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Curiosity Studies Nodules on Boxwork Formations

2 Min Read Curiosity Studies Nodules on Boxwork Formations PIA26697 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Curiosity Studies Nodules on… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Curiosity Studies Nodules on Boxwork Formations JPEG (291.85 KB) PIA26697 Figure A JPEG (291.92 KB) Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover discovered these [...]

By |2026-02-23T12:58:00-05:00February 23rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Curiosity Surveys the Boxwork Region

1 Min Read Curiosity Surveys the Boxwork Region PIA26693 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Curiosity Surveys the Boxwork… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Curiosity Surveys the Boxwork Region PNG (171.15 MB) Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama of boxwork formations — the low ridges [...]

By |2026-02-23T12:34:00-05:00February 23rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sees Martian ‘Spiderwebs’ Up Close

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama of boxwork formations — the low ridges seen here with hollows in between them — using its Mastcam on Sept. 26, 2025.NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS For about six months, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring a region full of geologic formations called boxwork, low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 [...]

By |2026-02-23T11:52:00-05:00February 23rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Perseverance’s Landing

This high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on February 18, 2021.NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Perseverance Rover approaches Mars in this Feb. 18, 2020, top-down still image captured by a camera on the rover’s descent stage. Perseverance is searching for signs of ancient microbial [...]

By |2026-02-23T11:27:00-05:00February 23rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Webb Telescope Locates Former Star That Exploded as Supernova

Explore Webb Science James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NASA’s Webb Telescope… 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 |2026-02-23T10:00:00-05:00February 23rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Meet Regina Senegal, Acting Chief of Johnson’s Quality and Flight Equipment Division

Safety and quality management are integral to every program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and across the entire agency. That gives team members like Regina Senegal, acting chief of the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate’s (SMA) Quality and Flight Equipment Division, a unique opportunity to collaborate with diverse organizations and personnel. Official portrait [...]

By |2026-02-23T05:00:00-05:00February 23rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA to Rollback Artemis II Rocket, Spacecraft

The Moon is seen behind the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft on top of the mobile launcher at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Jan. 29, 2026. NASA/Sam Lott Weather pending, NASA will roll the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft for Artemis II off the launch pad at [...]

By |2026-02-22T13:02:00-05:00February 22nd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

Twilight with Moon and Planets

Photo of the Day Only two days after the February New Moon's annular eclipse of the Sun, a slender lunar crescent poses above the western horizon after sunset in this wintry twilight skyscape. Its nightside faintly illuminated by earthshine, the young Moon is joined by three bright planets in the mostly clear, early evening [...]

By |2026-02-21T15:44:26-05:00February 21st, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Troubleshooting Artemis II Rocket Upper Stage Issue, Preparing to Roll Back

NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft stand vertical on mobile launcher 1 at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. The Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission [...]

By |2026-02-21T10:32:00-05:00February 21st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |
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