official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Science in Space August 2025 Cells are the basic building blocks of all living things, from single-celled bacteria to plants and animals containing vast numbers of them. Cells have adapted for a wide variety of settings and functions. Nerve cells in humans and animals, for example, have long, thin extensionsContinue reading “Space Station Cell Studies”
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NASA Continues Search for Moon-Focused Sustainability Solutions
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is accepting U.S. submissions for the second phase of the agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge, a Moon-focused recycling competition. The challenge aims to develop solutions for recycling common trash materials – like fabrics, plastics, foam, and metals – that could accumulate from activities such as system operations, industrial activities, and buildingContinue reading “NASA Continues Search for Moon-Focused Sustainability Solutions”
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Splashes Down in Pacific Ocean
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission – Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, left, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi – are all smiles after having landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 9,Continue reading “NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Splashes Down in Pacific Ocean”
Juliana Barajas: Supporting NASA’s Mission, One Task at a Time
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As an administrative assistant in the Safety and Mission Assurance Office at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Juliana Barajas approaches her work with one clear mission: to help others succeed. For over two decades, she has supported NASA’s mission with a career grounded in service,Continue reading “Juliana Barajas: Supporting NASA’s Mission, One Task at a Time “
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Returns, Splashes Down Off California
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The first crew to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program completed the agency’s 10th commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station on Saturday. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronautContinue reading “NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Returns, Splashes Down Off California”
NASA Selects Contractors to Supply Centers with Helium
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has chosen a group of contractors to supply multiple agency facilities with liquid and gaseous helium for at least the next two years. The NASA Agency-wide Supply of Liquid and Gaseous Helium contract is a fixed-price indefinite-delivery requirements contract with firm-fixed-price delivery orders. The awards have a total estimatedContinue reading “NASA Selects Contractors to Supply Centers with Helium”
Acting NASA Administrator Reflects on Legacy of Astronaut Jim Lovell
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy on the passing of famed Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell. He passed away Aug. 7, in Lake Forest, Illinois. He was 97 years old. “NASA sends its condolences to the family of Capt. Jim Lovell, whose life and work inspiredContinue reading “Acting NASA Administrator Reflects on Legacy of Astronaut Jim Lovell”
NASA Invites Media to View Heliophysics, NOAA Space Weather Missions
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA invites media to view the agency’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) spacecraft and two other missions — the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Follow On–Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) observatory, which will launch along with IMAP as rideshares. Media will have theContinue reading “NASA Invites Media to View Heliophysics, NOAA Space Weather Missions”
Rare Type of Black Hole Snacks on Star
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory teamed up to identify a new possible example of a rare class of black holes, identified by X-ray emission (in purple) in this image released on July 24, 2025. Called NGC 6099 HLX-1, this bright X-ray source seems to reside in a compact star clusterContinue reading “Rare Type of Black Hole Snacks on Star”
Hubble Captures a Tarantula
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures incredible details in the dusty clouds of a star-forming factory called the Tarantula Nebula. Most of the nebulae Hubble images are in our galaxy, but this nebula is in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy located about 160,000 light-years away in theContinue reading “Hubble Captures a Tarantula”