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NASA Tests Tools to Assess Drone Safety Over Cities

By |2025-08-22T12:15:00-04:00August 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) ResilienX employees Angelo Niforatos, left, and Ryan Pleskach, right, overview the NASA safety tools integrated into the company’s commercial system, July 11, 2025, at the ResilienX Headquarters in Syracuse, New York. Credit: ResilienX A future with advanced air mobility aircraft populating the skies will [...]

La NASA revela los finalistas del concurso de diseño de la mascota lunar de Artemis II

By |2025-08-22T12:09:00-04:00August 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 Min Read La NASA revela los finalistas del concurso de diseño de la mascota lunar de Artemis II Read this story in English here. La NASA ya tiene 25 finalistas para el diseño del indicador de gravedad cero de Artemis II que volará con la tripulación de esta misión alrededor de la Luna [...]

NASA Shares Final Contenders for Artemis II Moon Mascot Design Contest

By |2025-08-22T12:08:00-04:00August 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 Min Read NASA Shares Final Contenders for Artemis II Moon Mascot Design Contest Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA is down to 25 finalists for the Artemis II zero gravity indicator set to fly with the mission’s crew around the Moon and back next year. Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina [...]

Epic Research Can Help Mars Missions

By |2025-08-22T10:47:00-04:00August 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Christopher LC Clark The parachute of the Enhancing Parachutes by Instrumenting the Canopy, or EPIC, test experiment deploys following an air launch from an Alta X drone on June 4, 2025, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA researchers are developing technology to make supersonic parachutes safer and more reliable for delivering [...]

NASA’s Bennu Samples Reveal Complex Origins, Dramatic Transformation

By |2025-08-22T10:01:00-04:00August 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A scanning electron microscope image of a micrometeorite impact crater in a particle of asteroid Bennu material.Credits: NASA/Zia Rahman 5 min read NASA’s Bennu Samples Reveal Complex Origins, Dramatic Transformation Asteroid Bennu, sampled by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in 2020, is a mixture of dust that formed in our solar system, organic matter from interstellar space, [...]

Lunar Environment Structural Test Rig

By |2025-08-22T08:29:00-04:00August 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Lunar Environment Structural Test Rig simulates the intense cold of the lunar night, ranging from 40 Kelvin (K) to 125 K while maintaining a vacuum environment. This creates a tool by which scientists and engineers can test materials, electronics, and [...]

Hubble Observes Noteworthy Nearby Spiral Galaxy

By |2025-08-22T07:00:00-04:00August 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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NASA’s SpaceX 33rd Commercial Resupply Mission Overview

By |2025-08-21T16:51:00-04:00August 21st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s SpaceX 33rd commercial resupply mission will launch on the company’s Dragon spacecraft on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to deliver research and supplies to the International Space StationNASA NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 2:45 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 24, for the next launch to deliver scientific investigations, supplies, and equipment [...]

To See the World in a Grain of Sand: Investigating Megaripples at ‘Kerrlaguna’

By |2025-08-21T16:07:00-04:00August 21st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore This Section Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Perseverance Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter [...]

NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in Ohio

By |2025-08-21T13:55:00-04:00August 21st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA astronauts Mike Fincke (left) and Zena Cardman photographed during training for their trip to the International Space Station at SpaceX facilities in Florida. Credit: SpaceX NASA astronauts Michael Fincke and Zena Cardman will connect with students in Ohio as they answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions aboard the International Space Station. [...]

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