Space News
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Preflight Flower
NASA/Joel Kowsky A NASA photographer took this picture of a flower called Borshchov’s tulip near the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 7, 2025, ahead of…
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Percolating Clues: NASA Models New Way to Build Planetary Cores
5 min read Percolating Clues: NASA Models New Way to Build Planetary Cores NASA’s Perseverance rover was traveling in the channel of an ancient river, Neretva Vallis, when it captured…
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NASA’s Moffett Federal Airfield Hosts Boeing Digital Taxi Tests
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Boeing’s test plane simulates digital taxiing at Moffett Field at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. NASA/Brandon…
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Sol 4546: Martian Jenga
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…
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NASA’s Dragonfly Mission Sets Sights on Titan’s Mysteries
6 min read NASA’s Dragonfly Mission Sets Sights on Titan’s Mysteries When it descends through the thick golden haze on Saturn’s moon Titan, NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft will find eerily familiar…
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Winners Announced in NASA’s 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A team from South Dakota State University with their project, “Soil Testing and Plant Leaf Extraction Drone,” took first…
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What is Lunar Regolith? (Grades 5-8)
5 Min Read What is Lunar Regolith? (Grades 5-8) This article is for students grades 5-8. The surface of the Moon is covered in a thick layer of boulders, rocks, and…
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NASA-French Satellite Spots Large-Scale River Waves for First Time
6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The SWOT satellite is helping scientists size up flood waves on waterways like the Yellowstone River, pictured here in…
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Another Milestone for X-59
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is seen during its “aluminum bird” systems testing at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. The test verified how the aircraft’s hardware…
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How Big is Space? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode: 61
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) How big is space? Space is really big. Thinking about our solar system, let’s imagine you could get in…