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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Listen to this audio excerpt from Grace Lauderdale, exploration project manager for the Training Systems Office at NASA Johnson: In preparation for their mission around the Moon inside NASA’s Orion spacecraft, the Artemis II crew will spend countless hours training inside the Orion Mission Simulator. The simulator replicates what the crew willContinue reading “I Am Artemis: Grace Lauderdale”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Lucy Thompson, Planetary Scientist and APXS team member, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Monday, Dec. 22, 2025 As we all prepare for the holiday season here on Earth, we have been planning a few last activities before Curiosity and the team of scientists and engineersContinue reading “Curiosity Blog, Sols 4750-4762: See You on the Other Side of the Sun”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In the quarter century that humans have lived and worked aboard the International Space Station, astronauts and visitors from around the world have celebrated countless holidays more than 250 miles above Earth while traveling 17,500 miles per hour. Crews have marked Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah, New Year’s, birthdays, and nationalContinue reading “Holidays in Space: 25 Years of Space Station Celebrations”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Introduction In an era where satellite observations of Earth are commonplace, it’s easy to forget that only a few decades ago, the amount of information available about the state of Earth’s environment was limited; observations were infrequent and data were sparsely located. As far back as the late 1950s, thereContinue reading “Sentinels in the Sky: 50 Years of GOES Satellite Observations”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Introduction On November 16, 2025, the Sentinel-6B satellite launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California. The mission is a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and several European partners – the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological SatellitesContinue reading “Sentinel-6B Extends Global Ocean Height Record”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Introduction Launched in Feb. 2024, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission is a cornerstone of Earth system science designed to deepen our understanding of how these environmental and biological components come together to influence our climate, carbon cycle, and ecosystems. PACE has funded three supporting components: the PACEContinue reading “Keeping Up with PACE: Summary of the 2025 PAC3 Meeting”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida spent 2025 preparing the launch vehicle and its powerhouse SLS (Space Launch System) rocket to launch four astronauts around the Moon for Artemis II in early 2026. The center also celebrated milestones by conducting science experiments at the International Space Station toContinue reading “NASA Kennedy Top 20 Stories of 2025”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured two nearby dwarf galaxies interacting with each other in this image released on Dec. 2, 2025. Dwarf galaxies can give us insights into galaxies in the early universe, which were thought to have less mass than galaxies like the Milky Way, and also containContinue reading “A Dance of Galaxies”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In 2025, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, advanced work across aeronautics, Earth science, exploration technologies, and emerging aviation systems, reinforcing its role as one of the agency’s primary test sites for aeronautics research. From early concept evaluations to full flight test campaigns, teams enhanced measurement tools, refinedContinue reading “NASA Armstrong Advances Flight Research and Innovation in 2025”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In the quarter century that humans have lived and worked aboard the International Space Station, astronauts and visitors from around the world have celebrated countless holidays more than 250 miles above Earth while traveling 17,500 miles per hour. Crews have marked Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah, New Year’s, birthdays, and nationalContinue reading “Holidays in Space: 25 Years of Space Station Celebrations”