Every month, NASA Earth Observatory features a puzzling satellite image. The September 2026 puzzler appears above. Your Challenge Identify the location shown in this satellite image. Share what clues you see, where you think it is, and what makes this place interesting or unique to you. How to Answer Submit your response using this form and select “Puzzler [...]
NASA/John Kraus NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, transits the Sun during launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 30, 2026. Roman is named after the agency’s first chief astronomer. Roman will survey billions of stars and galaxies with a field of view far larger [...]
2 Min Read Roman Commissioning Beauty pass of Roman, coming around from behind with high-gain antenna rotating. Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Conceptual Image Lab Where is Roman? Roman is making its three-month journey from Earth to Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2, or L2. Along the way, Roman is undergoing a process called commissioning, where [...]
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 31 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. To view [...]
2 Min Read Ribbon-Cutting Event for NASA Deep Space Network’s Deep Space Station 23 PIA26779 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Ribbon-Cutting Event for NASA… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads Ribbon-Cutting Event for NASA Deep Space Network’s Deep Space Station 23 JPEG (1.10 MB) Description Leadership from [...]
1 Min Read NASA Deep Space Network’s New Goldstone Antenna Goes Online PIA26778 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA Deep Space Network’s… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads NASA Deep Space Network’s New Goldstone Antenna Goes Online JPEG (1.26 MB) Description Long shadows are cast by the [...]
2 Min Read Panorama Showcasing the 34-Meter Antennas of the DSN’s Goldstone Complex PIA26777 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Panorama Showcasing the… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads Panorama Showcasing the 34-Meter Antennas of the DSN’s Goldstone Complex JPEG (853.58 KB) Description Five antennas soak in the [...]
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope on board is seen transiting the sun during launch from Launch Complex 39A, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA/John Kraus Now on a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon [...]
President Donald J. Trump awarded NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.NASA/John Kraus NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut [...]
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology team won NASA’s LunaRecycle Challenge competition for their project, Composites for Extraterrestrial Recycling By Engineering the Reuse and Upcycling of Zotek (CERBERUZ).Credit: NASA/Savannah Bullard NASA named a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the first prize winner for Phase 2 of the agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge, which focused on developing solutions for reducing waste during missions to the Moon or deep space by recycling common materials, like fabrics, plastics, foam, and [...]
