1 min read NASA’s 737 Reveals New Paint A newly painted NASA 737 aircraft sits on a ramp in Oklahoma on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. NASA/Carla Escamilla NASA’s 737 aircraft was painted this week in Oklahoma as it progresses with modifications for use as a reduced gravity test aircraft forContinue Reading
NASA’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility (IV&V) held a swearing-in ceremony for civil servants on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, at the facility in Fairmont, West Virginia. In total, 51 new employees were hired at IV&V as part of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s directive to strengthen NASA’s technical coreContinue Reading
A NASA Scientific Balloon Program annual campaign is getting ready to take flight at the agency’s balloon launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Six balloon flights carrying scientific experiments, technology demonstrations, and student payloads are scheduled to launch starting in mid-August. NASA’s high-altitude scientific balloon being prepared for launch at Fort Sumner,Continue Reading
Eric Gore Manager, Exploration Ground Systems Program Eric Gore is the program manager for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program (EGS) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In this role, Gore leads the program responsible for developing, operating, and sustaining the ground infrastructure and systems that process, integrate, andContinue Reading
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Scientists probing life’s deepest origins have uncovered evidence that the first free-living cells may have emerged not once, but twice. The findings suggest a striking possibility: life may share one ancient genetic code, yet have undergone two separate transitions into free-living existence., Read MoreContinue Reading
Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community AGN SIG Spotlight Series,… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups Conferences Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources AGN SIG Spotlight Series: August 18th 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT 13 August 2026 https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/community/agn-sig-spotlight-series-18-aug-2026 We invite everyone to joinContinue Reading
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NASA/Bill Dunford The constellation Orion is framed by two Perseid meteors in this photo from Aug. 12, 2018, in Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah. The Perseids – one of the year’s brightest and most popular meteor showers – has been ramping up since early July and will sparkle in theContinue Reading
By Catherine Mitchell, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences The R/V Bowditch departs from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences on its first Gulf of Maine North Atlantic Time Series (GNATS) voyage, with Dave Drapeau silhouetted on the top deck. Dave has been involved in GNATS since its inception in 1998. InstrumentsContinue Reading
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The indigenous Hmong people have lived in a mountainous region of northern Vietnam for centuries. But today, these farming communities are on the front line of the climate crisis. Rising temperatures, unpredictable rainfall and landslides are now part of their daily life. The terraced rice paddies tended by generations of villagers are struggling to cope…Continue Reading
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region. The post Convocation of crows, sea-lebrity sea lions and what is that nasty smell? appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading