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Searching for Spherules to Sample

By |2025-05-05T16:55:00-04:00May 5th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore This Section Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Perseverance Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter [...]

NASA Data Helps Map Tiny Plankton That Feed Giant Right Whales

By |2025-05-05T15:08:00-04:00May 5th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

6 min read NASA Data Helps Map Tiny Plankton That Feed Giant Right Whales This North Atlantic right whale, named “Bowtie,” was spotted feeding in southern Maine waters in January 2025. A new technique aims to use NASA satellite data to see the plankton these whales depend on from space. Credit: New England Aquarium, [...]

NASA Langley Participates in Air Power Over Hampton Roads

By |2025-05-05T14:51:00-04:00May 5th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Langley highlights its Cirrus Design SR22 during Air Power Over Hampton Roads STEM Day. NASA/Angelique Herring NASA Langley Research Center’s integral role in the past, present, and future of flight was on full display April 25-27 during the Air Power Over Hampton Roads air show. The air show, held at Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE), [...]

NASA’s Artemis II Orion Spacecraft Ready for Fueling, Processing

By |2025-05-05T14:14:00-04:00May 5th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

NASA’s KAMAG transporter carries the agency’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft from the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building to the Multi-Payload Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, May 3, 2025. The Orion spacecraft will undergo fueling and processing operations at the Multi-Payload Processing Facility. The Artemis II test flight is [...]

NASA Kennedy Breathes Life into Moon Soil Testing

By |2025-05-05T13:24:00-04:00May 5th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Researchers with NASA’s Exploration Research and Technology programs conduct molten regolith electrolysis testing inside Swamp Works at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024.NASA/Kim Shiflett As NASA works to establish a long-term presence on the Moon, researchers have reached a breakthrough by extracting oxygen at a commercial scale from simulated lunar [...]

NASA’s Webb Lifts Veil on Common but Mysterious Type of Exoplanet

By |2025-05-05T10:00:00-04:00May 5th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore This Section 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 Science Overview and Goals Early Universe Galaxies Over Time Star Lifecycle Other Worlds Observatory Overview Launch [...]

GSFC Office of the Chief Knowledge Officer – Case Studies

By |2025-05-05T09:13:00-04:00May 5th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The Goddard OCKO has a large collection of case studies covering a wide range of missions and technical topics, including launch decision making, project management, procurement, instrument development, risk management, systems engineering and more. These case studies can be used to facilitate learning of critical knowledge and lessons that enable mission success. Click Here [...]

Sols 4527-4528: ‘Boxwork Ahoy!’

By |2025-05-04T18:48:00-04:00May 4th, 2025|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 Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 2 min [...]

Back to Earth

By |2025-05-02T14:30:00-04:00May 2nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Jonny Kim The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft is pictured backing away from the International Space Station shortly after undocking on April 19, 2025. Three hours later, the spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan, returning astronaut Don Pettit and cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner to Earth. While aboard the International Space Station, Pettit conducted hundreds of hours of [...]

President Trump’s FY26 Budget Revitalizes Human Space Exploration

By |2025-05-02T11:30:00-04:00May 2nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Credit: NASA The Trump-Vance Administration released toplines of the President’s budget for Fiscal Year 2026 on Friday. The budget accelerates human space exploration of the Moon and Mars with a fiscally responsible portfolio of missions. “This proposal includes investments to simultaneously pursue exploration of the Moon and Mars while still prioritizing critical science and technology [...]

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