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NASA’s SPHEREx Examines Comet 3I/ATLAS’s Coma

By |2026-02-04T11:18:00-05:00February 4th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 Min Read NASA’s SPHEREx Examines Comet 3I/ATLAS’s Coma PIA26720 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s SPHEREx Examines… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s SPHEREx Examines Comet 3I/ATLAS’s Coma PNG (1.87 MB) Description These observations by NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch [...]

Tracking Glacial Change with Landsat and Radar 

By |2026-02-04T09:00:00-05:00February 4th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Landsat Navigation Landsat Home Missions Landsat Next Landsat 9 Landsat 8 Landsat 7 Landsat 6 Landsat 5 Landsat 4 Landsat 3 Landsat 2 Landsat 1 News Latest News People of Landsat Q&As Newsletter Publications Data Overview Cal/Val Open Data Benefits Overview Agriculture & Food Security Disaster Management Ecosystems & Biodiversity Energy Resources Forest Management [...]

Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal: NASA Discusses Initial Results

By |2026-02-03T16:36:00-05:00February 3rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

NASA conducted a news conference on Tuesday, Feb. 3, to discuss initial findings from the recently completed Artemis II wet dress rehearsal test. Participants included: Amit Kshatriya, NASA Associate Administrator Lori Glaze, Moon to Mars Program Manager Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis Launch Director, NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems John Honeycutt, Chair, Artemis II Mission Management Team [...]

Red Spider Planetary Nebula from Webb

By |2026-02-03T15:44:24-05:00February 3rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Oh what a tangled web a planetary nebula can weave. The Red Spider Planetary Nebula shows the complex structure that can result when a normal star ejects its outer gases and becomes a white dwarf star. Officially tagged NGC 6537, this two-lobed symmetric planetary nebula houses one of the hottest [...]

Full Moon over Artemis II

By |2026-02-03T12:01:00-05:00February 3rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA/Sam Lott A full moon is seen shining over NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the early hours of February 1, 2026. The agency concluded a wet dress rehearsal for the agency’s Artemis II test flight early [...]

NASA Space to Soil Challenge

By |2026-02-03T10:12:00-05:00February 3rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/JPL-Caltech Rapid advances in commercial space, artificial intelligence, and edge computing are transforming what is possible for Earth observation. By pushing more intelligence onboard, missions can move from passively collecting data to actively interpreting and responding to changing surface conditions in near-real time, enabling more targeted observations and dramatically improving the value of data returned [...]

Sun sets on Full Artemis II Stack at Launch Pad 39B Anamorphic

By |2026-02-03T05:44:13-05:00February 3rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The sun is seen setting behind NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher on January 31, 2026. The rocket is currently at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as teams are preparing for a wet dress rehearsal to practice timelines and procedures for the launch of [...]

Sun sets on Full Artemis II Stack at Launch Pad 39B Anamorphic

By |2026-02-03T05:44:10-05:00February 3rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The sun sets behind NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft as they stand fully assembled atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The sky glows with warm shades of orange and pink, silhouetting the towering rocket and its solid rocket boosters against the fading [...]

Sun sets on Full Artemis II Stack at Launch Pad 39B

By |2026-02-03T05:44:09-05:00February 3rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The sun sets behind NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft as they stand fully assembled atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The sky glows with warm shades of orange and pink, silhouetting the towering rocket and its solid rocket boosters against the fading [...]

Sun sets on Full Artemis II Stack at Launch Pad 39B

By |2026-02-03T05:44:08-05:00February 3rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The sun sets behind NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft as they stand fully assembled atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The sky glows with warm shades of orange and pink, silhouetting the towering rocket and its solid rocket boosters against the fading [...]

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