- NASA’s Roman Space Telescope’s ‘Eyes’ Pass First Vision Test
This photo shows the entire optics system for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. It consists of 10 mirrors, including the 7.9-foot (2.4-meter) primary mirror seen at the base in ...
- Going Through Changes: Total Eclipse Over NASA Hangar
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Credit: NASA/Jordan Salkin
This composite image shows the dazzling phases of the total solar eclipse, seen above the Flight Research Building at ...
- NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye … for Now
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, right, stands near the apex of a sand ripple in an image taken by Perseverance on Feb. 24, about five weeks after the rotorcraft’s final flight. ...
- A Clinical Decision Support System for Earth-independent Medical Operations
Deep space exploration requires a paradigm shift in astronaut medical support toward Earth-independent medical operations. Currently, astronauts rely on real-time communication with ground-based medical providers. However, as the distance from ...
- Space Life Science Highlights
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Spaceflight Atrophy Studied with Machine Learning
Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria Found on ISS Mutating to Become Functionally Distinct
On-demand Nutrient Production System for Long-duration ...
- BioNutrients Flight Experiments
iss068e036727 (Jan. 3, 2023) — NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Nicole Mann works in the International Space Station’s Harmony module on the BioNutrients-2 investigation that uses genetically engineered ...
- 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 ...
- 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.
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The subject ...