official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Sunlight beams off a partly cloudy Atlantic Ocean just after sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above on March 5, 2025. This is an example of sunglint, an optical phenomenon that occurs when sunlight reflects off the surface of water at the same angle that a satellite sensorContinue reading “Sunglint on Atlantic Ocean”
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Scoria Cones on Earth and Mars
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The hill-shaped features are a sign of explosive volcanic activity—a rarity on the Red Planet.
Harnessing the Sun to Extract Oxygen on the Moon
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Light shines onto a solar concentrator being tested in this Aug. 7, 2025, photo. The concentrator is part of the Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration (CaRD) project, which aims to produce oxygen from simulated lunar regolith for use at the Moon’s south pole. For this test, the team integrated the solar concentrator,Continue reading “Harnessing the Sun to Extract Oxygen on the Moon”
NASA’s Home for Experimental Flight Advances Aeronautics Mission
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Nestled in the Mojave Desert, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, pushes the boundaries of flight to advance the agency’s aeronautics mission. This is where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier and engineers are now pioneering the future of high-speed, autonomous, and electrified aircraft. Armstrong contributes to NASA’sContinue reading “NASA’s Home for Experimental Flight Advances Aeronautics Mission”
NASA Adds Mission to Artemis Lunar Program, Updates Architecture
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As part of a Golden Age of exploration and discovery, NASA announced Friday the agency is increasing its cadence of missions under the Artemis program to achieve the national objective of returning American astronauts to the Moon and establishing an enduring presence. This includes standardizing vehicle configuration, adding an additional mission in 2027,Continue reading “NASA Adds Mission to Artemis Lunar Program, Updates Architecture “
Chesapeake Bay Locked in Ice
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Nearly 50 years ago, the first Landsat satellite captured the rare sight of Mid-Atlantic waterways frozen over.
JPL 3D-Printed Part Springs Forward
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description With a simple motion, a jack-in-the-box-like spring designed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory showed the potential of additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, to cut costs and complexity for futuristic space antennas. Called JPL Additive Compliant Canister (JACC), the spring deployed on the small commercial spacecraft Proteus Space’s MercuryContinue reading “JPL 3D-Printed Part Springs Forward”
Landsat 9: More Than Just A Picture
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY For over 50 years, the Landsat program has provided the longest continuous satellite record of Earth’s land surface from space. Landsat 9, launched in 2021, is the latest mission in this remarkable legacy.
Inside Project Hail Mary
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronaut and deputy director of the Flight Operations Directorate Kjell Lindgren takes a selfie with panelists and the audience at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Feb. 25, 2026. Actors Ryan Gosling and Sandra Huller, screenwriter Drew Goddard, directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and producer and writer ofContinue reading “Inside Project Hail Mary”
NASA’s ESCAPADE Ready to Study Space Weather from Earth to Mars
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Mars is not what it used to be. Once warm, watery, and blanketed by a thick atmosphere, today the Red Planet is cold, dry, and draped by a thin atmospheric veil. The main culprit is a relentless stream of particles from the Sun, known as the solar wind. Over billions of years,Continue reading “NASA’s ESCAPADE Ready to Study Space Weather from Earth to Mars”