NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is pictured inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock prior to the start of the third spacewalk for the STS-134 mission. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is departing the agency on Wednesday after 30 years of service. Throughout his career, he flew four missions, spentContinue Reading
Lindsey Waitt, engineer with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program, participates in a terminal countdown simulation for Artemis III on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, inside Firing Room 1 of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA/Clayton Rougelot As a young girl raised inContinue Reading
Roman Home About Roman Mission Overview Why is Roman Important? Who is Nancy Grace Roman? Frequently Asked Questions Mission Timeline Partners Meet the Team Science Science Overview Dark Energy Dark Matter Exoplanets Planned Observations General Investigator Program Observatory Roman Observatory Wide Field Instrument Coronagraph Instrument Interactive Telescope Diagram Roman/Webb ComparisonContinue Reading
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 12 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by aContinue Reading
Physical Assets (FAQs) Q: What happened to all the former Shuttle facilities? A: KSC and the Shuttle program conducted a thorough review of assets funded by the Shuttle program and determined which were needed for Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion programs. Assets that were not needed but had theContinue Reading
This July’s average temperature was about 3 degrees higher than the 20th century average.Continue Reading
Una solicitante de asilo venezolana transgénero relata sus 44 días en uno de los centros de detención más mortíferos del país. The post ‛Nada ni nadie robará mi identidad’ appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
As earthquake rescue efforts across western Colombia continued on Tuesday, UN agencies said that they stood ready to help “with everything we’ve got”, in coordination with national authorities.Continue Reading
As multiple regions contend with unbearable heat, drought, wildfires and other extreme weather, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Tuesday underlined the crucial need for stronger forecasts and early warning systems to protect lives and livelihoods. Continue Reading
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Stops Along the Path of Totality 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 World ofContinue Reading
Dinosaurs conquered the land at enormous sizes, but strangely, they almost never evolved into truly tiny animals. New research suggests that physiology alone can’t explain this missing miniature end of the dinosaur spectrum—and that early mammals may have been partly responsible. While dinosaurs kept mammals from becoming large, small mammalsContinue Reading
Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations (GMRO) Overview The Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations Laboratory (GMRO) studies the mechanics of materials in a launch pad environment, especially the mechanics of soil at Lunar and Martian spaceports; how to excavate the soil to prepare berms, landing pads, and roads; how to modelContinue Reading
Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations (GMRO) Capabilities Two regolith test bins, one with 120 tons of BP-1 simulated extraterrestrial soil (25’x25′ area 3.5′ deep) and one with 2 tons of JSC-1a simulated extraterrestrial soil (calibrated dusty environment measurements, dusty mechanisms testing) Fine Particle Analyzer (FPA), sieves & shaker, and soilContinue Reading