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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4788-4797: Welcome Back from Conjunction

By |2026-02-04T18:05:00-05:00February 4th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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NASA, University of Texas Expand Research and Workforce Development

By |2026-02-04T17:10:00-05:00February 4th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and the University of Texas System (UT System) announced the signing of a collaborative Space Act Agreement on Jan. 9, 2026. The agreement expands research and workforce development partnership opportunities across NASA centers and UT System facilities. NASA’s Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche and University of Texas System [...]

Tracking Glacial Change with Landsat and Radar 

By |2026-02-04T09:00:00-05:00February 4th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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NASA Space to Soil Challenge

By |2026-02-03T10:12:00-05:00February 3rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/JPL-Caltech Rapid advances in commercial space, artificial intelligence, and edge computing are transforming what is possible for Earth observation. By pushing more intelligence onboard, missions can move from passively collecting data to actively interpreting and responding to changing surface conditions in near-real time, enabling more targeted observations and dramatically improving the value of data returned [...]

NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Students in Pennsylvania

By |2026-02-02T17:44:00-05:00February 2nd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Zena Cardman, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, work on spacesuit maintenance inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock on Dec. 16, 2025.Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Chris Williams will connect with students in Pennsylvania to answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions while aboard the International Space Station. The [...]

NASA Selects Axiom Space for Fifth Private Mission to Space Station

By |2026-01-30T18:33:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Credit: NASA NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than January 2027 from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “The award of our fifth private astronaut mission shows that commercial space is not a distant promise, but [...]

Artemis II Recovery Training

By |2026-01-30T12:05:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Off the coast of California, NASA’s Artemis Landing and Recovery team and the Department of War that will work together to retrieve the Artemis II crew and Orion spacecraft following their return to Earth and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean are performing a final simulation of their activities, called a just-in-time training, at sea [...]

Resurrecting Ancient Enzymes in NASA’s Search for Life Beyond Earth

By |2026-01-30T10:04:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Predicted 3D structures of the ancestral nitrogenase DDKK complex from oldest to modern. University of Wisconsin-Madison/Holly Rucker NASA-supported scientists have resurrected an enzyme first used by organisms on Earth 3.2-billion years ago and, in the process, have validated a chemical biosignature in rocks that is used to understand ancient life on Earth. The research [...]

Hubble Sees Galaxy with Dark Rings in New Light

By |2026-01-30T10:02:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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NASA Johnson Celebrates 25 Years in Space with Community Day  

By |2026-01-29T22:16:00-05:00January 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Johnson Space Center brought the International Space Station’s 25-year legacy to the public on Jan. 24, 2026, during a community day event in Houston. Johnson’s visitor center, Space Center Houston, hosted the celebration commemorating 25 years of continuous human presence in space.   For a quarter century, astronauts have lived and worked aboard the orbiting laboratory, advancing science, strengthening international [...]

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