nasa.govadded August 2026
NASAby Lauren Dauphin; NASA Earth Observatory7h ago
September falls in the heart of the monsoon season in Thailand, where cities and towns are accustomed to the afternoon rains and thunderstorms that frequently roll through.
NASAby Jessica Taveau14h ago
Media are invited to join NASA for a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Oct. 15, to preview the agency’s contributions to JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Martian Moons...
NASAby Gerelle Q. Dodson19h ago
As the Golden Age of deep-space exploration begins, NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy are advancing the development of safe, reliable, next-generation nuclear technologies for space.
NASAby Francis Reddy19h ago
NASA has taken the next step in the process of developing a new all-glass telescope for the LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission, a space observatory designed to detect ripples in...
NASAby Dede Dinius3d ago
NASA is leveraging its expertise and enhancing its test facilities to help address a rare but persistent aviation hazard: icing that occurs when aircraft encounter unusually large, very cold water...
NASAby Andrea Gianopoulos; NASA Hubble Mission Team3d ago
Diligent sleuthing by astronomers has broken open a cold case in the data archive of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
NASAby James Riordon6d ago
The Wildhorse grass fire in eastern Idaho erupted with a massive pulse of smoke. No one had expected it, but the wildfire had launched what’s known as a pyrocumulonimbus cloud, or pyroCb.
NASAby Lauren E. Low6d ago
NASA is seeking leaders for one of the most esteemed positions on Earth for human spaceflight: flight director in mission control at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
NASAby Lauren Dauphin; NASA Earth Observatory7d ago
Storms drenched Nepal’s mountainous Lumbini and Gandaki provinces with waves of torrential rain between September 24 and 27.
NASAby Stephen Carney; Mars Science Laboratory Mission Team Members8d ago
Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, Sept.
NASAby Andrew Dollar; NASA Science Editorial Team8d ago
Galaxies, vast collections of billions of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity, are scattered across the immensity of space.
NASAby Lauren E. Low8d ago
NASA selected three new scientific investigations and their payload suites to advance our knowledge of the Moon and help pave the way for building humanity’s first lunar outpost, Moon Base.
NASAby Bailey G. Light9d ago
NASA’s 2027 Human Lander Challenge is seeking ideas from college and university students to help address one of the most critical needs for sustained lunar exploration: reliable communications.
NASAby Lauren E. Low9d ago
NASA will participate in the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Antalya, Türkiye, from Monday, Oct. 5, to Friday, Oct.
NASAby Gerelle Q. Dodson10d ago
On Monday, NASA and Boeing provided an update on the company’s Starliner spacecraft, including adding additional crew missions and certifying a new rocket for crew transportation to low Earth...
NASAby Dede Dinius10d ago
On Sept. 30, 1946, five National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics (NACA) engineers arrived at Muroc Army Airfield in California’s high desert to achieve supersonic flight for the first time.
NASAby Lauren Dauphin; NASA Earth Observatory11d ago
Greenland is capped with a vast ice sheet that spans 1.7 million square kilometers (656,000 square miles) and measures more than 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) at its thickest point.
NASAby Elizabeth Shaw13d ago
The Republic of San Marino became the 76th signatory to the Artemis Accords during a ceremony in the city of Rimini on Friday with NASA and U.S. Department of State officials present.
NASAby Lee Mohon13d ago
Spacecraft propulsion traditionally relies on volatile fuels and separate, bulky systems for different types of maneuvering in space. NASA is working to change that paradigm.
NASAby Lillian Gipson13d ago
2026-2027 DWU: Middle School Design Challenge Overview The 2026-2027 challenge theme is, “Fueling Flight Design Challenge: New Energy Systems.” As more and more aircraft are a part of the US’...
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