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TESS Status Updates

By |2026-01-23T09:02:00-05:00January 23rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read TESS Status Updates Jan. 23, 2026 NASA’s TESS Returns to Science Observations NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) entered safe mode Jan. 15 and returned to normal science operations Jan. 18.  The operations team determined the issue arose when TESS slewed to point at a target, but its solar panels did not [...]

NASA’s Day of Remembrance 2026

By |2026-01-22T17:38:00-05:00January 22nd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Keegan Barber The Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial is seen during a wreath laying ceremony that was part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Each January, [...]

Approval to Exceed GSA Lodging for LPSC 2026

By |2026-01-22T17:37:00-05:00January 22nd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

This letter from SARA is to issue a waiver for NASA grantees attending LPSC2026, allowing them to be reimbursed out of their grants for their actual lodging, although it’s expected to be above the approved GSA amount. This waiver does not supersede the travel policy of your institution if it is more restrictive. Note: I have [...]

NASA AI Model That Found 370 Exoplanets Now Digs Into TESS Data

By |2026-01-22T09:00:00-05:00January 22nd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read NASA AI Model That Found 370 Exoplanets Now Digs Into TESS Data This artist’s impression shows the star TRAPPIST-1 with two planets transiting across it. ExoMiner++, a recently updated open-source software package developed by NASA, uses artificial intelligence to help find new transiting exoplanets in data collected by NASA’s missions. NASA, [...]

NASA’s Artemis II Mission to Fly Legacy Keepsakes with Astronaut Crew

By |2026-01-21T17:48:00-05:00January 21st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

This image shows NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. NASA’s massive crawler-transporter, upgraded for the Artemis program, carries the powerful SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft on the Mobile Launcher from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space [...]

Launch Pad Preparations Progress Ahead of Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal 

By |2026-01-21T16:53:00-05:00January 21st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

A banner covered with the signatures of NASA employees and contractors is seen on the perimeter fence of Launch Complex 39B after NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft were rolled out to the launch pad, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II test [...]

NASA Invites Media to Crew-10 Visit at Marshall

By |2026-01-21T14:47:00-05:00January 21st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Official crew portrait for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov. Ayers and Onishi will discuss their recent mission to the International Space Station during a visit to Marshall Space Flight Center on Jan. 23.Credit: NASA NASA [...]

Students Across New England Contribute to Climate Science Through NASA’s GLOBE Green Down

By |2026-01-21T14:29:00-05:00January 21st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Explore This Section Science Science Activation Students Across New England… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science Science Activation Opportunities   3 min read Students Across New England Contribute to Climate Science Through NASA’s GLOBE Green Down Students made observations and tracked the changing color of [...]

NASA’s Universe of Learning Unveils Fresh Facilitator Guides Inspired by Community Feedback

By |2026-01-21T14:01:00-05:00January 21st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Explore This Section Science Science Activation NASA’s Universe of Learning… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science Science Activation Opportunities   3 min read NASA’s Universe of Learning Unveils Fresh Facilitator Guides Inspired by Community Feedback NASA’s Universe of Learning Program Facilitator Guides provide educators with [...]

NASA Tests Technology Offering Potential Fuel Savings for Commercial Aviation

By |2026-01-21T13:32:00-05:00January 21st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow test article is mounted beneath the agency’s F-15 research aircraft ahead of the design’s high-speed taxi test on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2026, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The 3-foot-tall scale model is designed [...]

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