Space and Science
NASA Space Flight Awareness Program Recognizes Ste...
NASA’s Stennis Space Center employees were recognized with Honoree Awards from NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program during a March 10 ceremony in Orlando, Florida, for outstanding support of human spaceflight. Melissa Wagner of Pass Christian, Mississippi, is a NASA contract...
Rocket Test Group Visits NASA Stennis
NASA Stennis partnered with Mississippi Enterprise for Technology to host more than 100 members of the 57th Rocket Test Group on March 18-19. The group toured the south Mississippi NASA center on March 19, learning how NASA Stennis operates...
Webb snaps photographs of Asteroid 2024 YR4
Image: This image shows Webb’s recent observation of the asteroid 2024 YR4 using both its Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). Data from NIRCam shows reflected light, while the MIRI observations show thermal light.On 8 March 2025, the...
NASA Webb Explores Effect of Strong Magnetic Field...
Follow-up research on a 2023 image of the Sagittarius C stellar nursery in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, has revealed ejections from still-forming protostars and insights into the impact of...
Biotech is the launchpad for human survival in spa...
With NASA’s Artemis program preparing for the first crewed moon landing since 1972, four commercial space stations in development, and companies like SpaceX setting their sights on Mars, long-duration human […] The post Biotech is the launchpad for human...
World's richest are named on updated list with com...
Included on the 2025 compilation are 3,028 billionaires worldwide, which are 247 more than last year. Their combined net worth is an astonishing $16.1trillion.
Beautiful moment NASA astronaut is reunited with h...
Following her return to Earth Mrs Williams was finally reunited with her two pet dogs at her home in Needham, Massachusetts.
Slingshot adapting satellite ‘fingerprinting’ tech...
The company was awarded an SBIR Phase 3 contract to further develop satellite "fingerprinting" technology The post Slingshot adapting satellite ‘fingerprinting’ technology for military applications appeared first on SpaceNews.
JAXA institute studying Mars lander concept
WASHINGTON — An institute in Japan’s space agency is pursuing a concept that could allow the agency to send small rovers to the surface of Mars. In a talk at […] The post JAXA institute studying Mars lander concept...
CLPS companies seek expanded opportunities for com...
Lunar lander companies want NASA to revise and expand its approach to buy services as Congress raises questions about NASA’s handling of VIPER. The post CLPS companies seek expanded opportunities for commercial lunar landers appeared first on SpaceNews.
Citizen Scientists Use NASA Open Science Data to R...
How can life thrive in deep space? The Open Science Data Repository Analysis Working Groups invite volunteers from all backgrounds to help answer this question. Request to join these citizen science groups to help investigate how life adapts to space...
University High Triumphs at JPL-Hosted Ocean Scien...
The annual regional event puts students’ knowledge of ocean-related science to the test in a fast-paced academic competition. A team of students from University High School in Irvine earned first place at a fast-paced regional academic competition focused on...
The Sky’s Not the Limit: Testing Precision Landing...
Nestled in a pod under an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft wing, flying above California, and traveling up to the speed of sound, NASA put a commercial sensor technology to the test. The flight tests demonstrated the sensor accuracy and navigation...
NASA Starling and SpaceX Starlink Improve Space Tr...
As missions to low Earth orbit become more frequent, space traffic coordination remains a key element to efficiently operating in space. Different satellite operators using autonomous systems need to operate together and manage increasing workloads. NASA’s Starling spacecraft swarm...
How NASA’s Perseverance Is Helping Prepare Astrona...
The rover carries several swatches of spacesuit materials, and scientists are assessing how they’ve held up after four years on the Red Planet. NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars in 2021 to search for signs of ancient microbial life...
NASA Cloud Software Helps Companies Find their Pla...
Planning space missions is a very involved process, ensuring orbits are lined up and spacecraft have enough fuel is imperative to the long-term survival of orbital assets. Continuum Space Systems Inc. of Pasadena, California, produces a cloud-based platform that...
NASA Invites Media to Learn About Artemis Moon Mis...
NASA and the Department of Defense will host a media event on the recovery operations that will bring the Artemis II astronauts and the agency’s Orion spacecraft home at the conclusion of next year’s mission around the Moon. The...
NASA Demonstrates New Wildland Fire Airspace Manag...
Editor’s Note: This article was updated March 27, 2025, to reflect the final dates for the testing period. NASA researchers conducted initial validation of a new airspace management system designed to enable crews to use aircraft to fight and...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Detects Largest Organic Mol...
Lee esta historia en español aquí. Researchers analyzing pulverized rock onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover have found the largest organic compounds on the Red Planet to date. The finding, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests...
NASA Takes to the Air to Study Wildflowers
For many plant species, flowering is biologically synced with the seasons. Scientists are clocking blooms to understand our ever-changing planet. NASA research is revealing there’s more to flowers than meets the human eye. A recent analysis of wildflowers in...