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All Hands for Artemis III

By |2025-04-24T15:18:00-04:00April 24th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/JPL-Caltech A NASA spacesuit glove designed for use during spacewalks on the International Space Station is prepared for thermal vacuum testing inside a one-of-a-kind chamber called CITADEL (Cryogenic Ice Testing, Acquisition Development, and Excavation Laboratory) at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Nov. 1, 2023. Part of a NASA spacesuit design called the [...]

NASA’s Mobile Launcher 2 Continues to Grow

By |2025-04-24T13:05:00-04:00April 24th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

NASA’s mobile launcher 2 team, led by contractor Bechtel National Inc., integrated Module 7 onto the mobile launcher under construction near the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Each module is 40 feet tall and once complete will rise to 390 feet to provide ground [...]

NASA, Boeing, Consider New Thin-Wing Aircraft Research Focus

By |2025-04-24T13:05:00-04:00April 24th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A Boeing-built X-66 full-span model underwent testing in the 11-Foot Transonic Unitary Plan Facility at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley between January and March 2025.NASA / Brandon Torres NASA and Boeing are currently evaluating an updated approach to the agency’s Sustainable [...]

NASA Tests Key Spacesuit Parts Inside This Icy Chamber

By |2025-04-24T12:28:00-04:00April 24th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) An astronaut glove designed for International Space Station spacewalks is prepped for testing in a chamber called CITADEL at NASA JPL. Conducted at temperatures as frigid as those Artemis III astronauts will see on the lunar South Pole, the testing supports next-generation spacesuit development.NASA/JPL-Caltech [...]

NASA’s Roman Mission Shares Detailed Plans to Scour Skies

By |2025-04-24T12:01:00-04:00April 24th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team shared Thursday the designs for the three core surveys the mission will conduct after launch. These observation programs are designed to investigate some of the most profound mysteries in astrophysics while enabling expansive cosmic exploration that will revolutionize our understanding of the universe. “Roman’s setting out to do [...]

NASA Orbiter Spots Curiosity Rover Making Tracks to Next Science Stop

By |2025-04-24T11:58:00-04:00April 24th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Curiosity rover appears as a dark speck in this contrast-enhanced view captured on Feb. 28, 2025, by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Trailing Curiosity are the rover’s tracks, which can linger on the Martian surface for months before being erased [...]

2025 EGU Hyperwall Schedule

By |2025-04-24T11:10:00-04:00April 24th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore This SectionEarthEarth ObserverEditor’s CornerFeature ArticlesMeeting SummariesNewsScience in the NewsCalendarsIn MemoriamMoreArchivesConference SchedulesStyle Guide 2 min read 2025 EGU Hyperwall Schedule EGU General Assembly, April 27 – May 2, 2025 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #204) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. MONDAY, APRIL 28 10:15 – 10:30 AM [...]

NASA Engineering Sparks Innovative New Battery 

By |2025-04-24T09:12:00-04:00April 24th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) EnerVenue’s batteries don’t require energy-consuming temperature control or maintenance and can be stored anywhere, including in the company’s “EnerStation” battery station, pictured here.Credit: EnerVenue, Inc. Battery technology that has powered the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope, and numerous satellites is now storing [...]

NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Students in California

By |2025-04-23T16:27:00-04:00April 23rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim.Credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Students from Santa Monica, California, will connect with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim as he answers prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-related questions aboard the International Space Station. Watch the 20-minute space-to-Earth call at 12:10 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 29, on the [...]

Sols 4518-4519: Thumbs up from Mars

By |2025-04-23T13:21:00-04:00April 23rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 5 min [...]

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