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Dust Engulfs Coastal Peru

Skies turned orange across the city of Ica as winds, locally known as Paracas winds, lofted dust from the coastal desert region.

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4620-4621: Among the Hollows and the Ridges

Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Earth planning date: Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. We are on the cusp of another anniversary of the Curiosity rover’s successful landing on Mars! The rover…

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4616-4617: Standing Tall on the Ridge

Written by Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 30, 2025 The day started with a little celebration of NISAR, a new Earth observation satellite that made it successfully into…

Curiosity Captures Mars Landscape While Talking to an Orbiter

This view of tracks trailing behind NASA’s Curiosity was captured while the rover simultaneously relayed data to a Mars orbiter.

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NASA’s Black Marble: Stories from the Night Sky

Studying the glowing patterns of Earth’s surface helps us understand human activity, respond to disasters, and witness a changing world.

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STEM Educators Are Bringing Hands-On NASA Science into Virginia Classrooms

Professional learning experiences are integral to the enhancement of classroom instruction. Teachers, at the forefront of Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) education, play a key role in the advancement of STEM learning ecosystems and citizen science. On June 24-25,…

NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Moon Mission Ends

The small satellite was to map lunar water, but operators lost contact with the spacecraft the day after launch and were unable to recover the mission. NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer ended its mission to the Moon on July 31. Despite extensive…

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Marking 13 Years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Picks Up New Skills

New capabilities allow the rover to do science with less energy from its batteries. Thirteen years since Curiosity landed on Mars, engineers are finding ways to make the NASA rover even more productive. The six-wheeled robot has been given more…

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A Glacial Lake’s Evolution

The outlet of Berg Lake, dammed by the Steller Glacier in Alaska, has been reconfigured after decades of ice retreat.

NASA’s Artemis Crew Trains in Moonbound Orion Ahead of Mission

The first crew slated to fly in NASA’s Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II mission around the Moon early next year entered their spacecraft for a multi-day training at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew donned their spacesuits…

Mark Cavanaugh: Integrating Safety into the Orion Spacecraft

Before astronauts venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the agency’s first crewed mission to the Moon since Apollo, Mark Cavanaugh is helping make sure the Orion spacecraft is safe and space-ready for the journey ahead. As an Orion integration…

Sweeping Vistas Above the Great Salt Lake

The lake in northwestern Utah displays striking red and green waters that contrast with the region’s surrounding desert, salt flats, and mountainous terrain.

Antarctic Iceberg Downsizes

Iceberg A-23A continued to lose sizable pieces of ice during the 2025 austral winter, but it remained the planet’s largest freely floating berg.