Space Technology Hall of Fame Nomination Period Extended
by By Space Foundation Editorial Team Submission Deadline Now September 1 Recognize life-changing technologies emerging from space programs Nominate up to three technologies using an online …
PIA24056: Rabe Crater Dunes – False Color
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
One Rehearsal Away from Touching Asteroid Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is ready for touchdown on asteroid Bennu. Source:: updates 3
PIA24022: Close-up of Occator Crater
Target: Ceres Mission: Dawn Instrument: Framing Camera Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/USRA/LPI Source:: updates
Laser Beams Reflected Between Earth and Moon Boost Science
After launching laser beams for years to NASA’s Moon orbiter, scientists receive signal back for the first time Source:: Goddard
Space Station 20th: Expedition 1 Crewmembers Depart for Russia
Space Station 20th: Expedition 1 Crewmembers Depart for Russia Source:: space station 2
PIA23692: ARIA Damage Map: Beirut Explosion Aftermath
Target: Earth Mission: ARIA Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Earth Observatory of Singapore/ESA Source:: updates
Space Launch System (SLS) Makes Progress on Core Stage Green Run Testing
The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is completing the Green Run test for the rocket’s core stage, shown installed on the top left side of …
Four Down, Four to Go: Artemis I Rocket Moves Closer to Hot Fire Test
The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage for the Artemis I lunar mission has successfully completed its first four Green Run tests and is …
Volunteer Spotlight: Tom Mullikin
By Space Foundation Editorial Team These Volunteer Spotlight articles profile some of the interesting and dedicated people who make Space Foundation programs possible. We could …
NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station to Answer Girl Scouts’ Questions
Girl Scouts from across the nation will pose questions next week to NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy aboard the International Space Station. Source:: updates 5
NASA Awards Contract for Consolidated Information Technology Services
NASA has selected ASRC Federal Data Solutions (AFDS) Inc. of Beltsville, Maryland, to receive a contract for Ames Consolidated Information Technology Services at the agency’s …
Biweekly Washington, D.C., Update for the Week Ending August 7, 2020
By Hanh Le Earlier this week, the space community tuned in to see the Crew Dragon splashdown in Pensacola, Fla., and welcomed astronauts Bob Behnken …
NASA Awards Laboratory Services Contract
NASA has awarded the Laboratory Services contract (LSC) to Alutiiq Essentials Services LLC of Kodiak, Alaska, to provide laboratory services at NASA’s Stennis Space Center …
Space Station Science Highlights: Week of August 3, 2020
The week of August 3, crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted scientific research on water recovery systems, complex plasmas, and the physics of …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/07/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads Droplet Formation Study (DFS): The crew performed the setup and initiation of recording for additional runs of the DFS investigation. Data …
NASA Sounding Rocket Finds Helium Structures in Sun’s Atmosphere
Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen. But scientists aren’t sure just how much there actually is in the Sun’s …
PIA24055: Rabe Crater – False Color
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
How a Vibration Problem in a Rocket Could Cut the Cost of Off-Shore Wind Power
How a Vibration Problem in a Rocket Could Cut the Cost of Off-Shore Wind Power Source:: updates 2
Space4U Podcast: Jason Held – Saber Astronautics
By Andrew de Naray In this episode: We meet Jason Held, CEO of Saber Astronautics, a mission control operations software and services company, with locations …
Hubble Sees Near and Far
The barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 4907 shows its starry face from 270 million light-years away to anyone who can see it from the …
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is One Rehearsal Away from Touching Asteroid Bennu
NASA’s first asteroid sampling spacecraft is making final preparations to grab a sample from asteroid Bennu’s surface. Source:: Goddard
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/06/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads Handhold Experiment Platform (HXP2): The crew retrieved and packaged ten Exposed Experiment Handrail Attachment Mechanism (ExHAM2) samples for return to the …
NASA’s MAVEN Observes Martian Night Sky Pulsing in Ultraviolet Light
Vast areas of the Martian night sky pulse in ultraviolet light, according to images from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft. The results are being used to illuminate …
PIA24054: Nectaris Fossae – False Color
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
Hubble Uses Earth as a Proxy for Identifying Oxygen on Potentially Habitable Planets Around Other Stars
Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, Hubble used the Moon as a mirror to study sunlight that had passed through Earth’s atmosphere. As a …
A Starry Sky Above the Earth’s Atmospheric Glow
This long-exposure photograph captures a starry sky above the Earth’s atmospheric glow. Source:: updates 3
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/05/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads Droplet Formation Study (DFS): The crew performed the setup and initiation of recording for additional runs of the DFS investigation. Data …
PIA24042: A Mushball and Shallow-Lightning Factory (Illustration)
Target: Jupiter Mission: Juno Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/CNRS Source:: sun
NASA Administrator Statement on the Passing of Mike Freilich
Statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on the passing of Mike Freilich, passionate explorer and former director of NASA’s Earth Science Division. Source:: Earth
Uncovering Our Solar System’s Shape
Scientists have developed a new prediction of the shape of the bubble surrounding our solar system using a model developed with data from NASA missions. …
NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station Answers STEM Students’ Questions
Students participating in Space Station Explorers STEM programs across the nation will pose questions this week to NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy aboard the International Space …
This Week in NASA History: MESSENGER Launches – August 3, 2004
This week in 2004, the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, Geochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft was launched aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force …
Armstrong Provides Mars Perseverance Rover Support
When the COVID-19 pandemic delayed NASA Earth science missions, the agency’s airborne science aircraft such as the C-20 and G-III Gulfstream had a new mission …
NASA Scientists Leverage Carbon-Measuring Instrument for Mars Studies
Insights and technology gleaned from creating a carbon-measuring instrument for Earth climate studies is being leveraged to build another that would remotely profile, for the …
Curiosity Celebrates 8 Years on the Red Planet
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover touched down eight years ago, on Aug. 5, 2012, and will soon be joined by a second rover, Perseverance. Source:: updates …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/04/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads Astrobee: The Astrobee system was powered on in support of additional free-flight and checkout operations. Astrobee will be used in the …
PIA24052: Ariadnes Colles – False Color
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
Rocket Sees Curling Waves Above Alaskan Sky
The curling waves of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability – appearing briefly in the center of the image before dissipating – may explain how gases mix in …