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NASA’s Chandra Reveals ‘Red, White, Blue’ Universe for US 250th

7 Min Read NASA’s Chandra Reveals ‘Red, White, Blue’ Universe for US 250th In celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States, NASA has unveiled four cosmic images from its Chandra X-ray Observatory rendered in red, white, and blue that represent the wonders of the universe the agency explores. The images are accompanied [...]

By |2026-06-30T15:54:00-04:00June 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Astronauts Repair Canadarm2 Robotic Arm and Complete Spacewalk

NASA astronaut Chris Williams works outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk to swap out a malfunctioning wrist joint on the Canadarm2 robotic arm.NASA+ NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 3:40 p.m. EDT. During the 7-hour, 20-minute spacewalk, Williams and Meir completed their primary objective to [...]

By |2026-06-30T15:49:00-04:00June 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

A Day of Flight Testing at NASA Armstrong

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA flight test engineer A.J. Jaffe and pilot Nils Larson walk on the ramp before a flight Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The two support the agency’s Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) project, which aims [...]

By |2026-06-30T15:27:00-04:00June 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

La NASA adjudica nuevas misiones científicas para Base Lunar y adelanta nuevas oportunidades

Tres representaciones digitales muestran módulos de aterrizaje lunar comerciales de Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines y Firefly en la Luna. La NASA anunció el 30 de junio que estos módulos de aterrizaje entregarán más investigaciones científicas y demostraciones tecnológicas de la NASA en la superficie lunar para el programa Base Lunar de la agencia.Créditos: Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, [...]

By |2026-06-30T15:04:00-04:00June 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA Awards More Moon Base Science, Previews New Opportunities

Three artist renderings depict commercial lunar landers from Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, and Firefly on the Moon. NASA announced June 30 the landers will deliver more NASA science investigations and technology demonstrations to the lunar surface for NASA’s Moon Base Program.Credit: Astrobotic/Intuitive Machines/Firefly Editor’s note: This release was updated on June 30, 2026, to clarify the [...]

By |2026-06-30T14:48:00-04:00June 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NextSTEP-3 B: Moon Base Demonstrations

An artist’s concept of astronauts working on the lunar surface.NASA Notice ID: Coming Soon July, 2026 – Anticipated Synopsis Release [System for Awards Management] NASA’s Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate is seeking innovative ideas from industry partners through a new solicitation appendix under the NextSTEP-3 Omnibus Broad Agency Announcement. Appendix B: Moon Base Demonstrations calls for [...]

By |2026-06-30T14:48:00-04:00June 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Spacewalkers Continuing Canadarm2 Robotic Arm Repairs

NASA astronaut Chris Williams conducts a spacewalk 260 miles above Earth on June 30, 2026, to repair the Canadarm2 robotic arm on the International Space Station.NASA+ NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir successfully removed the wrist joint that malfunctioned on May 27 during Canadarm2 robotic arm operations. They now are working to install the replacement joint, which was [...]

By |2026-06-30T12:39:00-04:00June 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

Starry Chandelier Cluster

ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Sarajedini, G. Piotto This image released on June 26, 2026, features the globular cluster NGC 6723, sometimes called the Chandelier Cluster. Like its namesake, it sparkles with countless lights. However, each ‘lightbulb’ in this chandelier is an individual star 27,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius (the Archer). Globular clusters like [...]

By |2026-06-30T11:02:00-04:00June 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Repair Canadarm2 Robotic Arm

NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir are pictured training for a spacewalk in their spacesuits at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, Texas.NASA NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir began a spacewalk at 8:20 a.m. EDT today to replace a wrist joint that malfunctioned during normal Canadarm2 operations on May 27. Live coverage [...]

By |2026-06-30T08:23:00-04:00June 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|
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