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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Community college students across the U.S. now have another opportunity to discover how their education can lead to fulfilling roles at the forefront of aerospace, science, engineering, and technology. The updated NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) student challenge invites students to learn about the agency and its missions, engageContinue reading “NASA Revamps Challenge Linking Community College Studies to Aerospace Careers”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observes a giant, evolving, 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling Saturn’s south pole.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Aug. 28, 2026 (the evening of Aug. 27 in some time zones), the Moon passed into Earth’s shadow, creating a deep partial lunar eclipse. At the moment of greatest eclipse, 12:13 a.m. EDT, 96.3% of the Moon’s disk was immersed in Earth’s umbra—the central, darkest part of the shadowContinue reading “Rising Over Louisiana”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY High above Earth, thin veils of metallic haze drift through the edge of space. Known as sporadic E layers, these high-altitude “clouds” form from the vaporized dust of burnt-up meteors, earning their name from the unpredictable way they emerge and then dissipate. Now, new results from a NASA sounding rocketContinue reading “NASA Rocket Takes First Multi-Point Look Inside Radio-Disrupting Clouds”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract Tuesday to develop the agency’s Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-generation communications system that will enable reliable, high-bandwidth communications and navigation services for current and future Mars missions. The firm-fixed-price contract has a maximum potential value of approximately $700 million to deliver a high-performance MarsContinue reading “NASA Selects Blue Origin as Mars Telecommunications Network Provider”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Brilliant Venus and a Harvest Moon Use the Moon to find Antares and the Teapot, spot brilliant Venus, welcome the equinox, and see the Harvest Moon near Saturn and Neptune. Skywatching Highlights Transcript The Moon joins a tea party… Venus cranks up the brightness… the seasons officially change… and theContinue reading “What’s Up: September 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Aug. 24, technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida began installing the four RS‑25 engines in the core stage of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will carry the Artemis III crew into low Earth orbit in 2027. Each RS‑25 engine has a unique serial numberContinue reading “Historic Engines Take Their Place on Artemis III”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In summer 2026, a substantial iceberg calved from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland and swiftly drifted into Nares Strait, colliding with an island along the way.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 1 – A… 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 September 1 – A Plane Lunar Eclipse”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY During a ceremony hosted by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman at the agency’s headquarters in Washington on Monday, the Republic of Türkiye signed the Artemis Accords, joining the growing international coalition of like-minded nations dedicated to peaceful, transparent space exploration. “It is my privilege to welcome the Republic of Türkiye asContinue reading “NASA Welcomes Türkiye as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory  “