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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Earth planning date: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 Wow, sol 4500. What an impressive number of sols (Martian days) exploring the Red Planet! This delightfully even sol number made me wonder where the Mars Exploration Rover (MER)Continue reading “Sols 4500-4501: Bedrock With a Side of Sand”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Long before joining NASA’s Test and Evaluation Support Team contract in October 2024, Angel Saenz was already an engineer at heart. A STEM education program at his high school helped unlock that passion, setting him on a path that would eventually lead to NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in LasContinue reading “From FIRST Robotics to NASA Rockets: Angel Saenz’s Journey to White Sands”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY From the mountains of Turin to the deserts of Arizona, a core element of Gateway, humanity’s first lunar space station, is now one step closer to the Moon. As seen in this April 1, 2025, photo, HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost), Gateway’s first pressurized module and one of its foundationalContinue reading “Gateway’s First Habitation Module Arrives Stateside”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Jared Isaacman is set to participate in a hearing to become the next NASA administrator at 10 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 9, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The nomination hearing will take place at Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. The agency will streamContinue reading “NASA+ to Stream Nomination Hearing for Next Agency Administrator”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY After months of groundbreaking research, exploration, and teamwork aboard the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 has returned to Earth.   NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, splashed down safely on March 18, 2025, as a pod of dolphins circled theContinue reading “Back to Earth, Forward to the Future: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Returns  “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro and acting Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche will lead the agency’s delegation at the 40th Space Symposium, Monday, April 7 through Thursday, April 10, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Petro will join Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Heather Pringle for a fireside chat to discuss NASA’s currentContinue reading “NASA Leaders to Participate in 2025 Space Symposium in Colorado”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronaut Jonny Kim poses for a portrait while wearing a spacesuit on July 17, 2024. In his first mission, Kim will serve as a flight engineer during Expedition 72/73 on the International Space Station. He will launch aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft on Tuesday, April 8. Chosen by NASAContinue reading “NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected 12 student teams to develop solutions for storing and transferring the super-cold liquid propellants needed for future long-term exploration beyond Earth orbit. The agency’s 2025 Human Lander Challenge is designed to inspire and engage the next generation of engineers and scientists as NASA and its partners prepareContinue reading “NASA Selects Finalist Teams for Student Human Lander Challenge”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY From Italy to Arizona: Gateway’s first habitation module takes a major step on its path to launch.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the picturesque spiral galaxy NGC 4941, which lies about 67 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo (The Maiden). Because this galaxy is nearby, cosmically speaking, Hubble’s keen instruments are able to pick out exquisite details such as individual star clusters andContinue reading “Hubble Studies a Nearby Galaxy’s Star Formation”