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New Landsat Science Team Holds First In-Person Meeting

By |2026-05-28T17:03:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4900-4907: Pasadena, We Have a Drill Sample!

By |2026-05-28T15:37:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

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NASA Uses Mineralogical Marker to Understand Ancient Martian Climate

By |2026-05-28T14:22:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

5 Min Read NASA Uses Mineralogical Marker to Understand Ancient Martian Climate This composite image looking toward the higher regions of Mount Sharp was taken on September 9, 2015, by NASA’s Curiosity rover. In the foreground — about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from the rover — is a long ridge teeming with hematite, an [...]

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Poster

By |2026-05-28T13:26:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

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Contractor to Civil Servant: NASA Welcomes Kenny Heckle

By |2026-05-28T12:58:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Kenny Heckle, lead, mechanical operations, Launch Equipment Test Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, poses for a photograph on Monday, May 26, 2026. Heckle is among the first engineers and technicians sworn in as new NASA civil servants as part of the administrator’s workforce directive to restore technical core competencies within the civil [...]

NASA Astronaut Andrew Morgan Retires

By |2026-05-28T12:47:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

May 28, 2026 Former NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan waves as he is photographed during an Expedition 61 spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA After a 12-year career at NASA, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Andrew R. Morgan has retired from the agency to continue his military service. Morgan spent 272 days in space aboard [...]

Going Low and Slow in Testing

By |2026-05-28T12:01:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Jim Ross NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on April 28, 2026, during testing focused on lower-speed and altitude flight conditions in support of NASA’s Quesst mission. The X-59 has completed initial test flights at high altitudes and near-supersonic speeds, opening the door for additional [...]

NASA’s Roman Mission Preps to Unveil New Populations of Faraway Worlds

By |2026-05-28T10:40:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to make a major leap in the hunt for worlds outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. Scientists expect the mission to reveal around 100,000 worlds — a staggering leap compared to the nearly 6,300 found so far thanks to NASA missions working in tandem with other [...]

How NASA Uses Light to Detect Waste From Mines

By |2026-05-28T10:20:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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Growing Stem Cells in Space to Improve Cancer and Disease Treatments

By |2026-05-28T10:00:00-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir works on InSPA-StemCellEX-H2 inside the Life Sciences Glovebox. Microgravity samples will be frozen and returned to Earth for further analysis of stem cell expansion in space.NASA Expedition 74 astronauts aboard the International Space Station are continuing research efforts to manufacture large quantities of stem cells for therapies on Earth. Previous studies [...]

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