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NASA Seeks Industry Feedback on Fission Surface Power

By |2025-08-14T18:34:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Credit: NASA As part of the agency’s initiative to return humanity to the Moon and eventually send the first astronaut – an American – to Mars, NASA is surveying industry for interest and feedback on a fission surface power system, through a Request for Information issued Thursday. Earlier this month, NASA declared its intent to [...]

Astronauts Plant Seed Pillows in New Space Agriculture Study

By |2025-08-14T14:40:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A member of the space crop production team prepares materials for Veggie seed pillows inside the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. NASA/Cory S Huston When the Crew-11 astronauts launched to the International Space Station on August 1, 2025, they carried with them another chapter in space farming: the latest VEG-03 [...]

After Storied 34 Year Career, Steve Platnick Retires from NASA

By |2025-08-14T13:14:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Dr. Steven “Steve” Platnick stepped down from his role at NASA on August 8, 2025, after more than three decades of public service. Steve began his career at NASA as a physical scientist at Goddard Space Flight Center in 2002. He moved to the Earth Science Division in 2009, where he has served in various [...]

Small Companies Win Big in NASA’s TechLeap Challenge

By |2025-08-14T12:29:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA announced 10 winning teams for its latest TechLeap Prize — the Space Technology Payload Challenge — on June 26. The winners emerged from a record-breaking field of more than 200 applicants to earn cash prizes worth up to $500,000, if they have a flight-ready unit. Recipients may also have the opportunity to flight [...]

Artemis II Crew Train for Night Launch Scenarios at Kennedy Space Center

By |2025-08-14T12:05:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

From top left to right, NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot; Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, suit up and walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space [...]

NASA’s Apollo Samples, LRO Help Scientists Predict Moonquakes

By |2025-08-14T12:02:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read NASA’s Apollo Samples, LRO Help Scientists Predict Moonquakes This mosaic of the Taurus-Littrow valley was made using images from the Narrow Angle Cameras onboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The orbiter has been circling and studying the Moon since 2009. The ancient-lava-filled valley is cut by the Lee-Lincoln thrust fault, visible as [...]

NASA’s Apollo Samples, LRO Help Scientists Forecast Moonquakes

By |2025-08-14T12:02:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read NASA’s Apollo Samples, LRO Help Scientists Forecast Moonquakes This mosaic of the Taurus-Littrow valley was made using images from the Narrow Angle Cameras onboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The orbiter has been circling and studying the Moon since 2009. The ancient-lava-filled valley is cut by the Lee-Lincoln thrust fault, visible as [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Astronauts to Discuss Science Mission

By |2025-08-14T11:53:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, left, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on the company’s recovery ship shortly after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, on Aug. 9, 2025.Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber After spending [...]

Say Cheese!

By |2025-08-14T10:40:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Mike Fincke Eleven International Space Station crew members gather inside the space station’s Unity module for a portrait on Aug. 3, 2025. In the front row, from left are, Kimiya Yui of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Zena Cardman of NASA, Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos, and Mike Fincke of NASA. In the second row are, [...]

NASA Glenn Earns Commercial Invention of the Year Award

By |2025-08-14T07:56:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA has demonstrated a breakthrough in 3D-printable high-temperature materials that could lead to stronger, more durable parts for airplanes and spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Jordan Salkin  NASA’s Inventions and Contributions Board (ICB) has awarded Commercial Invention of the Year to NASA Glenn Research Center’s GRX-810: A 3D Printable Alloy Designed for Extreme Environments.  NASA Alloy GRX–810, an oxide [...]

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