Expedition 74 Flight Engineers Jessica Meir and Chris Williams, both NASA astronauts, collect frozen research samples from inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. The samples were stowed inside science freezers aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for retrieval and analysis on Earth. ESA/Sophie Adenot Health research and final spacewalkContinue Reading
NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, are seen as they arrive at the Launch Pad 39B, Friday, March 20, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA/Joel Kowsky At 11:21 a.m. EDT on Friday, March 20, NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraftContinue Reading
Vehicle Analysis Branch (VAB) in Action Purdue University Students Visit NASA Langley – NASA Coding Toward Better Simulations, with Zach Ernst – NASA How History May Inform Our Future on Venus, featuring Jannuel Cabrera – NASA NASA Langley Engineer Earns Johnson Space Center Director’s Commendation Award – NASA Tom WestContinue Reading
Aeronautics Systems Analysis Branch (ASAB) in Action Toys Along the Path to NASA: An Audio Story – NASA NASA Joins European Partners to Imagine the Future of Aviation – NASA Bijan Fazal Earns NASA’s Systems Engineering Technical Excellence Award – NASA NASA Langley Supports Successful OpenVSP Workshop at Seattle’s MuseumContinue Reading
Every morning, across the nation, in red states and blue states, in urban and rural communities, we watch children walk through the doors of our neighborhood public schools, backpacks slung over one shoulder, lunch bags in hand. These are ordinary moments that contain an extraordinary promise: that education belongs toContinue Reading
The following story is co-published with Nolan Higdon’s Substack. “Tel Aviv, stripped of illusion, as you have never witnessed it,” read the caption above a viral March 2026 video showing missiles hammering the Israeli city as explosions burst across the night sky. To the casual scroller, it appeared to be a harrowing documentContinue Reading
ZURICH — Walk into the Palais des Nations in Geneva these days and one of the first things you’ll notice is a sign informing visitors that the power will be shut off between 5 p.m. and 9 a.m. The home of the United Nations Office and the site of thousandsContinue Reading
The Justice Department filed a new lawsuit Friday against Harvard University, saying its leadership failed to address antisemitism on campus, creating grounds for the government to freeze existing grants and seek repayment for grants already paid., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says ‘clear dates’ needed as Ukrainian negotiators prepare for discussions in US., Volodymyr Zelenskyy says ‘clear dates’ needed as Ukrainian negotiators prepare for discussions in US. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian negotiators will push for a clear timeframe for the next round of Russia talks, as diplomaticContinue Reading
Experts say while Gulf states need support in face of Iranian attacks, it is less clear what their allies can provide., Gulf countries are coming increasingly under attack from Iranian strikes as the United States-Israeli war on Iran continues to escalate. On Friday, Saudi Arabia intercepted multiple waves of IranianContinue Reading
If you have not been living under a rock, then you most likely know that age verification has been all over tech news lately, and the conversation surrounding it is a mess with a lot of information and misinformation flowing around. For people who are trying to understand what’s goingContinue Reading
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US and Japanese automakers have fallen far behind their Chinese rivals, as even Big Three CEOs freely acknowledge. Their ultimate fate, however, is far from certain. This tragedy will play out over several years, but one possible scenario includes the failure of one or several of the legacy OEMs. CouldContinue Reading