3 min read NASA Heat Shield Technology Enables Space Industry Growth The Varda Space Industries W-5 capsule returned to Earth in Koonibba in South Australia on Jan. 29, 2026, with the protection of a heat shield made of C-PICA, a cutting-edge material licensed from NASA and manufactured by Varda. TheContinue Reading
1 Min Read Europa’s Ice Shell (Artist’s Concept) PIA25630 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/Koji Kuramura/ Gerald Eichstädt (CC BY) Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Europa’s Ice Shell… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads Europa’s Ice Shell (Artist’s Concept) JPEG (2.17 MB) Description This artist’s concept depicts a cutawayContinue Reading
NASA NASA has awarded more than $5 million to 29 institutions nationwide to expand and strengthen science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning beyond the classroom. The awards are designed to help build skills that lead directly to STEM careers. These organizations collaborate with libraries, after-school programs, and youth-serving groupsContinue Reading
Three CubeSats are ejected from the Japanese Small Satellite Orbital Deployer attached to a robotic arm outside of the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory module in June of 2019. NASA Expedition 74 focused on installing CubeSats and observing Earth aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. The trio from NASAContinue Reading
Ames SC Division Space Biosciences Division Who We Are Bioengineering Branch (SCB) Flight Systems Implementation Branch (SCF) Space Biosciences Research Branch (SCR) Division Management What We Do Programs, Projects, & Missions Education Information for Researchers Publications Missions Contacts More Ames Science Directorate Ames Research Center HBISS: Horizons in Biosciences &Continue Reading
Green auroral arcs extend across the sky in this photo captured in northwestern Canada in 2019. The right arc is a typical auroral arc, while the brighter arc on the left is transforming into another type of aurora with bead-like features. Neil Zeller Scouring archived observations from NASA missions, scientists may have solvedContinue Reading
In this composite image, red pixels mark locations on Europa’s surface where ammonia-bearing compounds were detected; purple indicates no such detection. Captured by NASA’s Galileo mission in 1997, the data is overlaid on a black-and-white mosaic that zooms in on a portion of the moon’s surface. NASA/JPL-Caltech New analysis ofContinue Reading
Jayanta Kar Research Scientist Lead, Contractor, Lidar Sciences Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About Jayanta Kar’s early research was in the area of Astrophysics, studying the effect of magnetic fields on stellar structure and oscillations. Subsequently, he worked on the ionospheres of Venus and Mars and their interactionContinue Reading
Clean transportation led the way while renewable energy spending decreased. By Dan Gearino Global investment in the energy transition rose to $2.3 trillion last year, an 8 percent increase from the prior year, demonstrating resilience amid policy changes in the United States and China.Continue Reading
7 min read NASA Researchers Probe Tangled Magnetospheres of Merging Neutron Stars New simulations performed on a NASA supercomputer are providing scientists with the most comprehensive look yet into the maelstrom of interacting magnetic structures around city-sized neutron stars in the moments before they crash. The team identified potential signalsContinue Reading
A new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope of a portion of the Helix Nebula highlights comet-like knots, fierce stellar winds, and layers of gas shed off by a dying star interacting with its surrounding environment. Webb’s image also shows the stark transition between the hottest gas to theContinue Reading
Kit de prensa de ARTEMIS II Read this press kit in English here Descripción general de la misión Artemis II es el primer vuelo de prueba tripulado del programa Artemis de la NASA. Cuatro astronautas volarán a bordo de la nave espacial Orion y confirmarán que todos los sistemas de laContinue Reading
7 Min Read Building Roman NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now assembled following the integration of its two major segments, shown in this time-lapse. Credits: NASA/Sophia Roberts Technicians have completed the construction of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The Roman observatory is slated to launch no laterContinue Reading