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5 Min Read NASA Uses Mineralogical Marker to Understand Ancient Martian Climate This composite image looking toward the higher regions of Mount Sharp was taken on September 9, 2015, by NASA’s Curiosity rover. In the foreground — about 2 miles […]

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Kenny Heckle, lead, mechanical operations, Launch Equipment Test Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, poses for a photograph on Monday, May 26, 2026. Heckle is among the first engineers and technicians sworn in as new NASA civil servants […]

May 28, 2026 Former NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan waves as he is photographed during an Expedition 61 spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA After a 12-year career at NASA, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Andrew R. Morgan has retired […]

NASA/Jim Ross NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on April 28, 2026, during testing focused on lower-speed and altitude flight conditions in support of NASA’s Quesst mission. The X-59 has […]

1 min read How NASA Uses Light to Detect Waste From Mines Earth (ESD) Earth Explore Explore Earth Science Agriculture Air Quality Climate Change Freshwater Life on Earth Severe Storms Snow and Ice The Global Ocean Science at Work Earth […]

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to make a major leap in the hunt for worlds outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. Scientists expect the mission to reveal around 100,000 worlds — a staggering leap compared to […]

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir works on InSPA-StemCellEX-H2 inside the Life Sciences Glovebox. Microgravity samples will be frozen and returned to Earth for further analysis of stem cell expansion in space. NASA Expedition 74 astronauts aboard the International Space Station are […]

Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory A Shift in What’s Shaping… Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & […]

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Alabama Forestry Commission wildland firefighter Jason Berry teaches NASA Wildland Fires Technology Program Manager Teresa Kauffman how to drive a fire bulldozer during a stakeholder event April 23-24 in […]