Orion Spacecraft Orion Home About News Resources Fact Sheets Media Resources Activities & Downloads Reference Guide Web Version PDF Version Team Orion Missions Orion Fun Facts Explore fun facts about the Orion spacecraft. Encyclopedia Updated Sep 3, 2026 The full Moon is seen behind NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch SystemContinue Reading
Orion Spacecraft Orion Home About News Resources Fact Sheets Media Resources Activities & Downloads Reference Guide Web Version PDF Version Team Orion Missions Management Roles and Facilities The Orion Program, managed by NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, is a broad national and international collaboration. Multiple NASA centers, international partners,Continue Reading
Orion Spacecraft Orion Home About News Resources Fact Sheets Media Resources Activities & Downloads Reference Guide Web Version PDF Version Team Orion Missions Testing The Orion Program conducted rigorous testing of the spacecraft, from element-level testing with test articles for the crew module, service module, LAS, parachute system, and otherContinue Reading
A temporary injunction bars the agency from requiring congressional approval of a decades-old exemption allowing the state to set its own clean-vehicle standards. By Anika Jane Beamer A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from challenging California’s longstanding authority to set vehicle pollution stan tdadards stricter thanContinue Reading
Physics of the Cosmos … Physics of the Cosmos Community ROSES-25 D.4 Theoretical and… About Community Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Science Groups Meetings Cosmic Pathfinders Science Gaps Early Career Workshops Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources ROSES-25 D.4 Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics Networks. NoIs due 15 October 2026Continue Reading
Physics of the Cosmos … Physics of the Cosmos Community SSERVI CAN-5: Final Text Released About Community Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Science Groups Meetings Cosmic Pathfinders Science Gaps Early Career Workshops Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources SSERVI CAN-5: Final Text Released; Step-1 Proposals Due 29 September 2026Continue Reading
Physics of the Cosmos … Physics of the Cosmos Community Reminder: LISA Science Gaps… About Community Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Science Groups Meetings Cosmic Pathfinders Science Gaps Early Career Workshops Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources Reminder: LISA Science Gaps 2026: Open for Community Input Until 16 SeptemberContinue Reading
Physics of the Cosmos … Physics of the Cosmos Community NASA Internship Opportunity on… About Community Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Science Groups Meetings Cosmic Pathfinders Science Gaps Early Career Workshops Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources NASA Internship Opportunity on Harnessing AI for Astrophysics Missions 3 September 2026Continue Reading
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Fuelled by exceptionally warm Pacific waters, the El Niño climate pattern is intensifying and has yet to peak. Forecasters are almost certain it will persist through February 2027 – with unusually warm conditions expected across much of the world in the coming months.Continue Reading
David Richardson worked to eliminate the country’s top disaster agency when he led FEMA last year. Now, he says the administration has abandoned that goal. (Image credit: Kevin Dietsch)Continue Reading
A newly discovered microbe living inside ancient stromatolite communities may offer a rare look at how complex life first emerged. Researchers captured the first direct images of an Asgard archaeon physically connected to a bacterium, with the two microbes appearing to exchange nutrients and other compounds. Scientists think similar partnershipsContinue Reading
On August 4, 2026, a major update to Eyes on the Solar System was released that included full Mars terrain. Now you can land on the surface of Mars and explore the entire planet if you are on a desktop or laptop computer. To use the feature anywhere in theContinue Reading