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NASA to Announce New Astronaut Class, Preview Artemis II Moon Mission

By |2025-08-20T15:16:00-04:00August 20th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot; Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist; suit up and walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. [...]

NASA: Ceres May Have Had Long-Standing Energy to Fuel Habitability

By |2025-08-20T14:13:00-04:00August 20th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Dwarf planet Ceres is shown in these enhanced-color renderings that use images from NASA’s Dawn mission. New thermal and chemicals models that rely on the mission’s data indicate Ceres may have long ago had conditions suitable for life.NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA The dwarf planet is cold now, [...]

Viking 1 Begins Journey to Mars

By |2025-08-20T12:52:00-04:00August 20th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA A Titan-Centaur rocket carrying the Viking 1 spacecraft launches from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Aug. 20, 1975. Viking 1 touched down on the red planet on July 20, 1976, becoming the first truly successful landing on Mars. Viking 1 was the first of a pair of complex deep space [...]

Steve Platnick Steps Down from NASA After 34 Years of Service

By |2025-08-20T09:15:00-04:00August 20th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Dr. Steven “Steve” Platnick took the NASA agency Deferred Resignation Program (DRP). His last work day was August 8, 2025. Steve spent more than three decades at, or associated with, NASA. While he began his civil servant career at the NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in 2002, his Goddard association went back to 1993, [...]

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4634-4635: A Waiting Game

By |2025-08-19T15:22:00-04:00August 19th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 3 min [...]

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4631-4633: Radiant Ridge Revolution

By |2025-08-19T14:40:00-04:00August 19th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 2 min [...]

Sun at the Center: Teacher Ambassadors Bring Heliophysics to Classrooms Nationwide

By |2025-08-19T12:46:00-04:00August 19th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore This Section Science Science Activation Sun at the Center: Teacher… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science   3 min read Sun at the Center: Teacher Ambassadors Bring Heliophysics to Classrooms Nationwide For the fourth year in a row, the American Association of Physics Teachers, [...]

NASA’s X-59 Nears First Flight

By |2025-08-19T12:00:00-04:00August 19th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the ramp at sunrise before ground tests at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, on July 18, 2025. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission to demonstrate quiet supersonic flight and the [...]

What is BioNutrients?

By |2025-08-19T11:35:00-04:00August 19th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A series of biology experiments, called BioNutrients, is testing ways to use microorganisms to produce nutrients – off Earth and on demand – that will be critical for human health in space. For the BioNutrients-1 experiment, the specially engineered yeast and its powdered food source are held in the container at the left. Its lid [...]

NASA’s Psyche Captures Images of Earth, Moon

By |2025-08-19T11:02:00-04:00August 19th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Psyche captured images of Earth and our Moon from about 180 million miles (290 kilometers) away in July 2025, as it calibrated its imager instrument. When choosing targets for the imager testing, scientists look for bodies that shine with reflected sunlight, just as [...]

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