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Summer Triangle Corner: Altair

By |2025-08-15T06:00:00-04:00August 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Summer Triangle Corner: Altair A map of the asterism known as the Summer Triangle. This asterism is made up of three stars: Vega in the Lyra constellation, Altair in the Aquila constellation, and Deneb in the Cygnus constellation. Stellarium Web Altair is the last stop on our trip around the Summer [...]

NASA Seeks Industry Feedback on Fission Surface Power

By |2025-08-14T18:34:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Credit: NASA As part of the agency’s initiative to return humanity to the Moon and eventually send the first astronaut – an American – to Mars, NASA is surveying industry for interest and feedback on a fission surface power system, through a Request for Information issued Thursday. Earlier this month, NASA declared its intent to [...]

Astronauts Plant Seed Pillows in New Space Agriculture Study

By |2025-08-14T14:40:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A member of the space crop production team prepares materials for Veggie seed pillows inside the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. NASA/Cory S Huston When the Crew-11 astronauts launched to the International Space Station on August 1, 2025, they carried with them another chapter in space farming: the latest VEG-03 [...]

After Storied 34 Year Career, Steve Platnick Retires from NASA

By |2025-08-14T13:14:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Dr. Steven “Steve” Platnick stepped down from his role at NASA on August 8, 2025, after more than three decades of public service. Steve began his career at NASA as a physical scientist at Goddard Space Flight Center in 2002. He moved to the Earth Science Division in 2009, where he has served in various [...]

Small Companies Win Big in NASA’s TechLeap Challenge

By |2025-08-14T12:29:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA announced 10 winning teams for its latest TechLeap Prize — the Space Technology Payload Challenge — on June 26. The winners emerged from a record-breaking field of more than 200 applicants to earn cash prizes worth up to $500,000, if they have a flight-ready unit. Recipients may also have the opportunity to flight [...]

NASA’s Apollo Samples, LRO Help Scientists Predict Moonquakes

By |2025-08-14T12:02:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read NASA’s Apollo Samples, LRO Help Scientists Predict Moonquakes This mosaic of the Taurus-Littrow valley was made using images from the Narrow Angle Cameras onboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The orbiter has been circling and studying the Moon since 2009. The ancient-lava-filled valley is cut by the Lee-Lincoln thrust fault, visible as [...]

NASA’s Apollo Samples, LRO Help Scientists Forecast Moonquakes

By |2025-08-14T12:02:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read NASA’s Apollo Samples, LRO Help Scientists Forecast Moonquakes This mosaic of the Taurus-Littrow valley was made using images from the Narrow Angle Cameras onboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The orbiter has been circling and studying the Moon since 2009. The ancient-lava-filled valley is cut by the Lee-Lincoln thrust fault, visible as [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Astronauts to Discuss Science Mission

By |2025-08-14T11:53:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, left, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on the company’s recovery ship shortly after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, on Aug. 9, 2025.Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber After spending [...]

Say Cheese!

By |2025-08-14T10:40:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Mike Fincke Eleven International Space Station crew members gather inside the space station’s Unity module for a portrait on Aug. 3, 2025. In the front row, from left are, Kimiya Yui of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Zena Cardman of NASA, Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos, and Mike Fincke of NASA. In the second row are, [...]

NASA Tests Research Aircraft to Improve Air Taxi Flight Controls

By |2025-08-14T06:00:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Research Aircraft for electric Vertical takeoff and landing Enabling techNologies Subscale Wind Tunnel and Flight Test undergoes a free flight test on the City Environment Range Testing for Autonomous Integrated Navigation range at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia on April 22, [...]

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