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I Am Artemis: Ryan Schulte

By |2026-04-29T17:45:00-04:00April 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 Min Read I Am Artemis: Ryan Schulte Ryan Schulte, Orion flywheel project manager, demonstrates using the Orion spacecraft’s flywheel exercise device at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credits: NASA/Rad Sinyak Listen to this audio excerpt from Ryan Schulte, Orion flywheel project manager: 0:00 / 0:00 Your browser does not support the audio [...]

US-Indian Spacecraft Captures Mexico City Subsidence

By |2026-04-29T17:12:00-04:00April 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 Min Read US-Indian Spacecraft Captures Mexico City Subsidence PIA26709 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/David Bekaert Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal US-Indian Spacecraft Captures… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads US-Indian Spacecraft Captures Mexico City Subsidence JPEG (32.05 MB) PIA26709 Figure A PNG (4.38 MB) Description A scientist produced this map of [...]

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4873-4878: Welcome to the Atacama Drill Target

By |2026-04-29T16:38:00-04:00April 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 2 min [...]

US-Indian Space Mission Maps Extreme Subsidence in Mexico City

By |2026-04-29T16:23:00-04:00April 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

New data from NISAR shows where Mexico City and its environs subsided by up to a few centimeters per month (shown in blue) between Oct. 25, 2025, and Jan. 17, 2026. Uneven and seemingly small elevation changes have added up over the decades, fracturing roads, buildings, and water lines.NASA/JPL-Caltech/David Bekaert One of the most powerful [...]

A Gently Glowing Galaxy

By |2026-04-29T11:28:00-04:00April 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. J. Koss, A. J. Barth A luminous swirl set against the deep black of space, the barred spiral galaxy IC 486 glows with a soft, ethereal light in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image from April 13, 2026. IC 486 lies right on the edge of the constellation Gemini (the Twins), around 380 [...]

NASA, Boeing Advance Truss-Braced Wing Research in Test

By |2026-04-29T11:10:00-04:00April 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A scale model of Boeing’s Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research concept undergoes testing in a 5-meter wind tunnel operated by the company QinetiQ in December 2025.QinetiQ NASA and Boeing have completed wind tunnel testing to study an innovative advanced aircraft design intended to improve [...]

NASA Demonstrates New Prescribed Burn Capability for Spaceport 

By |2026-04-29T10:27:00-04:00April 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A prescribed fire set on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, led to smoke billowing up into the sky throughout the area, including near the center’s Vehicle Assembly Building and Launch Control Center.NASA/Leejay Lockhart Anyone who has seen a launch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida knows the agency’s pursuit [...]

CEQ Permitting Innovators Program Call for Solutions

By |2026-04-29T10:02:00-04:00April 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The White House is seen before sunrise ahead of the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)NASA, Crystal R. Hines NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) assists in the use of crowdsourcing across the federal government. CoECI’s NASA Tournament [...]

Council on Environmental Quality Permitting Innovators Program

By |2026-04-29T10:02:00-04:00April 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The White House is seen before sunrise ahead of the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)NASA, Crystal R. Hines NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) assists in the use of crowdsourcing across the federal government. CoECI’s NASA Tournament [...]

NASA’s Artemis III Moon Rocket Hardware Arrives, Artemis II Capsule Returns to Kennedy

By |2026-04-28T16:52:00-04:00April 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

NASA’s top four-fifths of the SLS (Space Launch System) core stage for the Artemis III mission is offloaded from the agency’s Pegasus barge on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida the prior day. NASA/Glenn Benson On the heels of a successful Artemis II test flight, teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are pressing forward for [...]

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