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Artemis Astronauts & Orion Leadership Visit NASA Ames

As NASA prepares to send astronauts to the Moon aboard the Orion spacecraft, research, testing, and development at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley has played a critical role. Recently, Ames welcomed Artemis II astronauts Christina Koch and…

What Are the Dangers of Going to Space? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 55

What are the dangers of going to space? For human spaceflight, the first thing I think about is the astronauts actually strapping themselves to a rocket. And if that isn’t dangerous enough, once they launch and they’re out into space…

NASA Continues Support for Private Astronaut Missions to Space Station

NASA is seeking proposals for two new private astronaut missions to the International Space Station, targeted for 2026 and 2027, as the agency continues its commitment to expanding access to space. These private missions enable American commercial companies to further…

Antarctic Sea Ice Plunged in Summer 2025

The region’s ice extent on March 1 tied for the second-lowest minimum observed in the satellite record.

Lagniappe for April 2025

Explore Lagniappe for April 2025 featuring: Gator Speaks New beginnings feel a lot like the month of April. It is the heart of spring and the season that symbolizes growth and renewal. April is the perfect time to break free…

NASA Webb Explores Effect of Strong Magnetic Fields on Star Formation

Follow-up research on a 2023 image of the Sagittarius C stellar nursery in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, has revealed ejections from still-forming protostars and insights into the impact of strong…

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NASA Research Examines the Multicellular Behavior of Unique Bacteria

In a recent study, NASA-supported researchers gained new insight into the lives of bacteria that survive by grouping together as if they were a multi-cellular organism. The organisms in the study are the only bacteria known to do this in…

Citizen Scientists Use NASA Open Science Data to Research Life in Space

How can life thrive in deep space? The Open Science Data Repository Analysis Working Groups invite volunteers from all backgrounds to help answer this question. Request to join these citizen science groups to help investigate how life adapts to space environments,…

Compass Lab

The Compass Lab conducts rapid conceptual spacecraft designs for NASA, industry, and the scientific community. Facility Overview Compass is a multi-disciplinary concurrent engineering team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Since 2006, the Compass team has conducted mission, spacecraft,…

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Propulsion Systems Laboratory

The Propulsion Systems Laboratory (PSL) is NASA’s only ground-based test facility that provides true flight simulation for experimental research on air-breathing propulsion systems. PSL has the ability to add the capability to simulate clouds of ice crystals and liquid water…

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Power Systems Facility

The Power Systems Facility (PSF) provides capability to maintain and enhance NASA Glenn Research Center’s leadership in power technology, including development, testing, and validation of electrical power systems and associated support systems for space and aeronautics applications. Facility Overview The…

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NASA Receives 10 Nominations for the 29th Annual Webby Awards

Since it began in 1958, NASA has been charged by law with spreading the word about its work to the widest extent practicable. From typewritten press releases to analog photos and film, the agency has effectively moved into social media…

NASA’s SPHEREx Takes First Images, Preps to Study Millions of Galaxies

Processed with rainbow hues to represent a range of infrared wavelengths, the new pictures indicate the astrophysics space observatory is working as expected. NASA’s SPHEREx (short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer)…

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