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NASA has selected Jennifer Lyons as acting program manager for the agency’s Launch Services Program (LSP) based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Pictured here is Lyons participating in rehearsal launch operations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission inside SpaceX’s HangarContinue Reading

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A farmer plants soybeans in Montgomery County, Maryland, in May 2020. New research has found that integrating space-based observations of vegetation and soil moisture could help improve air quality forecasts, especially in agricultural regions.  USDA/FPAC photo by Preston Keres Computer models used to forecast air quality may have gaps when itContinue Reading

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2 Min Read Metrics Services Catalog Click here to view the FY25 Services Catalog The catalogs provide service description, chargeback rate, unit of measure, and service level indicators for each NSSC service. Service Level Agreement (SLA) Click here to view the Service Level Agreement The SLA provides information about roles,Continue Reading

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Captured Nov. 29, 2024 by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, this infrared view of Saturn shows its glowing icy rings and layered atmosphere. Several moons are visible, including Janus, Dione, and Enceladus. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) Saturn’s icy rings glow in this infrared view fromContinue Reading

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CHAPEA CHAPEA About CHAPEA Habitat Missions Mission 1 Mission 2 How to Apply News Official Crew Portrait of the CHAPEA Mission 2 crew for NASA’s one-year analog mission in a habitat to simulate living on Mars. Credit: NASA/Helen Arase Vargas/Bill Stafford A crew of four research volunteers stepped inside NASA’sContinue Reading

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Batteries that use solid metal as their charge-carrying electrolyte could potentially be a safer and far more energy-dense alternative to lithium-ion batteries. However, these solid-state batteries have been plagued by the formation of metallic cracks called dendrites that cause them to short circuit. The problem has so far prevented suchContinue Reading

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NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams are pictured outside the International Space Station during a seven-hour, two-minute spacewalk on March 18, 2026. NASA/Jack Hathaway Science preparation and procedure reviews topped the schedule aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The seven Expedition 74 crew members conducted a variety ofContinue Reading

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5 min read NASA-JAXA’s XRISM Telescope Clocks Hot Wind of Galaxy M82 The cool wind of galaxy M82 drives gas and dust up to 40,000 light-years from its core, as shown here using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes. The inset shows a ChandraContinue Reading

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This image captured by the L-band SAR instrument on the U.S.-Indian NISAR mission on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Seattle in the center of the image with Bainbridge Island at left. The satellite can peer through clouds to view Earth’s surface below. NASA/JPL-Caltech Seattle and Portland, Oregon, are among the cloudiestContinue Reading

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Caroline Tracey’s book “Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History,” traces the history and decline of some of the world’s saline lakes, but also looks at how “queer ecology” can help us find our place in ephemeral environments. By Wyatt Myskow When Mormon settlers descended upon the Salt Lake Valley in 1847,Continue Reading