Climate

Three photographers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center who inspire the world through visual storytelling earned top honors in the portrait category at the 2025 NASA Imagery Experts Program Annual Awards.  “Congratulations to all three on this impressive achievement and for capturing such breathtaking imagery,” said Johnson Director Vanessa Wyche. “TheirContinue Reading

A new study suggests humans became overwhelmingly right-handed because of two major evolutionary shifts: walking on two legs and developing much larger brains. Researchers found that as human ancestors evolved, their right-hand preference steadily intensified — transforming a mild tendency into one of humanity’s most distinctive traits., Read MoreContinue Reading

Navigate Starport Starport Starport Home About Starport Connect with Us Employment Opportunities Rules & Regulations Starport Happenings Starport Partners & Sponsorships ShopNASA Giftshops ShopNASA.com Food Services Calendar Food Truck Schedule B3 Cafe B11 Cafe Liftoff Cafe @ B4S Catering Micro Markets Vending Machines Facility Reservations See All Conference Spaces FieldsContinue Reading

Early morning sunlight illuminates the western wall of this unnamed crater, leaving deep shadows on the ground and in the interior. The image was taken on August 30, 2023, by LROC (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera). LROC is a system of three cameras and one of the seven instruments aboard NASA’sContinue Reading

The last rays of an orbital sunset illuminate Earth’s atmosphere and the cloud tops in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean north of Papua New Guinea. NASA/Jessica Meir New science experiments are getting underway aboard the International Space Station afterContinue Reading

In December 2023, scientists looking at Mars data stumbled across something completely unexpected — observations of an atmospheric effect never before seen in the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Using instruments aboard NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission, scientists identified a phenomenon known to occur in Earth’s magnetosphere, where chargedContinue Reading

A view of NASA’s Orion spacecraft aboard the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on April 1 during the launch of the Artemis II test flight. Credit: NASA The NASA-funded Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) has selected two early‑career scientists for its next class of postdoctoral fellows. The newContinue Reading