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NASA, Partners Advance LISA Prototype Hardware

By |2026-01-27T10:09:00-05:00January 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read NASA, Partners Advance LISA Prototype Hardware Engineers and scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, completed tests this month on a second early version of a key element of the upcoming LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission. The LISA mission, a collaboration between ESA (the European Space Agency) [...]

AI Unlocks Hundreds of Cosmic Anomalies in Hubble Archive

By |2026-01-27T10:00:00-05:00January 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts Science Hubble Science Science Themes Science Highlights [...]

NASA Moves Steps Closer to Artemis II Fueling Test Ahead of Launch

By |2026-01-26T19:18:00-05:00January 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft are seen illuminated by lights at Launch Complex 39B, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA/Keegan Barber Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida continue to prepare the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, Orion spacecraft, and ground infrastructure [...]

NASA Reveals New Details About Dark Matter’s Influence on Universe

By |2026-01-26T11:00:00-05:00January 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Containing nearly 800,000 galaxies, this image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is overlaid with a map of dark matter, represented in blue. Researchers used Webb data to find the invisible substance via its gravitational influence on regular matter.NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale/A. Pagan With the Webb telescope’s unprecedented sensitivity, scientists are learning more about dark matter’s influence [...]

Artemis II Crew Enters Quarantine Ahead of Journey Around Moon

By |2026-01-23T18:00:00-05:00January 23rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

The Artemis II crew poses in front of an Orion simulator Jan. 23, 2026 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA/Robert Markowitz The next astronauts to fly around the Moon went into quarantine late Friday. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, [...]

NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-12 Mission to Space Station

By |2026-01-23T17:46:00-05:00January 23rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 crew, from left to right, is NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.Credit: SpaceX NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation to the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Friday, Jan. 30, from [...]

NASA Awards Global Modeling, Assimilation Support Contract

By |2026-01-23T16:47:00-05:00January 23rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Credit: NASA NASA has selected ADNET Systems, Inc. of Bethesda, Maryland, to provide global modeling and data assimilation support at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Global Modeling and Assimilation Support contract is a single-award, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum ordering value of approximately $84 million with a five-year period [...]

AMS 2025 Hyperwall Schedule

By |2026-01-23T10:36:00-05:00January 23rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read AMS 2025 Hyperwall Schedule 106th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Meeting, January 25 – 29, 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #323) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. MONDAY, JANUARY 26 6:05 – 6:20 PM Expanding Discovery from Earth Science Missions in Space  Highlights of NASA [...]

Journey to Center of Milky Way With Upcoming NASA Roman Core Survey

By |2026-01-23T10:00:00-05:00January 23rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

At the heart of our own galaxy, there is a dense thicket of stars with a supermassive black hole at the very center. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will provide the deepest-ever view of this zone, revealing stars, planets, and unique objects that resist definition. Based on the input of astronomers from across the [...]

NASA Conducts Hot Fire of RS-25 Engine

By |2026-01-23T09:34:00-05:00January 23rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA conducts a hot fire of RS-25 engine No. 2063 on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on Jan. 22, 2026.NASA/Chris Russell NASA conducts a hot fire of RS-25 engine No. 2063 on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay [...]

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