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NASA/Lauren Dauphin, USGS Twice each day, tides ebb and flow through a maze of sandy channels, mudflats, and mangrove forests that flank the 88 islands and islets of Guinea-Bissau’s Bijagós Archipelago (Arquipélago dos Bijagós in Portuguese). Seen from above in this image from Nov. 28, 2025, the process leads to stark changesContinue Reading

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KSC Partnerships Home About Us KSC’s Vision Information Driving Directions Economic Impact Study on NASA in Florida KSC History FAQs Related Links Ready to Partner Benefits of Partnership KSC’s Partnership Criteria Office of Small Business Programs KSC Procurement Partnering Opportunities Launch Systems Spacecraft and Payloads Capabilities and Testing Emerging MarketsContinue Reading

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Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate The Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate leads NASA’s human spaceflight and space-enabling activities across low Earth orbit, the Moon, and beyond. The directorate provides unified leadership for the agency’s systems, operations, and architectures to deliver on the next era of human spaceflight. Encyclopedia Updated Aug 3, 2026Continue Reading

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Policy makers’ response to the half dozen Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports seems to be “TL;DR”, and we are now staring down a visceral version of those thousands of pages of ignored warnings. One of the worst wildfire seasons on record has displaced more than 3 0 0,000 people in France, Spain, and Portugal. SwelteringContinue Reading

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Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory A Bare Summer for Barnes Ice Cap 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 & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps WorldContinue Reading

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3 Min Read NASA Delivers Navigation System for Commercial Lunar Relay The Moon’s rocky, uneven, and otherworldly surface features are highlighted by the terminator – the difference between light and darkness. Credits: NASA NASA delivered the NavCube3-mini payload on July 13 to Intuitive Machines for integration into Altus-1, the company’s first lunar relay satellite, marking an important milestoneContinue Reading

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4 Min Read NASA Brings Space Exploration to the FIFA World Cup  FIFA World Cup fans gather at FIFA Fan Festival™ Houston. Credits: NASA/Robert Markowitz FIFA World Cup fans gather at FIFA Fan Festival™ Houston. NASA/Robert Markowitz From June 11 through July 19, NASA’s free interactive exhibit at FIFA Fan Festival™ brought space exploration to soccer fans inContinue Reading

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The 249th AAS meeting (joint with the Historical Astronomy Division) will be held 10–14 January 2027 in Salt Lake City at the Salt Palace Convention Center. The meeting will be jam-packed with great scientific content and provide ample opportunity for networking with friends and colleagues.The post 249th meeting of theContinue Reading

‘Climate change is really here: We should seize this crisis moment to create a new momentum’

Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Climate Scientist and Professor at the Universities of Louvain and Liège in Belgium. Europe’s latest heatwave is further evidence of a structural transformation of the continent’s climate, warns Professor van Ypersele. His central argument rejects both fatalism and complacency…Continue Reading