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La NASA informará sobre su estrategia y misiones para la Base Lunar

By |2026-05-20T15:08:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Concepto artístico de astronautas trabajando en la superficie lunar.Crédito: NASA Read this news release in English here. La NASA ofrecerá una conferencia de prensa el martes 26 de mayo a las 2 p.m. EDT (hora del este) para compartir los planes para la Base Lunar y destacar los avances hacia una presencia sostenida en la [...]

NASA TechLeap Prize: Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge

By |2026-05-20T15:02:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge — the fifth in the NASA TechLeap Prize series — is a competition to advance persistent infrastructure for in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing. NASA Flight Opportunities invites applicants to propose a payload that can be manipulated by a robotic arm in low Earth orbit. Up to three winners will each receive [...]

Psyche Spacecraft Completes Mars Flyby

By |2026-05-20T13:51:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU NASA’s Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, coming within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the planet’s surface. During the flyby, it took this image and others. This representative color image, captured by Psyche’s multispectral imager instrument, features the double-ring crater Huygens and the surrounding heavily cratered southern highlands. This [...]

NASA-developed AI Could Help Track Harmful Algae

By |2026-05-20T13:39:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Green swirls of microscopic algae (phytoplankton) are visible off the U.S. Gulf Coast in this image captured Oct. 21, 2024, by the Ocean Color Instrument on NASA’s PACE satellite. The sensor also observed autumn leaf colors, visible as a reddish streak, to the northeast.NASA NASA scientists have developed an artificial intelligence tool to take on [...]

NASA to Provide Update on Moon Base Strategy, Missions

By |2026-05-20T13:13:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

An artist’s concept of astronauts working on the lunar surface.Credit: NASA NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 26, to share Moon Base plans and highlight progress toward a sustained presence on the lunar surface. The media briefing will take place at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington. Leadership will discuss [...]

NASA Releases Technology Priorities to Energize Space Industry

By |2026-05-20T13:11:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

3 Min Read NASA Releases Technology Priorities to Energize Space Industry Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface. The dark portion of Earth is [...]

NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid

By |2026-05-19T15:49:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This view of a crescent Mars was captured on May 15, 2026, at about 5:03 a.m. PDT by NASA’s Psyche mission as it approached the planet for a gravity assist. The image has been processed into a natural-color view using red, green, and blue [...]

Moon-Venus Conjunction

By |2026-05-19T13:07:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington.NASA/Bill Ingalls The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson NASA [...]

NASA’s MAVEN Makes 1st Discovery of Atmospheric Effect at Mars

By |2026-05-18T13:09:00-04:00May 18th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

In December 2023, scientists looking at Mars data stumbled across something completely unexpected — observations of an atmospheric effect never before seen in the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Using instruments aboard NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission, scientists identified a phenomenon known to occur in Earth’s magnetosphere, where charged particles are squeezed like toothpaste [...]

NASA-Supported Space Tech Advances Earthly Construction

By |2026-05-13T15:47:00-04:00May 13th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Branch’s work outfitting a prototype of a lunar surface habitat they developed, pictured here, under a cooperative agreement with Marshall Space Flight Center, helped the company evolve its printing processes.Credit: Branch Technology Inc. An innovative 3D printing process that advanced NASA’s approach to outfitting [...]

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