By Savannah Bullard One year after winning second place in NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge, members of the small business Starpath visited NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of their prize opportunity to test their upgraded lunar regolith excavation and transportation rover in the center’s 20-foot thermal vacuum chamber. The [...]
41 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) 2025-2026 DWU: High School Engineering Challenge Challenge Materials Challenge Materials The 2025 Challenge Materials are coming soon. Register now to get copies as soon as they are released. Detailed Background Document Overview: What is an Uncrewed Aircraft System? An uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) can [...]
12 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) 2025-2026 DWU: Middle School Aviation Challenge Challenge Theme AgAir: Integrating UAS into the Agriculture Industry The agricultural industry is an important part of life in the US and around the world by providing food, fuel, economic development, and more. It has been increasingly important [...]
1 min read Inside the Visualization: Aerosols Earth (ESD)EarthExploreExplore Earth HomeAgricultureAir QualityClimate ChangeFreshwaterLife on EarthSevere StormsSnow and IceThe Global OceanScience at WorkEarth Science at WorkTechnology and InnovationPowering BusinessMultimediaImage CollectionsVideosDataFor ResearchersAbout Us NASA uses satellites, ground measurements, and powerful computer models to track tiny particles floating in our air called aerosols. These small particles can travel [...]
NASA/Tim Kopra Golden sunglint highlights Lake Balkhash in this May 31, 2016, photo taken from the International Space Station. The large lake in Kazakhstan is one of the largest lakes in Asia and is the 15th largest lake in the world. Since the space station became operational in November 2000, crew members have produced hundreds [...]
2 min read Join NASA on Oct. 4 in Looking Up, Celebrating Moon A view of the Moon through the clouds in a photo taken in Italy during the 2024 International Observe the Moon Night.Copyright Astrofili Ceriana, used with permission. Join observers from around the world on Saturday, Oct. 4, for NASA’s International Observe the [...]
3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Diamond St. John Diamond St. John, engineer on the Orion Program with Lockheed Martin, holds one of the heat shield tiles that will protect astronauts as they return to Earth after exploring the lunar surface on the Artemis III mission. Credits: NASA/Rad Sinyak Listen to this audio excerpt [...]
Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts Science Hubble Science Science Themes Science Highlights [...]
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Recent airborne science flights to Greenland are improving NASA’s understanding of space weather by measuring radiation exposure to air travelers and validating global radiation maps used in flight path planning. This unique data also has value beyond the Earth as a celestial roadmap for [...]
3 Min Read NASA Opens 2026 Human Lander Challenge for Life Support Systems, More NASA’s 2026 Human Lander Challenge is seeking ideas from college and university students to help evolve and transform technologies for life support and environmental control systems. These systems are critical for sustainable, long-duration human spaceflight missions to the Moon, Mars, [...]
