Dancing With Aliens

Target: Mars Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument: HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Source:: updates

PIA23288: Dune Footprints in Hellas

Target: Mars Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument: HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Source:: updates

PIA23287: Rhythmic Layers East of Medusae Fossae

Target: Mars Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument: HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Source:: updates

PIA23286: Tooting Crater Ejecta

Target: Mars Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument: HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Source:: updates

Unveiling Hidden Figures Way

June 12, 2019 Kourosh Maheri ISS Status Reports

A D.C. Department of Transportation employee removes a paper cover from the “Hidden Figures Way” street sign in front of NASA Headquarters at the corner

ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/12/2019

By Bill Keeter Fluids Integrated Rack (FIR)/Light Microscopy Module (LMM)/ACE Module Changeout: The crew removed the processed ACE-T12 Module and installed the ACE-T10 Module. In

This Week in NASA History: Marshall Completes Structural Assembly of S-IU-500V – June 14, 1965

June 12, 2019 Kourosh Maheri GODDARD

This week in 1965, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center completed structural assembly of the Saturn V vibration test article, S-IU-500V. Source:: updates 2

NASA Explores Our Changing Freshwater World

NASA’s global view of freshwater is revolutionizing our capability of monitoring and managing this precious resource. Source:: Goddard

NASA’s Webb Sunshield Undergoes Rocket Fitting, More Testing

June 12, 2019 Kourosh Maheri GODDARD

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s spacecraft element, which consists of the observatory’s spacecraft bus and the sunshield, was put in the same folded-up configuration that

Euclid Dark Energy Telescope Selects Deep Fields

June 12, 2019 Kourosh Maheri GODDARD

Peering at three dark patches of sky for long periods will allow the Euclid mission to study the universe’s expansion and perhaps learn why it

Structural Testing of the World’s Largest Rocket Stage

On June 11, technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, started structural testing on the liquid hydrogen tank, the largest piece of

NASA Invites Media to Renaming Ceremony Honoring Hidden Figures

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will be joined at 10 a.m. EDT Wednesday, June 12, by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, D.C. Council Chairman Phil

NASA Invests in Tech Concepts Aimed at Exploring Lunar Craters, Mining Asteroids

June 11, 2019 Kourosh Maheri ISS Status Reports

Robotically surveying lunar craters in record time and mining resources in space could help NASA establish a sustained human presence at the Moon – part

ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/11/2019

By Bill Keeter Airway Monitoring: The crew located the hardware and reviewed the Big Picture Words in preparation for the Airway Monitoring ambient pressure session

PIA23301: Pits Under InSight Lander

Target: Mars Mission: InSight Instrument: Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC) Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates

PIA23250: Soil Churned up by InSight’s Thrusters

Target: Mars Mission: InSight Instrument: Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC) Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates

PIA23249: HP3 Deployed on Martian Surface

Target: Mars Mission: InSight Instrument: Heat and Physical Properties Package (HP3) Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates

PIA23282: From High to Low

June 11, 2019 Kourosh Maheri GODDARD

Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates

High School Students Attend ‘STEM Boys Night In’ at NASA Goddard

Nearly 50 high school students arrived at Goddard Friday June 7 to attend the first annual STEM Boys Night In sleepover. Source:: Goddard

Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor at Excel Academy In Washington, D.C.

NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor is hugged by students after a presentation about her experience on Expeditions 56 and 57 onboard the International Space Station at

Students Boosting Technical Skills at NASA Wallops’ Rocket Week

June 10, 2019 Kourosh Maheri ISS Status Reports

University and community college students will boost their technical skills as rocket scientists building experiments for space flight during Rocket Week June 14-21, 2019, at

ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/10/2019

By Bill Keeter BioNutrients: The crew performed a hydration and agitation for the BioNutrients experiment and started the 48 hour incubation at 30 deg C.

PIA23281: Arsia Mons

June 10, 2019 Kourosh Maheri Updates

Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates

NASA Prepares to Launch Twin Satellites to Study Signal Disruption From Space

NASA is set to launch a pair of tiny satellites that will help scientists understand how signals from satellites — like radio and GPS —

NASA’s SET Mission to Study Satellite Protection Is Ready for Launch

NASA’s Space Environment Testbeds, or SET, will launch on its mission to study how to better protect satellites in space. SET studies space radiation and

How NASA Prepares Spacecraft for the Harsh Radiation of Space