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Eclipse Soundscapes Volunteers Still Engaged in Scientific Discovery Post-Eclipse

By |2025-12-03T17:33:00-05:00December 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore This Section Science Science Activation Eclipse Soundscapes Volunteers… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science   3 min read Eclipse Soundscapes Volunteers Still Engaged in Scientific Discovery Post-Eclipse A labeled AudioMoth device used by Eclipse Soundscapes volunteer scientists to record environmental sounds before, during, and [...]

Student Art Murals at Johnson Celebrate 25 Years of Humanity in Space 

By |2025-12-03T11:58:00-05:00December 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Select walls at NASA’s Johnson Space Center have been transformed into works of art. Each piece reflects creativity, collaboration, and the spirit of discovery. Painted by Texas students, the murals honor the legacy of the International Space Station and 25 years of continuous human presence in space.  The International Space Station Program Mural Project began [...]

NASA Rover Detects Electric Sparks in Mars Dust Devils, Storms

By |2025-12-03T11:31:00-05:00December 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Three Martian dust devils can be seen near the rim of Jezero Crater in this short video made of images taken by a navigation camera aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover on Sept. 6, 2025. The microphone on the [...]

Hazardous Material Summary Tables (HMSTs)

By |2025-12-03T08:39:00-05:00December 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A space toxicologist at NASA JSC.NASA Hazardous Materials Summary Tables (HMSTs) are a compilation of the chemical, biological, and flammability hazards of materials on a given flight or mission. HMSTs are required by Safety for all Programs, including but not limited to ISS, Commercial [...]

Toxicology Analysis of Spacecraft Air

By |2025-12-03T08:31:00-05:00December 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) SpaceX Crew-1 Pilot Victor Glover and Mission Specialist Shannon Walker work with a Grab Sample Container (GSC) in the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft while en route to the ISS.NASA Toxicology and Environmental Chemistry (TEC) monitors airborne contaminants in both spacecraft air and water. [...]

NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Advances Research Aboard Space Station

By |2025-12-03T00:00:00-05:00December 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA astronaut Jonny Kim floats inside the Cupola of the International Space Station.NASA NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is wrapping up his first mission aboard the International Space Station in early December. During his stay, Kim conducted scientific experiments and technology demonstrations to benefit humanity [...]

NASA Awards Lunar Freezer System Contract

By |2025-12-02T16:12:00-05:00December 2nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Credit: NASA NASA has selected the University of Alabama at Birmingham to provide the necessary systems required to return temperature sensitive science payloads to Earth from the Moon. The Lunar Freezer System contract is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award with cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery orders. The contract begins Thursday, Dec. 4, with a 66-month base period along with two [...]

NASA’s Fly Foundational Robots Demo to Bolster In-Space Infrastructure

By |2025-12-02T14:36:00-05:00December 2nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational Robots mission set to launch in late 2027. This mission aims to revolutionize in-space operations, a critical capability for sustainably living and working on other planets. By enabling this technology demonstration, NASA is fostering the [...]

Waxing Gibbous Moon

By |2025-12-02T12:30:00-05:00December 2nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA The waxing gibbous moon rises above Earth’s blue atmosphere in this photograph taken from the International Space Station on Oct. 3, 2025, as it orbited 263 miles above a cloudy Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Quebec, Canada. In our entire solar system, the only object that shines with its own light is the [...]

NASA Tests Drones in Death Valley, Preps for Martian Sands and Skies

By |2025-12-02T12:00:00-05:00December 2nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California monitor a research drone in the Dumont Dunes area of the Mojave Desert in September as part of a test campaign to develop navigation software to guide future rotorcraft on Mars.NASA/JPL-Caltech A researcher monitors LASSIE-M (Legged Autonomous Surface Science In Analogue Environments for Mars), a [...]

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