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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Perseverance confirmed a long-suspected phenomenon in which electrical discharges and their associated shock waves can be born within Red Planet mini-twisters. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has recorded the sounds of electrical discharges —sparks — and mini-sonic booms in dust devils on Mars. Long theorized, the phenomenon has now been confirmedContinue reading “NASA Rover Detects Electric Sparks in Mars Dust Devils, Storms”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Hazardous Materials Summary Tables (HMSTs) are a compilation of the chemical, biological, and flammability hazards of materials on a given flight or mission. HMSTs are required by Safety for all Programs, including but not limited to ISS, Commercial Crew Program (CCP), Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), and Gateway. Johnson SpaceContinue reading “Hazardous Material Summary Tables (HMSTs)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Toxicology and Environmental Chemistry (TEC) monitors airborne contaminants in both spacecraft air and water. In-flight monitors are employed to provide real-time insight into the environmental conditions on ISS. Archival samples are collected and returned to Earth for full characterization of ISS air and water. Real-time in-flight air analytical instruments includeContinue reading “Toxicology Analysis of Spacecraft Air”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected the University of Alabama at Birmingham to provide the necessary systems required to return temperature sensitive science payloads to Earth from the Moon. The Lunar Freezer System contract is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award with cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery orders. The contract begins Thursday, Dec. 4, with a 66-month base periodContinue reading “NASA Awards Lunar Freezer System Contract”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational Robots mission set to launch in late 2027. This mission aims to revolutionize in-space operations, a critical capability for sustainably living and working on other planets. By enabling this technologyContinue reading “NASA’s Fly Foundational Robots Demo to Bolster In-Space Infrastructure”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The waxing gibbous moon rises above Earth’s blue atmosphere in this photograph taken from the International Space Station on Oct. 3, 2025, as it orbited 263 miles above a cloudy Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Quebec, Canada. In our entire solar system, the only object that shines with itsContinue reading “Waxing Gibbous Moon”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Next-generation drone flight software is just one of 25 technologies for the Red Planet that the space agency funded for development this year. When NASA engineers want to test a concept for exploring the Red Planet, they have to find ways to create Mars-like conditions here on Earth. Then theyContinue reading “NASA Tests Drones in Death Valley, Preps for Martian Sands and Skies”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is marking America’s 250th year with a bold new symbol of the nation’s relentless drive to explore. The America 250 emblem is now on the twin solid rocket boosters of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for Artemis II — the powerhouse that will launch a crew of fourContinue reading “NASA’s Moon Rocket Celebrates 250 Years of American Innovation”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists’ biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As part of the ongoing study of pristine samples delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) spacecraft, threeContinue reading “Sugars, ‘Gum,’ Stardust Found in NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Samples”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Nov. 2, 2025, NASA honored 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station. What began as a fragile framework of modules has evolved into a springboard for international cooperation, advanced scientific research and technology demonstrations, the development of a low Earth orbit economy, and NASA’s nextContinue reading “The International Space Station Marks 25 Years of Continuous Human Presence “