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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronauts Michael Finke and Zena Cardman will connect with students in Minnesota as they answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 11 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Aug. 20, and will stream live on the agency’s LearnContinue reading “NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in Minnesota”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This November marks a quarter century of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station, which has served as a springboard for developing a low Earth economy and NASA’s next great leaps in exploration, including human missions to the Moon and Mars. To kick off the orbiting laboratory’s silver 25thContinue reading “Countdown to Space Station’s Silver Jubilee with Silver Research”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Former NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough is photographed as he left the airlock hatch during a spacewalk on Jan. 13, 2017. Kimbrough performed nine spacewalks during his three spaceflights. He retired in July 2022. Astronauts conduct spacewalks to perform maintenance on the space station, install new equipment, or deploy science experiments. TheseContinue reading “Spacewalk Pop-Up”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA now is accepting proposals from student teams for a contest to design, build, and test rovers for Moon and Mars exploration through Sept. 15. Known as the Human Exploration Rover Challenge, student rovers should be capable of traversing a course while completing mission tasks. The challenge handbook has guidelines for remote-controlled and human-poweredContinue reading “NASA Seeks Proposals for 2026 Human Exploration Rover Challenge “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image zooms in on the feathery spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 45, which lies just 22 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus (the Whale). The portrait uses data drawn from two complementary observing programs. The first took a broad view of 50 nearbyContinue reading “Hubble Examines Low Brightness, High Interest Galaxy”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Monday Aug. 11, 2025 Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center On the Curiosity team, we’re continuing our exploration of the boxwork-forming region in Gale Crater. A successful 25-meter drive (about 82 feet) brought the rover from the “peace sign” ridge intersectionContinue reading “Curiosity Blog, Sols 4627-4628: A Ridge Stop in the Boxworks”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As part of the agency’s initiative to return humanity to the Moon and eventually send the first astronaut – an American – to Mars, NASA is surveying industry for interest and feedback on a fission surface power system, through a Request for Information issued Thursday. Earlier this month, NASA declaredContinue reading “NASA Seeks Industry Feedback on Fission Surface Power”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY When the Crew-11 astronauts launched to the International Space Station on August 1, 2025, they carried with them another chapter in space farming: the latest VEG-03 experiments, complete with seed pillows ready for planting. Growing plants provides nutrition for astronauts, as well as psychological benefits that help maintain crew moraleContinue reading “Astronauts Plant Seed Pillows in New Space Agriculture Study”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Dr. Steven “Steve” Platnick stepped down from his role at NASA on August 8, 2025, after more than three decades of public service. Steve began his career at NASA as a physical scientist at Goddard Space Flight Center in 2002. He moved to the Earth Science Division in 2009, whereContinue reading “After Storied 34 Year Career, Steve Platnick Retires from NASA”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY New research uncovers the connection between space agriculture and astronaut health. A study published in npj Microgravity shows how analyzing diverse datasets together can reveal insights that might otherwise be missed — in this case, linking space-grown food quality to astronaut nutrition and gut health. The paper reviewed previous studiesContinue reading “New Research Connects Plant Nutrition and Astronaut Gut Health”