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NASA to Provide Update on Moon Base Strategy, Missions

By |2026-05-20T13:13:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

An artist’s concept of astronauts working on the lunar surface.Credit: NASA NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 26, to share Moon Base plans and highlight progress toward a sustained presence on the lunar surface. The media briefing will take place at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington. Leadership will discuss [...]

NASA Releases Technology Priorities to Energize Space Industry

By |2026-05-20T13:11:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

3 Min Read NASA Releases Technology Priorities to Energize Space Industry Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface. The dark portion of Earth is [...]

I Am Artemis: Tim Goddard

By |2026-05-20T10:57:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 Min Read I Am Artemis: Tim Goddard Tim Goddard, NASA open water lead, stands in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credits: NASA/Rad Sinyak Listen to this audio excerpt from Tim Goddard, NASA open water lead: 0:00 / 0:00 Your browser does not support the audio element. [...]

NASA’s Fermi Glimpses Power Source of Supercharged Supernovae

By |2026-05-20T08:55:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read NASA’s Fermi Glimpses Power Source of Supercharged Supernovae An international team studying data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope concludes the mission detected a rare, unusually luminous supernova. The researchers say it likely received its power-up from a supermagnetized neutron star born in the stellar collapse that triggered the explosion. Gamma [...]

NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Mars’ Huygens Crater

By |2026-05-19T16:47:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

1 Min Read NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Mars’ Huygens Crater PIA26775 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Psyche Mission Images… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Mars’ Huygens Crater PNG (3.47 MB) Description Captured by the multispectral imager instrument on NASA’s Psyche mission, [...]

NASA’s Psyche Mission Spies Mars’ Wind-Blown Craters During Close Approach

By |2026-05-19T16:43:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

1 Min Read NASA’s Psyche Mission Spies Mars’ Wind-Blown Craters During Close Approach PIA26774 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Psyche Mission Spies… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s Psyche Mission Spies Mars’ Wind-Blown Craters During Close Approach PNG (1.78 MB) Description This view of the [...]

Psyche’s High-Resolution View of Mars’ South Pole

By |2026-05-19T16:38:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

1 Min Read Psyche’s High-Resolution View of Mars’ South Pole PIA26773 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Psyche’s High-Resolution… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Psyche’s High-Resolution View of Mars’ South Pole PNG (1.09 MB) Description This is the highest-resolution view of the water ice-rich south polar cap [...]

NASA’s Psyche Mission Sees Mars’ South Pole After Flyby

By |2026-05-19T16:34:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

1 Min Read NASA’s Psyche Mission Sees Mars’ South Pole After Flyby PIA26772 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Psyche Mission Sees… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s Psyche Mission Sees Mars’ South Pole After Flyby PNG (423.28 KB) Description This is Psyche’s first view of [...]

NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars

By |2026-05-19T16:28:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

1 Min Read NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars PIA26771 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Psyche Mission Images… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars PNG (251.49 KB) Description This view of a crescent Mars was captured [...]

NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid

By |2026-05-19T15:49:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This view of a crescent Mars was captured on May 15, 2026, at about 5:03 a.m. PDT by NASA’s Psyche mission as it approached the planet for a gravity assist. The image has been processed into a natural-color view using red, green, and blue [...]

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