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Hubble Observes Ghostly Cloud Alive with Star Formation

By |2026-01-16T07:49:00-05:00January 16th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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NASA Adds Two F-15 Aircraft to Support Supersonic Flight Research

By |2026-01-15T15:58:00-05:00January 15th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Oregon Air National Guard ground crew guides one of the NASA’s newest F-15 aircraft onto the ramp at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. The retired U.S. Air Force F-15s come from the Oregon Air National [...]

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Plato and the Lunar Alps

By |2026-01-15T15:44:27-05:00January 15th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day The dark-floored, 95 kilometer wide crater Plato and sunlit peaks of the lunar Alps (Montes Alpes) are highlighted in this this sharp telescopic snapshot of the Moon's surface. While the Alps of planet Earth were uplifted over millions of years as continental plates slowly collided, the lunar Alps were likely [...]

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Wraps Up Space Station Science

By |2026-01-15T15:37:00-05:00January 15th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

4 Min Read NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Wraps Up Space Station Science NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission with agency astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov returned to Earth after a long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. During their stay, Cardman, Fincke, and [...]

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NASA Data Helps Maine Oyster Farmers Choose Where to Grow

By |2026-01-15T11:28:00-05:00January 15th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Earth (ESD)EarthExploreExplore Earth HomeAgricultureAir QualityClimate ChangeFreshwaterLife on EarthSevere StormsSnow and IceThe Global OceanScience at WorkEarth Science at WorkTechnology and InnovationPowering BusinessMultimediaImage CollectionsVideosDataFor ResearchersAbout Us 6 Min Read NASA Data Helps Maine Oyster Farmers Choose Where to Grow The Landsat satellites are helping oyster farmers in Maine see which coves run warmer or cooler from space. [...]

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Hubble’s Album of Planet-Forming Disks

By |2026-01-15T08:13:00-05:00January 15th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Mission Returns, Splashes Down off California

By |2026-01-15T05:59:00-05:00January 15th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, left, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON shortly after having landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Cardman, Fincke, [...]

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Artemis II Science – AVATAR Horizontal Video

By |2026-01-14T17:44:24-05:00January 14th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The AVATAR (A Virtual Astronaut Tissue Analog Response) investigation will use organ-on-a-chip devices, or organ chips, to study the effects of deep space radiation and microgravity on human health. The chips will contain cells from Artemis II astronauts and fly side-by-side with crew on their approximately 10-day journey around the Moon. This research, combined with [...]

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Artemis II Science – AVATAR Vertical Video

By |2026-01-14T17:44:23-05:00January 14th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The AVATAR (A Virtual Astronaut Tissue Analog Response) investigation will use organ-on-a-chip devices, or organ chips, to study the effects of deep space radiation and microgravity on human health. The chips will contain cells from Artemis II astronauts and fly side-by-side with crew on their approximately 10-day journey around the Moon. This research, combined with [...]

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Coverage, Briefing Set for NASA’s Artemis II Moon Rocket Roll to Pad

By |2026-01-14T17:26:00-05:00January 14th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket is seen inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building as teams await the arrival of Artemis II crewmembers to board their Orion spacecraft on top of the rocket as part of the Artemis II countdown demonstration test, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in [...]

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