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Caltech Welcomes Astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana as New President

By |2026-07-01T10:16:00-04:00July 1st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Ray Jayawardhana, Caltech’s 10th president, spoke at JPL on Jan. 6, 2026, the day his appointment was announced.NASA/JPL-Caltech Ray Jayawardhana begins his tenure today as the 10th president of the California Institute of Technology. His selection as Caltech’s president, and as the Sonja and William Davidow Presidential Chair and professor of astronomy, was announced Jan. [...]

NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Planetary System in New Way

By |2026-07-01T08:43:00-04:00July 1st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 Min Read NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Planetary System in New Way This artist’s concept visualizes a super-Jupiter orbiting an orange dwarf star at a distance similar to Jupiter’s distance from the Sun. Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center For the first time, NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet [...]

NASA’s Chandra Reveals ‘Red, White, Blue’ Universe for US 250th

By |2026-06-30T15:54:00-04:00June 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

7 Min Read NASA’s Chandra Reveals ‘Red, White, Blue’ Universe for US 250th In celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States, NASA has unveiled four cosmic images from its Chandra X-ray Observatory rendered in red, white, and blue that represent the wonders of the universe the agency explores. The images are accompanied [...]

A Day of Flight Testing at NASA Armstrong

By |2026-06-30T15:27:00-04:00June 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA flight test engineer A.J. Jaffe and pilot Nils Larson walk on the ramp before a flight Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The two support the agency’s Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) project, which aims [...]

La NASA adjudica nuevas misiones científicas para Base Lunar y adelanta nuevas oportunidades

By |2026-06-30T15:04:00-04:00June 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Tres representaciones digitales muestran módulos de aterrizaje lunar comerciales de Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines y Firefly en la Luna. La NASA anunció el 30 de junio que estos módulos de aterrizaje entregarán más investigaciones científicas y demostraciones tecnológicas de la NASA en la superficie lunar para el programa Base Lunar de la agencia.Créditos: Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, [...]

NextSTEP-3 B: Moon Base Demonstrations

By |2026-06-30T14:48:00-04:00June 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

An artist’s concept of astronauts working on the lunar surface.NASA Notice ID: Coming Soon July, 2026 – Anticipated Synopsis Release [System for Awards Management] NASA’s Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate is seeking innovative ideas from industry partners through a new solicitation appendix under the NextSTEP-3 Omnibus Broad Agency Announcement. Appendix B: Moon Base Demonstrations calls for [...]

NASA Awards More Moon Base Science, Previews New Opportunities

By |2026-06-30T14:48:00-04:00June 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Three artist renderings depict commercial lunar landers from Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, and Firefly on the Moon. NASA announced June 30 the landers will deliver more NASA science investigations and technology demonstrations to the lunar surface for NASA’s Moon Base Program.Credit: Astrobotic/Intuitive Machines/Firefly Editor’s note: This release was updated on June 30, 2026, to clarify the [...]

Starry Chandelier Cluster

By |2026-06-30T11:02:00-04:00June 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Sarajedini, G. Piotto This image released on June 26, 2026, features the globular cluster NGC 6723, sometimes called the Chandelier Cluster. Like its namesake, it sparkles with countless lights. However, each ‘lightbulb’ in this chandelier is an individual star 27,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius (the Archer). Globular clusters like [...]

Ames Science Stars of the Month July 2026

By |2026-06-30T05:12:00-04:00June 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA Ames Science Stars of the Month: July 2026 Pictured left to right: Sungshin Choi, Yi-Chun Chen, Emma Yates, Eduardo Bendek The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Sungshin Choi, Yi-Chun Chen, Emma Yates, Eduardo Bendek. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entrepreneurial spirit, technical expertise, [...]

Northwest Earth and Space Science Pathways Project Celebrates Student Innovation Through ROADS from Earth to Venus National Challenge

By |2026-06-29T18:05:00-04:00June 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore This Section Science Science Activation Northwest Earth and Space… Overview Resources Opportunities Citizen Science Highlights About Science Activation   4 min read Northwest Earth and Space Science Pathways Project Celebrates Student Innovation Through ROADS from Earth to Venus National Challenge The Northwest Earth and Space Science Pathways (NESSP) project recently concluded its 2025–2026 [...]

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