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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY By Allison Dries-Padilla, Missions Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 This week of Curiosity Mars rover operations takes us back to our “regularly scheduled programming.” After taking a slight detour to investigate the “erosional surface” we are back on course to ascendContinue reading “Curiosity Blog, Sols 4982–4987: Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 22… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professionalContinue reading “APOD: 2026 August 22 – Mostly Perseids”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse darkened skies over Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. As the Moon covered the Sun, it briefly revealed the Sun’s wispy outer atmosphere — the corona — to those in the path of totality who were lucky enough to have clear skies. NASA researchers andContinue reading “NASA Shares Views of August Solar Eclipse from Ground, Air, Space”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY For more information, contact Mark K. Leader, Glenn Research Center, mark.leader@nasa.gov Download the PDF version NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) code is a foundational tool for propulsion system analysis. It provides equilibrium chemistry, rocket performance, shock, and detonation calculations used across NASA and the broader aerospace community. NASA EngineeringContinue reading “TB 26-04 Updates and Modernization of NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) Code”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured this Aug. 6, 2026, infrared image of part of the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region also home to the Cosmic Cliffs. This feature, called the “Treasure Chest,” is an object known as a cometary globule. A cometary globule is an isolated cloud of gasContinue reading “Webb Opens Treasure Chest”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY President Donald J. Trump will award each of NASA’s Artemis II crew members the Congressional Space Medal of Honor at 11 a.m. EDT on Friday, Aug. 28, during a ceremony at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (CanadianContinue reading “NASA’s Artemis II Crew Set to Receive Congressional Space Medal of Honor”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A series of heat waves in 2026 is breaking records and taking a toll in Europe.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY SmallSat 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth # 635, 835, 641, and 940) for Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Agenda below. MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 9:00 – 10:00 AM WelcomeJose NunezBryceTech’s Smallsats by the Numbers: 2026Fletcher FranklinSupply Chain ObservationsBruce YostTechnology Shortfall Rudy de RoseeSPARCS Camera and Early Science ObservationsKaitlyn AshcroftJPL:Continue reading “SmallSat 2026”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A jacket decorated with Artemis I and II mission patches, along with other NASA patches hangs on the back of a chair on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, inside the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a terminal countdown simulation for the ArtemisContinue reading “Artemis Mission Patches”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected four university teams to help the agency transform the future of aviation through projects ranging from high-supersonic propulsion systems to low-noise routes for small aircraft flying through cities. The agency made awards through its University Leadership Initiative, which offers  student teams the opportunity to contribute to real-world flight research thatContinue reading “NASA Selects University Teams to Help Advance Aviation Research”