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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Before astronauts return to the Moon’s surface through NASA’s Artemis program, the hardware they depend on must first prove it can survive the unforgiving lunar environment. At NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, engineers at the Lunar Development and Test Facility are tackling one of exploration’s biggest challenges: Moon dust.  Unlike sand on Earth, lunar dustContinue reading “NASA’s Lunar Development and Test Facility Prepares Artemis Hardware for Moon “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The NASA Science Activation Program’s Cosmic Storytelling with NASA Data (CosmicDS) project, led by Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, works to bring authentic NASA data into the hands of educators and learners. From July 27–29, 2026, the CosmicDS team partnered with the Smithsonian Institution’s BEST AQI (Breathing Easier: Supporting TeenContinue reading “Educators & Teens Get Hands-On With TEMPO Data to Help Investigate Local Air Quality”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s three SkyFall Mars helicopters collecting data while flying over the surface of the Red Planet.  The green frequency waves emanating from the helicopters’ large antennas depict collection of subsurface radar data. The red beams depict collect near-infrared imagery data from regolith (crushed rock andContinue reading “NASA’s SkyFall Helicopters at Work (Artist’s Concept)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description SkyFall ground-penetrating radar engineer Maya Román connects a coaxial cable to a test antenna in the Environmental Test Lab’s electromagnetic interference testing chamber at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.  The antenna was pointed up during test to minimize reflections and interferences with the antenna pattern during the measurement. EquippedContinue reading “Antenna Testing for NASA’s SkyFall Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As NASA sets its sights on long-term exploration of the Moon and Mars, the agency is increasing the cadence of its Artemis missions. Helping bring these plans to fruition is Tom Percy, manager of systems engineering and integration for NASA’s Human Landing System Program. Percy serves as a focal pointContinue reading “I Am Artemis Tom Percy”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronaut Adam Fuhrmann (right, in yellow) prepares for a training flight aboard NASA’s WB-57 aircraft in this July 16, 2026, photo. These high-altitude flights train the crew to work in a tight environment and operate aircraft systems while in a pressure suit, preparing them for future missions to theContinue reading “Taking Flight to Prepare for Space”

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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 6 – New… 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 6 – New Sharpest Image of the Sun Uncovers Instability”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A first of its kind measurement of a magnetar may have captured empty space behaving in a way physicists have predicted for 90 years, but never directly observed. The results published Wednesday in Nature. Fast facts Scientists using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) conducted more than 140 hours ofContinue reading “NASA’s IXPE May Have Proven 90-Year-Old Theory”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Technicians joined the Orion crew and service modules together on July 30, 2026, inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew module will carry and sustain NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, Andre Douglas, and Frank Rubio, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronautContinue reading “Artemis III Orion Crew and Service Models Joined”