive black holes at great distances, which existed much earlier in the universe’s history. New research suggests NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which [...]

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4941-4947: (Pin)Stripes on the Fourth of July

By |2026-07-13T21:04:00-04:00July 13th, 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 Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 4 min read Curiosity Blog, Sols [...]

NASA’s Artemis III Flight Hardware Stacks Up at Kennedy

By |2026-07-13T15:52:00-04:00July 13th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

The left-hand and right-hand aft assembly solid rocket booster segments for NASA’s Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) rocket are secured to the mobile launcher at the agency’s Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, July 11, 2026. NASA/Frank Michaux It is full steam ahead at NASA’s Kennedy Space [...]

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