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NASA’s Webb Delivers Unprecedented Look Into Heart of Circinus Galaxy

By |2026-01-13T05:00:00-05:00January 13th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore Webb Science James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NASA’s Webb Delivers… Webb News Latest News Latest Images Webb’s Blog Awards X (offsite – login reqd) Instagram (offsite – login reqd) Facebook (offsite- login reqd) Youtube (offsite) Overview About Who is James Webb? Fact Sheet Impacts+Benefits FAQ Webb Timeline Science Overview and Goals Early Universe [...]

NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Watch Crew-12 Launch to Space Station

By |2026-01-12T18:25:00-05:00January 12th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

From left to right, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.NASA Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA’s 12th rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft carrying astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition [...]

A Quarter Century in Orbit: Science Shaping Life on Earth and Beyond 

By |2026-01-12T17:43:00-05:00January 12th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research that is transforming life on Earth and shaping the future of exploration. From growing food and sequencing DNA to studying disease and simulating Mars missions, every experiment aboard the orbiting laboratory expands our understanding of how humans [...]

NASA Invites Media to Cover Artemis Mission from Johnson Space Center

By |2026-01-12T16:27:00-05:00January 12th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA hosted the Artemis II Mission Overview briefing in the Teague Auditorium at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Sept. 23, 2025.NASA/James Blair Media accreditation is open to attend Artemis II mission activities at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Johnson is where flight controllers in mission control will manage the test flight after liftoff [...]

2026 Civil Space Shortfall Ranking

By |2026-01-12T13:41:00-05:00January 12th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA NASA has identified a list of 32 technology shortfalls and invites you to give input on your critical technology needs using this feedback mechanism. Whether you’re part of the space technology community or an interested member of the public, your input is invaluable. By registering and providing your feedback, you could help inform of national space technology [...]

NASA Welcomes Portugal as 60th Artemis Accords Signatory

By |2026-01-12T13:32:00-05:00January 12th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Hugo Costa, executive director for the Portuguese Space Agency, and U.S. Ambassador to Portugal John J. Arrigo pose for a photo on Jan. 12 during a ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal, to mark the country’s signing of the Artemis Accords.Credit: U.S. State Department Portugal is the latest nation to sign the Artemis Accords alongside 59 other [...]

NASA Stennis Engineer Proud to Serve During NASA’s Return to the Moon

By |2026-01-12T12:42:00-05:00January 12th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Richard Wear stands with the E Test Complex in the background at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, where he is acting chief of the Mechanical Engineering Branch. NASA/Danny Nowlin Richard Wear calls it an honor to be working at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, during a historic time as NASA prepares to [...]

White Dwarf Star (Artist’s Concept)

By |2026-01-12T12:34:00-05:00January 12th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

This artist’s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right, into an accretion disk. Scientists used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star and its X-ray polarization.MIT/Jose-Luis Olivares A smaller white dwarf star (left) pulls material from a larger star into a swirling accretion [...]

Últimos preparativos para la primera misión tripulada a la Luna con la campaña Artemis de la NASA

By |2026-01-12T10:39:00-05:00January 12th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

El cohete Sistema de Lanzamiento Espacial (SLS, por sus siglas en inglés) de la NASA, visto en la nave High Bay 3 del Edificio de Ensamblaje de Vehículos mientras los equipos t esperan la llegada de los tripulantes de Artemis II para abordar su nave espacial Orion en la parte superior del cohete como parte [...]

Complement-ARIE NAMs Reduction to Practice Challenge

By |2026-01-12T10:13:00-05:00January 12th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Recent technological advances have set the stage for a renewed focus on human-based solutions called new approach methodologies (NAMs) that can complement, and in some cases replace, animal models in research and regulatory testing. These NAMs generally span advanced cell-tissue-organoid (in vitro), computational modeling (in silico), and cell-free biochemical analysis (in chemico) techniques, with [...]

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