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I Am Artemis: Daniel Stubbs

By |2026-05-28T17:58:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 Min Read I Am Artemis: Daniel Stubbs Listen to this audio excerpt from Daniel Stubbs, NASA aerospace engineer: 0:00 / 0:00 Your browser does not support the audio element. If you’ve driven through a cloud of dust and dirt that temporarily obscured your view, you’ve gotten a partial picture of a potential problem [...]

Contractor to Civil Servant: NASA Welcomes Kenny Heckle

By |2026-05-28T12:58:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Kenny Heckle, lead, mechanical operations, Launch Equipment Test Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, poses for a photograph on Monday, May 26, 2026. Heckle is among the first engineers and technicians sworn in as new NASA civil servants as part of the administrator’s workforce directive to restore technical core competencies within the civil [...]

NASA Astronaut Andrew Morgan Retires

By |2026-05-28T12:47:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

May 28, 2026 Former NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan waves as he is photographed during an Expedition 61 spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA After a 12-year career at NASA, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Andrew R. Morgan has retired from the agency to continue his military service. Morgan spent 272 days in space aboard [...]

Going Low and Slow in Testing

By |2026-05-28T12:01:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Jim Ross NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on April 28, 2026, during testing focused on lower-speed and altitude flight conditions in support of NASA’s Quesst mission. The X-59 has completed initial test flights at high altitudes and near-supersonic speeds, opening the door for additional [...]

NASA’s Roman Mission Preps to Unveil New Populations of Faraway Worlds

By |2026-05-28T10:40:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to make a major leap in the hunt for worlds outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. Scientists expect the mission to reveal around 100,000 worlds — a staggering leap compared to the nearly 6,300 found so far thanks to NASA missions working in tandem with other [...]

How NASA Uses Light to Detect Waste From Mines

By |2026-05-28T10:20:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

1 min read How NASA Uses Light to Detect Waste From Mines Earth (ESD) Earth Explore Explore Earth Science Agriculture Air Quality Climate Change Freshwater Life on Earth Severe Storms Snow and Ice The Global Ocean Science at Work Earth Science at Work Technology and Innovation Powering Business Multimedia Image Collections Videos Data For [...]

Growing Stem Cells in Space to Improve Cancer and Disease Treatments

By |2026-05-28T10:00:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir works on InSPA-StemCellEX-H2 inside the Life Sciences Glovebox. Microgravity samples will be frozen and returned to Earth for further analysis of stem cell expansion in space.NASA Expedition 74 astronauts aboard the International Space Station are continuing research efforts to manufacture large quantities of stem cells for therapies on Earth. Previous studies [...]

NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety

By |2026-05-27T17:45:00-04:00May 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Alabama Forestry Commission wildland firefighter Jason Berry teaches NASA Wildland Fires Technology Program Manager Teresa Kauffman how to drive a fire bulldozer during a stakeholder event April 23-24 in Andalusia, Alabama. NASA FireSense scientists have been working with the AFC to integrate thermal sensors [...]

La NASA anunciará la tripulación de Artemis III e informará sobre el progreso de la misión

By |2026-05-27T12:01:00-04:00May 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Crédito: NASA La NASA informará sobre los avances de la misión Artemis III de la agencia y anunciará los astronautas asignados a este vuelo de prueba durante un evento en vivo a las 11 a.m. EDT (hora del este) del martes 9 de junio en el Centro Espacial Johnson de la agencia en Houston. Siga [...]

Students Build Moon Robots for NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge

By |2026-05-27T11:42:00-04:00May 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Ben Smegelsky Katherine Rauscher of Michigan Technological University prepares her team’s prototype lunar robot for its turn during the finals for NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge competition on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Forty-seven teams from around the U.S. designed and built remote-controlled robots capable of traversing challenging lunar [...]

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