Nathan Vassberg Acting Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance Nathan Vassberg is the acting chief of NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA), appointed to this role in December 2025. He is responsible for policy and oversight of all Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) activities across the agency’s centersContinue Reading
Honey bees can normally keep their hives perfectly climate-controlled, but extreme heat can overwhelm their defenses. During a scorching Arizona summer, researchers found that high temperatures caused damaging temperature fluctuations inside hives, leading to population declines. Smaller colonies were hit hardest, experiencing the most severe swings. As global temperatures rise,Continue Reading
A number of advanced energy technologies — including fuel cells, electrolyzers, and an emerging class of low-power electronics — use protons as the key charge carrier. Whether or not these devices will be widely adopted hinges, in part, on how efficiently they can move protons. One class of materials knownContinue Reading
Experienced Antarctica guides tell Raymond Zhong, our climate reporter, how they set up camp on the Thwaites Glacier so scientists can measure how fast it’s melting. The biggest safety concern? Crevasses.Continue Reading
The humanitarian crisis across the Gaza Strip remains extremely serious, with harsh winter weather threatening to reverse recent gains in aid delivery, the United Nations said on Monday.Continue Reading
The strongest typhoon to make landfall this year in the Philippines has impacted a staggering 1.7 million children – and more than five million people overall.Continue Reading
SpaceX In this photo from early January 2026, teams prepare to encapsulate NASA’s Pandora small satellite, NASA-sponsored Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS), and the Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT) CubeSat, inside a SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s Pandora small satellite lifted offContinue Reading
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright (left) and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (right) meet at the Department of Energy headquarters in Washington on Jan. 8, 2026. Credit: NASA/John Kraus NASA, along with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced Tuesday a renewed commitment to their longstanding partnership to support theContinue Reading
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Centennial Challenges Centennial Challenges Home About Active Challenges LunaRecycle Challenge Mars to Table Challenge Past Challenges Challenge Winners Multimedia Images Video More News Mars to Table Challenge A new NASA Deep Space Food Challenge seeking concepts for food systems that could be used on the surface of Mars and theContinue Reading
The Traitor said the socialist government “stole” from American oil companies. Those firms have been seeking billions in compensation through a controversial arbitration system. By Nicholas Kusnetz The true reasons for the The Traitor administration’s military intervention in Venezuela might be unknown, but there is little doubt that oil andContinue Reading
Dr. Asal Naseri Associate Flight Director (Acting) Dr. Asal Naseri is the acting associate flight director for NASA’s heliophysics division in the agency’s Science Mission Directorate. She leads the programmatic and technical management of the flight portfolio for more than 20 operational missions and several in development. In this role,Continue Reading