NASA
-
NASA
“Hubble at 35 Years” Symposium Explores Insights from Hubble’s Past
As Hubble marks three and a half decades of scientific breakthroughs and technical resilience, the “Hubble at 35 Years” symposium offers a platform to reflect on the mission’s historical, operational, and scientific legacy. Hubble’s trajectory—from early challenges to becoming a symbol of American scientific ingenuity—presents valuable lessons in innovation, collaboration, and crisis response. Bringing together scientists, engineers, and historians at…
Read More » -
NASA
I Am Artemis: Joe Pavicic
Listen to this audio excerpt from Joe Pavicic, Artemis operations project engineer 0:00 / 0:00 Joe Pavicic will never forget when he told the Artemis launch director teams were NO-GO for launch. Before Artemis I lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in November 2022, the launch team made multiple launch attempts the months prior. “During a…
Read More » -
NASA
Polar Tourists Give Positive Reviews to NASA Citizen Science in Antarctica
Citizen science projects result in an overwhelmingly positive impact on the polar tourism experience. That’s according to a new paper analyzing participant experiences in the first two years of FjordPhyto, a NASA Citizen Science project.. The FjordPhyto citizen science project invites travelers onboard expedition cruise vessels to gather data and samples during the polar summer season, helping researchers understand changes in microalgae communities in…
Read More » -
Amazon Prime Day 2025
Prime Day Deals: LEGO Technic NASA Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle
Original Price $219.99 Prime Day Price $153.99 Save 30% Build a realistic LEGO Technic lunar rover model – This LRV building kit for adults is packed with authentic details including seats, steering, suspension and scientific tools NASA model for adults – Enjoy a mindful project assembling all the details of the rover and equipment including the battery pack, heating and…
Read More » -
NASA
Continuing the Quest for Clays
Written by Eleanor Moreland, Ph.D. Student Collaborator at Rice University For the past month and a half, Perseverance has been exploring the Krokodillen plateau in search of clay-bearing rocks. An earlier blog discussed that these rocks could hold clues to Mars’ watery past, and Perseverance has been exploring multiple potential locations to find a suitable target to sample. When a coring target…
Read More » -
NASA
Helio Highlights: May 2025
One year ago, solar storms lit up the night sky. Why? The Sun is 93 million miles away from Earth, on average. Even though it’s far away, we can still see and feel its effects here. One of the most beautiful effects are the auroras – colorful lights that dance across the sky near the North and South Poles. These…
Read More » -
NASA
Stellar Duo
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a bright variable star, V 372 Orionis, and its companion in this festive image in this image released on Jan. 27, 2023. The pair lie in the Orion Nebula, a colossal region of star formation roughly 1,450 light-years from Earth. V 372 Orionis is a particular type of variable star known as an Orion Variable.…
Read More » -
NASA
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4589 – 4592: Setting up to explore Volcán Peña Blanca
Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Thursday, July 3, 2025 The team was delighted this morning to learn that Wednesday’s drive had completed flawlessly, placing us in a stable position facing a ~3 foot high ridge located ~35 feet away. This ridge is the eastern edge of a feature the team…
Read More » -
NASA
Curiosity Blog, Sol 4588: Ridges and troughs
Written by Lucy Thompson, APXS Collaborator and Senior Research Scientist at the University of New Brunswick, CanadaEarth planning date: Wednesday, July 2, 2025As we traverse the boxwork terrain, we are encountering a series of more resistant ridges/bedrock patches, and areas that are more rubbly and tend to form lower relief polygonal or trough-like features. We came into planning this morning…
Read More » -
NASA
Working in Space
In this May 23, 2025, image, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim works inside the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft completing cargo operations before it undocked from the International Space Station’s Harmony module several hours later. Kim launched to the International Space Station on April 8, 2025; this is his first mission. See what Kim and other space station crew do aboard the orbital lab.…
Read More »