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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is making progress in building the Moon Base, which will become a resilient outpost near the Moon’s South Pole for science, technology, and eventual human operations. To advance lunar surface infrastructure development, commercial partners such as Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, and Voyager Lunar Systems are working towardContinue reading “NASA Provides Updates on Moon Base Cargo Landers, Tech Demonstrations”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Technicians installed a commemorative plaque, seen in this July 28, 2026, photo, on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The plaque honors the legacy of Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer and one of the architects of the agency’s modern science program. It also features a memory cardContinue reading “Roman Space Telescope Plaque Install”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY APOD Science APOD APOD: August 4, 2026 –… 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 aContinue reading “APOD: August 4, 2026 – Curious Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Wildland fires in early August 2026 pushed air quality to unhealthy levels, destroyed hundreds of structures, and triggered mandatory evacuations in Spokane.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Every spring in Palestine, Texas, the wide-open fields around NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility fill with students and faculty from across Louisiana. They arrive carrying sensors, laptops, and carefully engineered payloads they have spent months preparing.  The goal is to send their experiments to the edge of space and returnContinue reading “Louisiana Students Loft Payloads from NASA Balloon Facility in Texas”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Twice each day, tides ebb and flow through a maze of sandy channels, mudflats, and mangrove forests that flank the 88 islands and islets of Guinea-Bissau’s Bijagós Archipelago (Arquipélago dos Bijagós in Portuguese). Seen from above in this image from Nov. 28, 2025, the process leads to stark changes to the landscape:Continue reading “Guinea-Bissau Tidal Waters”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA delivered the NavCube3-mini payload on July 13 to Intuitive Machines for integration into Altus-1, the company’s first lunar relay satellite, marking an important milestone in the development of future lunar communications and navigation services. The lunar relays are designed to enable communications and navigation for astronauts and rovers operating at the agency’s future Moon Base. About half the size of a shoebox and weighing just 3.5Continue reading “NASA Delivers Navigation System for Commercial Lunar Relay”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY From serving in the U.S. Army to helping prepare astronauts to explore the lunar surface, Ike Theriot built a path to NASA through discipline and determination.  Theriot serves as the Flight Operations Surface Testing lead in the Exploration Extravehicular Activity Operations Branch within the EVA, Robotics, and Crew Operations Division at NASA’s Johnson Space CenterContinue reading “Ike Theriot Helps Prepare Astronauts to Work on the Moon “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY From June 11 through July 19, NASA’s free interactive exhibit at FIFA Fan Festival™ brought space exploration to soccer fans in East Downtown Houston.   More than 500,000 visitors explored the exhibit during the tournament, learning how the agency’s missions, research, and technology benefit life on Earth.   The exhibit introduced a global audience to the ArtemisContinue reading “NASA Brings Space Exploration to the FIFA World Cup “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 3 –… 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 aContinue reading “APOD: 2026 August 3 – Vaporizing Meteor Photobombs the Lacerta Nebula”