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SpaceX Dragon Splashes Down off the Coast of California

By |2025-05-25T05:34:00-04:00May 25th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, with its nosecone open, approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the Harmony module’s space-facing port delivering new science experiments and crew supplies on April 22, 2025.NASA At 1:44 a.m. EDT, the unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of California, marking the return of [...]

NASA Awards Project Support Bridge Contract

By |2025-05-23T16:05:00-04:00May 23rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Credit: NASA NASA has awarded a bridge contract to ASRC Federal System Solutions LLC of Beltsville, Maryland, to provide financial support and project planning and control services to the agency. The Program Analysis and Control Bridge Contract has a total potential value up to $98 million with a 13-month period of performance beginning Saturday, May [...]

Moon and Flag at NASA Michoud

By |2025-05-23T15:02:00-04:00May 23rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Michael DeMocker Just after sunrise, the waning gibbous moon sets just behind a waving United States flag on March 19, 2025, in this image from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The waning gibbous moon phase comes after the full moon. As the Moon begins its journey back toward the Sun, the opposite side [...]

SpaceX Dragon Undocks from Station for Splashdown on Sunday

By |2025-05-23T12:09:00-04:00May 23rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

May 23, 2025: International Space Station Configuration. Four spaceships are parked at the space station including the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft, the Soyuz MS-27 crew ship, and the Progress 90 and 91 resupply ships.NASA At 12:05 p.m. EDT, the unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft undocked from the zenith, or space-facing, port of the International Space Station’s [...]

NASA Videographer Wins Top Award for Capturing Human Side of Science

By |2025-05-23T11:49:00-04:00May 23rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA/Jacob Shaw Capturing the high-stakes work behind NASA’s Airborne Science Program takes more than just technical skill – it takes vision. At NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, videographer Jacob Shaw brings that vision to life, documenting missions with a style and [...]

NASA+ Coverage is Live as SpaceX Dragon Prepares to Undock

By |2025-05-23T11:49:00-04:00May 23rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, with its nosecone open, approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the Harmony module’s space-facing port on April 22, 2025.NASA NASA’s live coverage of undocking and departure of the agency’s SpaceX 32nd commercial resupply services mission is underway on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA content through [...]

Student Coders Bring Novel Approaches to NASA Challenge 

By |2025-05-23T09:08:00-04:00May 23rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

In collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture, Amazon Web Services, and Colorado State University, NASA turned to students for AI-driven solutions. NASA On March 28, 80 college students filed into Colorado State University’s (CSU) Nancy Richardson Design Center to receive pizza and a challenge: design an intelligent system capable of traversing rugged terrain to [...]

Hubble Spies a Spiral So Inclined

By |2025-05-23T07:13:00-04:00May 23rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts Science Hubble Science Science Themes Science Highlights [...]

NASA Supports Artemis Accords Signatories Advancing Exploration

By |2025-05-22T17:39:00-04:00May 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Credit: NASA The United States participated in an international Artemis Accords workshop May 21-22 to advance the safe and responsible exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Hosted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which was represented by the UAE Space Agency, the workshop took place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. The Artemis [...]

NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Students in Washington State

By |2025-05-22T15:00:00-04:00May 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA astronaut Anne McClain points a camera at herself and takes a “space-selfie” during a May 1, 2025, spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut and Spokane, Washington, native Anne McClain will participate in an event with students from the Mobius Discovery Center located in her hometown. McClain will answer prerecorded questions [...]

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