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NASA Lander to Test Vacuum Cleaner on Moon for Sample Collection

By |2025-01-08T10:49:00-05:00January 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Lunar Planet Vac, or LPV, is one of 10 payloads set to be carried to the Moon by the Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander in 2025. LPV is designed to efficiently collect and transfer lunar soil from the surface to other science and analysis [...]

Astronaut Set to Patch NASA’s X-ray Telescope Aboard Space Station

By |2025-01-08T10:13:00-05:00January 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read Astronaut Set to Patch NASA’s X-ray Telescope Aboard Space Station NASA astronaut Nick Hague will install patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) X-ray telescope on the International Space Station as part of a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 16. Hague, along with astronaut Suni Williams, will also complete other [...]

NASA’s 2024 International Space Station Achievements

By |2025-01-08T10:00:00-05:00January 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

City lights streak across Earth and an aurora is visible on the horizon as the International Space Station passes over Lake Michigan.NASA For more than 24 years, NASA has supported a continuous U.S. human presence aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth for the benefit of [...]

NASA Joins Telescope, Instruments to Roman Spacecraft

By |2025-01-08T10:00:00-05:00January 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Technicians have successfully integrated NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s payload – the telescope, instrument carrier, and two instruments – to the spacecraft that will deliver the observatory to its place in space and enable it to function while there. “With this incredible milestone, Roman remains on track for launch, and we’re a big step [...]

Sols 4416-4417: New Year, New Clouds

By |2025-01-08T00:47:00-05:00January 8th, 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 The Solar System The [...]

Best of 2024: Reestablished NASA Art Program Begins with Mural in New York City

By |2025-01-07T16:00:00-05:00January 7th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Joel Kowsky The New York-based artist team Geraluz, left, and WERC, right, pose in front of their mural “To the Moon, and Back” with their son Amaru, 5. The community mural was created as part of the reimagined NASA Art Program, which aims to inspire and engage the next generation of explorers – the Artemis [...]

NASA eClips Educator Receives 2024 VAST Science Educator Specialist Award

By |2025-01-07T14:24:00-05:00January 7th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Learn Home NASA eClips Educator Receives… Science Activation Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science   2 min read NASA eClips Educator Receives 2024 VAST Science Educator Specialist Award On November 14, 2024, NASA eClips team member, Betsy McAllister, was recognized with the prestigious Virginia Association [...]

JAXA’s First Wooden Satellite Deploys from Space Station

By |2025-01-07T14:09:00-05:00January 7th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Internal view of LignoSat’s structure shows the relationship among wooden panels, aluminum frames, and stainless-steel shafts.Credit: Kyoto University In December 2024, five CubeSats deployed into Earth’s orbit from the International Space Station. Among them was LignoSat, a wooden satellite from JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) that investigates the use of wood in space. Findings could [...]

NASA to Explore Two Landing Options for Returning Samples from Mars

By |2025-01-07T13:18:00-05:00January 7th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

This photomontage shows tubes containing samples from Mars, as collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover.  The agency’s Mars Sample Return Program plans to bring these samples back to study them in state-of-the-art facilities on Earth.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of [...]

AAS Hyperwall Schedule

By |2025-01-07T12:59:00-05:00January 7th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Earth Observer Earth Home Earth Observer Home Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam More Archives 3 min read AAS Hyperwall Schedule NASA Science at AAS Hyperwall Schedule, January 12-16, 2025 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #505) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall [...]

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