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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck… 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 byContinue reading “APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck Moon and Belt of Venus”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A solar eclipse, the Perseids, bright Venus after sunset, and a deep partial lunar eclipse highlight August’s skywatching. Skywatching Highlights Transcript A solar eclipse, one of the year’s best meteor showers, Venus at its brightest in the evening sky, and a lunar eclipse to close out the month. That’s “What’sContinue reading “What’s Up: August 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will hold a news conference at 2:30 p.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 14, live from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and media and digital creators are invited to attend in person. The announcement, held in the XLV Hangar at the Shuttle Landing Facility, will preview a new eventContinue reading “NASA to Host Florida Event Celebrating American Air, Space Leadership”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Friday, July 31, 2026, NASA leadership and Virginia government officials opened NASA’s first major new wind tunnel in more than 40 years, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The state-of-the-art facility will support research and technology development that will advance the agency’sContinue reading “NASA’s Newest Wind Tunnel Opens at NASA Langley”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Flammability test results for commercial-off-the-shelf webbings that meet NASA flammability requirements are reported for use in elevated oxygen environments anticipated for future lunar and Martian missions. Testing demonstrated that a webbing composed of 60% Kevlar®/40% polybenzimidazole (PBI) from Sturges Manufacturing Company, Inc., specifically the natural version, passed flammability testing perContinue reading “TB 26-04 Webbings for Use in Elevated Oxygen Environments”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA and its industry partners are preparing for next year’s Artemis III demonstration mission by completing new wind tunnel tests on SpaceX’s Super Heavy Version 3 rocket booster. The tests, conducted at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, focused on better understanding the extreme aerodynamic forces the rocketContinue reading “NASA, SpaceX Advance Wind Tunnel Tests for Starship Rocket “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA opened its newest wind tunnel, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, Friday, providing a critical resource for the agency and its partners to test the safety and performance of future generations of aircraft, rockets, and space exploration vehicles. Located at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, the Flight DynamicsContinue reading “NASA Opens New Flight Dynamics Research Facility in Virginia”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Earth planning date: Friday, July 24, 2026 Curiosity spent the week continuing to climb her way up through the layers of Mount Sharp, exploring the sedimentary rock strip chart of Martian history. The rover has reachedContinue reading “Curiosity Blog, Sols 4961-4967: Approaching a Break in the Rock Record?”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On July 27, technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida installed a memory card containing 1,350,144 names as part of a commemorative plaque on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The names were submitted by people globally, including astronauts from Artemis II and Artemis III. The memory card willContinue reading “NASA’s Roman Telescope to Carry 1.35 Million Names to Deep Space”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC… 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 byContinue reading “APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad”