3 Min Read NASA Pushes New Wing Design to Find Structural Limits The 15-foot Structural Wing Experiment Evaluating Truss-bracing test article is fully installed in the Flight Loads Laboratory at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. The model is part of NASA’s research to develop technologies for [...]
1 Min Read The Growing Crescent of Mars as NASA’s Psyche Mission Approaches PIA26586 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal The Growing Crescent of Mars… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads The Growing Crescent of Mars as NASA’s Psyche Mission Approaches PNG (3.48 MB) Description This composite of [...]
Spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) grade 3 with peripheral echogenicity.NASA/Pavela NASA/SP-20260005258/REV1 – NASA Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Spaceflight – Outcomes of Working Group Meeting – April 2026 In April 2026, NASA’s Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) initiated a working group to review updated VTE case information, additional data gathered revealing altered [...]
Photo of the Day Comet 10P/Tempel 2 orbits the Sun once every 5.4 years. Currently visible in binoculars or small telescopes toward the constellation Capricornus, the periodic comet is captured in this sharp telescopic image from July 11 sporting a bright nuclear region and pretty greenish coma. Remarkably, a thin dust trail, not a [...]
CONTRACT RELEASE NASA has selected Chugach Intelligence Solutions LLC to provide comprehensive operations, maintenance, and repair services for NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The Ames Facilities Support Services II contract ensures that the center’s historic and specialized facilities are properly maintained, fully operational, and capable of supporting the agency’s missions and tenant partners in the NASA Research Park. The hybrid contract has a five-year period [...]
Scientists using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) directly measured the magnetic fields of PSR J1101−6101, a pulsar located within what is often referred to as the “Lighthouse” Nebula, for the first time.X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/Stanford Univ./J. Dinsmore et al.; IXPE: NASA/MSFC/J. Dinsmore et al., Radio: CSIRO/ATNF/ATCA; Optical: 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare This composite image, [...]
Aquí puede verse el telescopio espacial Nancy Grace Roman de la NASA en la sala limpia del Centro de Vuelo Espacial Goddard de la agencia en Greenbelt, Maryland, donde este observatorio fue construido y sometido a pruebas. Los amplios y profundos sondeos de Roman explorarán la materia oscura, la energía oscura, los exoplanetas y prácticamente [...]
Credit: NASA Media accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the agency’s SpaceX Crew-13 missions, both targeting launch in the coming months. The Roman telescope is slated to launch no earlier than 7:20 a.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 30, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex [...]
2 Min Read NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Details of Martian Surface During Flyby PIA26749 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Psyche Mission Images… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Details of Martian Surface During Flyby PNG (4.47 MB) Description Captured by the multispectral [...]
Credit: NASA The Republic of Mauritius has officially joined the global coalition committed to responsible space exploration, becoming the newest signatory and seventh African country to join the Artemis Accords. NASA’s Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson contributed video remarks for a signing ceremony on Friday, in the island nation’s city of Ébène. “We are honored to [...]
