- Spaceflight Atrophy Studied with Machine Learning
ISS032-E-011701 (4 Aug. 2012) — NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, equipped with a bungee harness, exercises on the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT) in ...
- Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria Found on ISS Mutating to Become Functionally Distinct
A video abstract of this International Space Station investigation is available on the publisher website (see link below).
In a new scientific paper funded by an Ames Space Biology grant, Principal ...
- NASA Refines National Space Technology Development Priorities
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As NASA focuses on exploring the Moon, Mars, and the solar system for the benefit of humanity, the agency’s Space Technology ...
- A Solar Neighborhood Census, Thanks to NASA Citizen Science
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A Solar Neighborhood Census, Thanks to NASA Citizen Science
This artist’s concept by citizen scientist William Pendrill shows, at left, a cool brown dwarf called a T Dwarf, and, ...
- The next full Moon is the Pink Moon, Sprouting Grass Moon, Egg Moon, Fish Moon, the Pesach or Passover Moon
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The next full Moon is the Pink Moon, Sprouting Grass Moon, Egg Moon, Fish Moon, the Pesach or Passover Moon
The next full Moon is the Pink Moon, Sprouting ...
- SWOT Satellite Helps Gauge the Depth of Death Valley’s Temporary Lake
Water depths in Death Valley’s temporary lake ranged between about 3 feet (or 1 meter, shown in dark blue) to less than 1.5 feet (0.5 meters, light yellow) from February ...
- Seeing the Solar Eclipse from 223,000 Miles Away
This spectacular image showing the Moon’s shadow on Earth’s surface was acquired during a 20-second period starting at 2:59 p.m. EDT (18:59:19 UTC) on April 8, 2024, by NASA’s Lunar ...
- NASA Welcomes Switzerland as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
Swiss Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, right, shakes hands with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, after signing the Artemis Accords, Monday, April 15, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters ...
- NASA Sets Path to Return Mars Samples, Seeks Innovative Designs
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson shared on Monday the agency’s path forward on the Mars Sample Return program, including seeking innovative designs to return valuable samples from Mars to Earth. Such ...
- NASA’s LRO Observes 2024 Solar Eclipse Shadow
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Editor’s Note, April 16, 2024: This story has been updated to remove an unclear secondary image and caption.
As the Moon blotted ...
- NASA Selects New Crew for Next Simulated Mars Journey
NASA has selected four new crew members to partake in a simulated mission to Mars inside the agency’s Human Exploration Research Analog. From left are Jason Lee, Stephanie Navarro, Shareef ...
- PATA Annual Summit 2024 to be Held in May in Macao
Macao, Macao SAR, April 15, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has announced that the bid for hosting the PATA Annual Summit 2024 has been awarded ...
- The NRP Post
Current partners are encouraged to share their stories with NASA and our local communities. If partners do not have the time to prepare a story for the NRP post, the ...
- The April 8 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA
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The April 8 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA
A total solar eclipse is seen in Dallas on April 8, 2024. A total solar eclipse ...
- 45 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Enterprise Arrives at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Enterprise, the first space shuttle orbiter that NASA built, arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on April 10, 1979. Although not space worthy, as a pathfinder Enterprise ...
- The Ocean Touches Everything: Celebrate Earth Day with NASA
On Earth Day, Learn How NASA Investigates the Blue in Our Blue Planet
This Earth Day, join us in person and online to learn how NASA studies the ocean from space. ...
- The First Space Shuttle
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In this image from April 12, 1981, the first space shuttle, STS-1, launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with NASA astronauts John W. Young, commander, and Robert L. ...
- NASA Invites Media to Mars Sample Return Update
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Monday, April 15, to discuss the agency’s response to a Mars Sample Return Independent Review Board report from September 2023, ...
- Tech Today: Folding NASA Experience into an Origami Toolkit
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Though the art of origami is centuries old, until the late 20th century it was considered virtually impossible to make insects ...
- Hubble Spots a Galaxy Hidden in a Dark Cloud
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Hubble Spots a Galaxy Hidden in a Dark Cloud
This Hubble image features the spiral galaxy IC 4633.
ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Acknowledgement: L. Shatz
The subject ...
- Altitude Chamber Gets Upgrade for Artemis II, Spacecraft Testing Begins
Before the Orion spacecraft is stacked atop NASA’s powerful SLS (Space Launch System) rocket ahead of the Artemis II mission, engineers will put it through a series of rigorous tests ...
- Media Get Close-Up of NASA’s Jupiter-Bound Europa Clipper
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Members of the media visited a clean room at JPL April 11 to get a close-up look at NASA’s Europa Clipper ...
- NASA’s PACE Data on Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate Now Available
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NASA’s PACE satellite’s Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) detects light across a hyperspectral range, which gives scientists new information to differentiate communities ...
- NASA Invites Media to Switzerland Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony
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NASA will welcome Switzerland as the 37th country to sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 15 at the agency’s headquarters in ...
- NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Announces 3 Personnel Appointments
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Left to right: JPL’s Keyur Patel, Howard Eisen, and Todd Gaier
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The staff changes tap into a deep well of talent ...