7 Min Read How NASA’s Artemis III Lander Test Will Pave Way for Moon Landings Before Artemis astronauts land on the Moon’s surface in 2028, NASA will conduct the Artemis III demonstration mission in 2027, allowing teams on Earth and in orbit to practice rendezvous and docking operations between commercial human landing systems and [...]

NASA/John Kraus NASA astronaut candidate Anna Menon and her children watch as a Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio lifted off for the Soyuz MS-29 mission at 7:47 [...]

1 Min Read Curiosity Finds Evidence of an Ancient Sandstorm PIA26728 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Photojournal NavigationSciencePhotojournalCuriosity Finds Evidence of an…Photojournal HomePhotojournal SearchLatest ContentGalleriesFeedbackRSSAbout  Downloads Curiosity Finds Evidence of an Ancient Sandstorm PNG (7.32 MB) Description Billions of years ago, an hours-long Martian sandstorm blew so intensely that sand ripples began to climb upon one another [...]

2 Min Read NASA’s Perseverance Rover Provides Sweeping View of Broom Point PIA26755 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS Photojournal NavigationSciencePhotojournalNASA’s Perseverance Rover…Photojournal HomePhotojournal SearchLatest ContentGalleriesFeedbackRSSAbout  Downloads NASA’s Perseverance Rover Provides Sweeping View of Broom Point PNG (16.27 MB) PIA26755 Figure A PNG (16.15 MB) Description This view looking back up at the outside lip of the 490-foot-tall [...]

2 Min Read Perseverance’s Trip to ‘Broom Point’ PIA26754 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MRO/HIRISE/UA/ICL Photojournal NavigationSciencePhotojournalPerseverance’s Trip to…Photojournal HomePhotojournal SearchLatest ContentGalleriesFeedbackRSSAbout  Downloads Perseverance’s Trip to ‘Broom Point’ PNG (16.62 MB) Description This orbital map shows the path NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took to get to a location the science team has dubbed the “Broom Point member,” a sequence [...]

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Perseverance took this selfie at “Witch Hazel Hill” on Jezero Crater’s rim on May 10, 2025. The small dark hole in the rock in front of the rover is the borehole made when the rover collected the “Bell Island” sample. The small puff [...]

Explore This Section Science Citizen Science Volunteer Measures Record… Overview Resources Opportunities Citizen Science Highlights About Science Activation   “I didn’t sign up to try to measure a new record or anything”, said Matt Carnicle, a volunteer for the NASA-sponsored Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network, or CoCoRaHS, project. Carnicle measured a whopping [...]

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