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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Natalie Moore, Mission Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems Earth planning date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 We’re back in our standard “touch and go” plan regime today, where we sandwich a midday remote science block between morning-APXS and afternoon-MAHLI contact science arm blocks. We had our firstContinue reading “Sols 4527-4528: ‘Boxwork Ahoy!’”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft is pictured backing away from the International Space Station shortly after undocking on April 19, 2025. Three hours later, the spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan, returning astronaut Don Pettit and cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner to Earth. While aboard the International Space Station, Pettit conducted hundredsContinue reading “Back to Earth”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Trump-Vance Administration released toplines of the President’s budget for Fiscal Year 2026 on Friday. The budget accelerates human space exploration of the Moon and Mars with a fiscally responsible portfolio of missions. “This proposal includes investments to simultaneously pursue exploration of the Moon and Mars while still prioritizing criticalContinue reading “President Trump’s FY26 Budget Revitalizes Human Space Exploration”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Living up to, and maintaining, the standard of excellence associated with NASA is what drives Robert Williams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. A native of Gulfport, Mississippi, Williams said he has had the opportunity to work with and be mentored by “some truly exceptional” engineers,Continue reading “NASA Stennis Employee Contributes to Innovative Work”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A beautiful but skewed spiral galaxy dazzles in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy, called Arp 184 or NGC 1961, sits about 190 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Camelopardalis (The Giraffe). The name Arp 184 comes from the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies compiled by astronomerContinue reading “Hubble Images a Peculiar Spiral”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY After weeks of preparation, the space observatory has begun its science mission, taking about 3,600 unique images per day to create a map of the cosmos like no other. Launched on March 11, NASA’s SPHEREx space observatory has spent the last six weeks undergoing checkouts, calibrations, and other activities toContinue reading “NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Begins Capturing Entire Sky”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic “bone” in the Milky Way galaxy, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and radio telescopes. The bone appears to have been struck by a fast-moving, rapidly spinning neutron star, or pulsar. Neutron stars are the densest known stars and form from the collapse andContinue reading “NASA’s Chandra Diagnoses Cause of Fracture in Galactic “Bone””

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED ON MAY 1, 2025(Added Advanced Air Vehicles Program Fellowship Opportunities.) This Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved air transportation systems. Most opportunities to participate in researchContinue reading “ARMD Research Solicitations (Updated May 1)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is awarding up to $870,000 annually to 52 institutions across the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico over the next four years. The investments aim to create opportunities for the next generation of innovators by supporting workforce development, science, technology, engineering and math education, and aerospaceContinue reading “NASA Invests in Future STEM Workforce Through Space Grant Awards “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Eta Aquarids & Waiting for a Nova!  The first week of May brings the annual Eta Aquarid meteors, peaking on the 6th. And sometime in the next few months, astronomers predict a “new star” or nova explosion will become visible to the unaided eye.  Skywatching Highlights All Month – PlanetContinue reading “What’s Up: May 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA”