Credit: NASA NASA has selected four companies to provide payload processing facilities under the Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract on‑ramp provision. The provision enables qualified providers to offer commercial payload processing services for agency missions launching from multiple locations where capabilities were not available at the time of the initial contract award. Contract awardees are: All [...]
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A busy street in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, which is the subject of NASA-led air quality research.Ninaras (CC BY-SA 4.0) A NASA-funded air pollution monitoring network has provided one of the most detailed long-term views yet of the role of black carbon, or soot [...]
Explore This Section Science Science Activation Next Generation of Planetary… Overview Resources Opportunities Citizen Science Highlights About Science Activation 3 min read Next Generation of Planetary Scientists Learn Public Engagement Skills Group photo of undergraduate research interns and FORCE leaders standing together beside the high-pressure laboratory equipment. The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) [...]
X-ray: NASA/CXC/Ohio State Univ./J. Rodriguez et al; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/P. Edmonds Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope combine to reveal a vibrant view of 30 Doradus, or the Tarantula Nebula, in this Aug. 11, 2026, image. Located in the Large Magellanic [...]
5 Min Read NASA Challenge Tests Wheel Designs for Moon Base Mobility NASA engineers, NASA Robotics Academy students, and teams from the Rock and Roll with NASA Challenge pose with the wheel prototypes at NASA’s Johnson Space Center Rock Yard in Houston on July 31, 2026. Credits: NASA/Luna Posadas Nava NASA engineers, NASA Robotics [...]
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APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 17 – A… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. A [...]
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 16 – Milky… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Milky [...]
3 min read Summer Triangle Corner: Deneb This image shows an illustration of the constellation Cygnus, Latin for “swan,” in the night sky. The Cygnus Loop supernova remnant, also known as the Veil Nebula, is located near one of the swan’s wings, outlined here in a rectangular box. NASA Bird constellations abound in the [...]
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 15 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Bright Perseids [...]
