Space News
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NASA Astronaut Zena Cardman
NASA/Josh Valcarcel NASA astronaut Zena Cardman inspects her spacesuit’s wrist mirror in this portrait taken at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on March 22, 2024. Cardman will launch to…
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NICER Status Updates
June 24, 2025 NASA’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, has paused observations due to a problem with one of the motors…
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Live or Fly a Plane in California? Help NASA Measure Ozone Pollution!
Ozone high in the stratosphere protects us from the Sun’s ultraviolet light. But ozone near the ground is a pollutant that harms people and plants. The San Joaquin Valley has…
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NASA’s SLS Solid Rocket Boosters: What is DM-1?
NASA/Kevin O’Brien Demonstration Motor-1 (DM-1) is the first full-scale ground test of the evolved five-segment solid rocket motor of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. The event will take place…
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Mission Accomplished! Artemis ROADS III National Challenge Competitors Celebrate their Achievements
Explore This Section Science Artemis Mission Accomplished! Artemis… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science 5 min read Mission Accomplished! Artemis…
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Starts Unpacking Boxwork Formations
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Drag your mouse or move your phone to pan around within this 360-degree view to explore the boxwork patterns…
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A Martian Volcano in the Mist
NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Arsia Mons, one of the Red Planet’s largest volcanoes, peeks through a blanket of water ice clouds in this image captured by NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter on May…
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Clay Minerals From Mars’ Most Ancient Past?
Explore This Section Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features…
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NASA Intern Took Career from Car Engines to Cockpits
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Some career changes involve small shifts. But for one NASA engineering intern, the leap was much bigger –moving from…
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NASA Fosters Innovative, Far-Out Tech for the Future of Aerospace
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A collage of artist concepts highlighting the novel approaches proposed by the 2025 NIAC awardees for possible future missions.…