NASA astronaut Jessica Meir prepares to enter the Quest airlock and complete a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. NASA NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 3:29 p.m. EDT. During the 6-hour, 49-minute spacewalk, Meir and Adenot installedContinue Reading
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NASA/Clayton Rougelot On Aug. 24, technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida began installing the four RS‑25 engines in the core stage of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will carry the Artemis III crew into low Earth orbit in 2027. Each RS‑25 engine has a uniqueContinue Reading
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Snake embryos begin life curled into a distinctive right-handed spiral, and scientists may finally know why. Their bodies grow faster than their guts, creating a tether that forces the lengthening embryo to buckle and twist inside the egg. Researchers reached the conclusion after studying more than 900 embryos and usingContinue Reading
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As governments push oil and mining expansion, thousands of Indigenous leaders and activists gathered in Ecuador to chart another path. Story and photos by Katie Surma PUYO, Ecuador—People fighting oil wells, mines and other threats to their homelands did not come to this Amazonian city to lobby politicians at anContinue Reading
These problem sets from Space Math at NASA are bundled by topic. Each problem set explores a variety of math topics at levels K-12+. Ideal for integrating space science into STEM curricula, educators can utilize these exercises for independent practice, guided group work, or supplementary lessons to bridge mathematical skillsContinue Reading
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully activated the mission’s Coronagraph Instrument, which will block starlight to view planets and dusty disks around nearby stars. Now the instrument will undergo a monthslong series of calibrations and tests prior to beginning full science operations. The coronagraph power-on began atContinue Reading
Roman’s antenna and visor-like sunshade have successfully deployed. Roman will downlink the highest data volume of any NASA astrophysics mission so far via its high-gain antenna, which measures 5.6 feet wide yet only weighs 24 pounds. It’s made of a carbon composite material that weighs very little but will stillContinue Reading
Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA and Jessica Meir of NASA are pictured training for a spacewalk at the Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, Texas. NASA NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot began a spacewalk at 8:40 a.m. EDT outside the InternationalContinue Reading