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Advanced Health Research on Station Using Augmented, Virtual Reality Tools

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft backs away from the International Space Station moments after undocking from the Harmony module’s forward port on June 16, 2026. Dragon, packed with completed science experiments and cargo for retrieval and analysis on Earth, parachuted to a splashdown off the coast of southern California the following day.Credit: NASA/Jessica Meir Biomedical [...]

By |2026-06-17T14:32:00-04:00June 17th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

NASA’s Fermi Mission Uncovers Possible Sibling Supernova Remnants

6 min read NASA’s Fermi Mission Uncovers Possible Sibling Supernova Remnants A new study of two supernova remnants, the debris left behind after stars explode, suggests the explosions came from stellar siblings that once orbited each other. The first star’s detonation sent its binary companion hurtling through space, and then, after traveling for thousands [...]

By |2026-06-17T13:15:00-04:00June 17th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

SpaceX Dragon Splashes Down in Pacific, Completes Cargo Mission

June 16, 2026: International Space Station Configuration. Five spaceships are parked at the space station including the SpaceX Crew-12 Dragon, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL, the Soyuz MS-28 crew ship, and the Progress 94 and 95 resupply ships.NASA At 5:11 a.m. PDT (8:11 a.m. EDT), the unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of [...]

By |2026-06-17T08:19:00-04:00June 17th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

NASA’s Webb Catches Exoplanet Getting Roasted

Explore Webb Science James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NASA’s Webb Catches… Webb News Latest News Latest Images Webb’s Blog Awards X (offsite – login reqd) Instagram (offsite – login reqd) Facebook (offsite- login reqd) Youtube (offsite) Overview About Who is James Webb? Fact Sheet Impacts+Benefits FAQ Webb Timeline Science Overview and Goals Early Universe [...]

By |2026-06-16T17:15:00-04:00June 16th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Astronaut Jessica Meir Assists With Hardware Updates for NASA’s Cold Atom Lab

2 Min Read Astronaut Jessica Meir Assists With Hardware Updates for NASA’s Cold Atom Lab PIA26725 Credits: NASA Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Astronaut Jessica Meir Assists… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Astronaut Jessica Meir Assists With Hardware Updates for NASA’s Cold Atom Lab JPEG (4.91 MB) Description [...]

By |2026-06-16T16:41:00-04:00June 16th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

More Than One Community: How SWE’s Community Partners Connect You Across STEM

SWE’s collaboration with partner organizations helps members build connections across multiple STEM communities and professional identities.Read more at All Together

By |2026-06-16T16:15:00-04:00June 16th, 2026|Categories: Uncategorized|

NASA Webb, Hubble Reveal History of Relic of Milky Way’s Formation

Explore Webb Science James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NASA Webb, Hubble Reveal… Webb News Latest News Latest Images Webb’s Blog Awards X (offsite – login reqd) Instagram (offsite – login reqd) Facebook (offsite- login reqd) Youtube (offsite) Overview About Who is James Webb? Fact Sheet Impacts+Benefits FAQ Webb Timeline Science Overview and Goals Early [...]

By |2026-06-16T13:15:00-04:00June 16th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s Quantum Lab Aboard Space Station Gets Chilly Upgrade

Astronaut Jessica Meir inspects optical fibers while installing hardware updates to NASA’s Cold Atom Lab, or CAL, aboard the International Space Station on May 8, 2026. About the size of a minifridge, CAL enables researchers to explore quantum physics.NASA Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have switched on NASA’s newly upgraded Cold Atom Lab, a [...]

By |2026-06-16T12:50:00-04:00June 16th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Dragon Undocks to Return Science Experiments to Earth

The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is seen shortly after undocking from the International Space Station’s forward port on the Harmony module.NASA+ At 12:25 p.m. EDT, the unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft undocked from the forward‑facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module after a command from SpaceX ground controllers. Flight controllers delayed the undocking slightly [...]

By |2026-06-16T12:40:00-04:00June 16th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|
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