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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Resilient. Efficient. Autonomous. These are qualities NASA demands of its hardware, especially as the agency accelerates plans for a permanent Moon Base. NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge put those traits on full display, as college student engineers from across the country gathered at the Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s Center for Space EducationContinue reading “NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics: Winning Student Teams Engineering Lunar Future”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017, roughly 12,000 light-years in diameter and some 23 million light-years away in the constellation Canis Major. The galaxy’s low surface brightness makes it appear as a faint, starry swarm behind brighter foreground stars that are easily recognized byContinue reading “Hubble Spies Faint Irregular Galaxy”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The volcano on Indonesia’s Halmahera Island routinely ejects ash, volcanic gases, and volcanic bombs.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will provide an update on the agency’s Artemis III mission and announce the astronauts assigned to the test flight during a live event at 11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 9, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The event will stream on NASA+ and on the agency’sContinue reading “NASA to Announce Artemis III Crew, Provide Mission Progress Update”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Students in New York will hear from NASA astronaut Jessica Meir as she answers their prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions while aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 11:05 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 28, and will stream live on the agency’s Learn WithContinue reading “NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY During a Moon Base event Tuesday at NASA’s Headquarters in Washington, the agency announced new contracts for lunar rovers for crew to drive and uncrewed cargo landers bound for the Moon. NASA leaders also shared target launch timeframes and upcoming milestones for the first Moon Base infrastructure and exploration missionsContinue reading “NASA Provides Update on Moon Base Rovers, Landers, Missions”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Chennai, on India’s southern coast along the Bay of Bengal and with a metropolitan population of about 8.7 million, shines with white LED streetlights in this photograph taken at approximately 9:13 p.m. local time on May 2, 2026, from the International Space Station. Earth observations from the space station letContinue reading “Chennai City Lights”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Once a month during the full Moon, Landsat 9 turns from Earth to image the lunar surface, helping keep the spacecraft’s data accurate and consistent.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) is a NASA Astrophysics Pioneers Program mission designed to detect the most energetic particles in the universe. 

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY For Jaclyn Kagey, preparing astronauts to put boots on the Moon is part of her daily work.  As the Artemis extravehicular activity lead in NASA’s Flight Operations Directorate, Kagey plays a central role in preparing astronauts to safely explore the lunar surface.  During Artemis missions, astronauts will explore the Moon’s South Pole, a region never visited by humans, paving the way for future deepContinue reading “Jaclyn Kagey Shapes Humanity’s Return to the Moon “