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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Primary Mirror Gets Last Look

By |2026-05-29T12:33:00-04:00May 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 Min Read NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Primary Mirror Gets Last Look This photo peers down the barrel of the Roman telescope with its visor-like sunshade deployed. Credits: NASA/Sydney Rohde Engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have completed their final inspection of a key element for the agency’s Nancy Grace [...]

Hubble Captures M88 on Journey to Center of Virgo Cluster

By |2026-05-29T07:29:00-04:00May 29th, 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’s X-59 Prepares for First Supersonic Flight  

By |2026-05-28T18:29:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies over Rogers Dry Lake near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. NASA continues expanding the aircraft’s flight envelope through a series of lower-altitude and slower-speed flights ahead of upcoming flight [...]

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 [...]

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