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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As four astronauts venture around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II test flight in 2026, many people will support the journey from here on Earth. Teams directing operations from the ground include the mission management team, launch control team, flight control team, and the landing and recovery team, each withContinue reading “Meet NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission Masterminds”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Components of a NASA technology that could one day help crew and cargo enter harsh planetary environments, like that of Mars, are taking an extended trip to space courtesy of the United States Space Force. On Aug. 21, several pieces of webbing material, known as Zylon, which comprise the strapsContinue reading “Strap In! NASA Aeroshell Material Takes Extended Space Trip”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA seeks volunteers to passively track the Artemis II Orion spacecraft as the crewed mission travels to the Moon and back to Earth. The Artemis II test flight, a launch of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft, will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, andContinue reading “NASA Seeks Volunteers to Track Artemis II Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronaut Zena Cardman poses for a portrait in a photography studio on March 22, 2024, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Cardman is currently aboard the International Space Station, where she perform research, technology demonstrations, and maintenance activities. Recently, she took a robotics test on a computerContinue reading “Portrait of an Astronaut”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As NASA’s Orion spacecraft is carrying crew around the Moon on the Artemis II mission, a team of expert engineers in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will be meticulously monitoring the spacecraft along its journey. They’ll be operating from a new space in theContinue reading “Inside NASA’s New Orion Mission Evaluation Room for Artemis II “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This image released on Aug. 20, 2025, combines new radio data from the Australia Telescope Compact Array with X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Chandra first released an image of this pulsar and its surrounding hand-shaped nebula in 2009. The new data provides a fresh view of this explodedContinue reading “Reaching Out”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Think of NASA’s Stennis Space Center, and one likely thinks of rocket propulsion testing. The site has a long history of testing to support the nation’s space efforts, including the current Artemis program to send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future human exploration of Mars. However, NASA StennisContinue reading “NASA Stennis Provides Ideal Setting for Range Operations”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Conor Hayes, Graduate Student at York University Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 22, 2025 Curiosity is continuing its winding path through the mysterious boxwork structures that have been a major focus of the last several months of the mission. After driving away from “Río Frío,” we are nowContinue reading “Curiosity Blog, Sols 4638-4640: Imaging Extravaganza Atop a Ridge”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Titans Space Industries, a commercial space company, selected a new cohort of astronaut candidates this spring – and among them is NASA citizen scientist, Benedetta Facini. She has participated in not one, but many NASA citizen science projects: Cloudspotting on Mars, Active Asteroids, Daily Minor Planet, GLOBE, Exoasteroids and InternationalContinue reading “From NASA Citizen Scientist to Astronaut Training: An Interview with Benedetta Facini”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the ramp at sunrise before ground tests at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, on July 18, 2025. Following completion of low-speed taxi tests in July 2025 in Palmdale, California, medium- and high-speed taxi tests mark the final steps before the aircraftContinue reading “NASA’s X-59 at Sunrise”