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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Thebe, the second largest of Jupiter’s inner moons, during a close pass on May 1, 2026. The spacecraft’s Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) captured this image from a distance of approximately 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) at a resolution of about 1.9 miles (3Continue reading “NASA’S Juno Misson Captures Jupiter Moon Thebe”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On the morning of May 5, 1961, the Mercury-Redstone 3 launch vehicle lifted into the sky from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. Over the next 15 minutes, Shepard ascended to an altitude of 116 miles (187 kilometers) in his Freedom 7 spacecraft, becoming the first AmericanContinue reading “Building on America’s 65-Year Legacy of Human Spaceflight”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A new paper from NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project announces that volunteers have essentially doubled the number of known brown dwarfs, with over 3,000 new discoveries made over the past 10 years since the project began. Brown dwarfs are balls of gas the size of Jupiter, less massive thanContinue reading “NASA Volunteers Double Known Population of Brown Dwarfs”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY From a geothermal hotspot to the one-time “Lighthouse of the Pacific,” the heat is on beneath the volcanic landscape of western El Salvador.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Ireland signed the Artemis Accords Monday during a signing ceremony hosted by NASA, becoming the latest nation to commit to the responsible exploration of space for all humanity. Ireland, a longstanding member of ESA (European Space Agency) and a valued international partner for NASA, now joins all 23 ESA memberContinue reading “NASA Welcomes Ireland as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY To support long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars, NASA and industry are developing technologies that can extract resources such as hydrogen and helium-3 from lunar soil, known as regolith. This capability, known as in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), allows explorers to use what is already available on other planetary bodies,Continue reading “NASA Fosters Development of Lunar Resource-Seeking Technologies”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Republic of Malta became the 65th signatory to the Artemis Accords on Monday during a ceremony in the town of Kalkara with NASA and U.S. Department of State officials present. “Today, it’s my pleasure to welcome the Republic of Malta to the Artemis Accords community,” NASA Administrator Jared IsaacmanContinue reading “NASA Welcomes Malta as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This year’s Findings from the Field Student Research Symposium welcomed 106 students, grades four through eight, 29 educators, and 15 Subject Matter Experts, and it featured 68 research posters, 14 lightning talks, and 5 discussion sessions. 

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Also known as Endurance, MK1 is an uncrewed cargo lander funded by Blue Origin as a commercial demonstration mission to advance Human Landing System capabilities in support of NASA’s Artemis program. The tests in in Chamber A represent a public-private partnership model, with Blue Origin conducting work through a reimbursableContinue reading “Blue Origin Moon Lander Completes Testing at NASA Vacuum Chamber”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In this new picture from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a spiral galaxy glittering with star clusters is the center of attention. NGC 3137 is located 53 million light-years away in the constellation Antlia (the Air Pump). As a nearby spiral galaxy, this target offers astronomers an excellent opportunity to study the cycle ofContinue reading “Hubble Spots a Starry Spiral”