APOD: 2026 August 2 – A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia

Global Desk, International, Official Words, Science, Technology /
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 2 – A Fire… 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 a professional astronomer. A […]

APOD: 2026 August 2 – A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia Read More »

APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck Moon and Belt of Venus

Global Desk, International, Official Words, Science, Technology /
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck… 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 a professional astronomer. Buck Moon […]

APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck Moon and Belt of Venus Read More »

What’s Up: August 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA

Global Desk, International, Official Words, Science, Technology /
A stylized flat map of the Earth indicating the viewing areas for a solar eclipse, with text on the left reading
A solar eclipse, the Perseids, bright Venus after sunset, and a deep partial lunar eclipse highlight August’s skywatching. Skywatching Highlights Transcript A solar eclipse, one of the year’s best meteor showers, Venus at its brightest in the evening sky, and a lunar eclipse to close out the month. That’s “What’s Up” for August. On Aug. […]

What’s Up: August 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA Read More »

NASA to Host Florida Event Celebrating American Air, Space Leadership

Global Desk, International, Official Words, Science, Technology /
NASA will hold a news conference at 2:30 p.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 14, live from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and media and digital creators are invited to attend in person. The announcement, held in the XLV Hangar at the Shuttle Landing Facility, will preview a new event at NASA Kennedy later this […]

NASA to Host Florida Event Celebrating American Air, Space Leadership Read More »

NASA’s Newest Wind Tunnel Opens at NASA Langley

Global Desk, International, Official Words, Science, Technology /
A group of people in suits stand in front of a massive square building that has two big square openings in it that go all the way through. The people all hold big pairs of scissors, as they wait to cut a red, white, and blue ribbon placed in front of them.
On Friday, July 31, 2026, NASA leadership and Virginia government officials opened NASA’s first major new wind tunnel in more than 40 years, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The state-of-the-art facility will support research and technology development that will advance the agency’s aeronautics, exploration, and science goals, […]

NASA’s Newest Wind Tunnel Opens at NASA Langley Read More »

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers Field of Honeycomb Textures

Global Desk, International, Official Words, Science, Technology /
As NASA’s Curiosity rover recently began climbing up a Martian valley nicknamed “Valle Grande,” it sent back images that were a familiar sight to mission scientists: honeycomb-like textures called polygonal fractures, each one about 1.5 to 3 inches (4 to 8 centimeters) across. The mission has spotted small patches of these geometric shapes several times […]

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers Field of Honeycomb Textures Read More »

NASA Announces New Spacecraft Technology Demonstration Mission at Moon    

Global Desk, International, Official Words, Science, Technology /
Artist rendition of two Capstone 2 in space above the Moon.
NASA is working with industry to advance the next phase of cislunar infrastructure for the agency’s Artemis program and Moon Base, including orbital assets and demonstrations. Under a contract awarded to Advanced Space, the agency’s CAPSTONE 02 mission will demonstrate rendezvous and proximity operations, autonomous navigation, and cislunar communication capabilities while continuing to characterize the […]

NASA Announces New Spacecraft Technology Demonstration Mission at Moon     Read More »

Robotic Servicing Mission Launches with NASA Support

Global Desk, International, Official Words, Science, Technology /
a rocket lifts off against a partly cloudy sky
Following its liftoff from Cape Canaveral on July 21 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) hosting the NASA-supported Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) payload is now en route to geosynchronous Earth orbit, where it will use its advanced robotics to service spacecraft. RSGS leverages in-space robotics expertise from NASA, […]

Robotic Servicing Mission Launches with NASA Support Read More »

Coilable Stacked Solar Sails for Very High delta-V Missions

Global Desk, International, Official Words, Science, Technology /
Artist rendition of coilable stacked solar sails.
Artur Davoyan University of California, Los Angeles The goal of the proposed program is to enable the next generation of solar sails featuring very high characteristic acceleration–potentially up to 2 mm/s²–and large effective areas exceeding 10,000 m², to support future ultra–high delta-V missions. These advanced solar sails would significantly transform space exploration and utilization, making […]

Coilable Stacked Solar Sails for Very High delta-V Missions Read More »

A New Compact Instrument Enables High-Fidelity Measurements of Energetic Particles on CubeSats

Global Desk, International, Official Words, Science, Technology /
A team of NASA-sponsored scientists and engineers has developed a novel approach to observing high-energy particles in the near-Earth space environment, incorporating miniaturized sensors into a compact, multi-view particle detection instrument unlike any before it. Built for NASA’s Relativistic Electron Atmospheric Loss (REAL) CubeSat mission, the innovative instrument (also called REAL) enables more complete measurements […]

A New Compact Instrument Enables High-Fidelity Measurements of Energetic Particles on CubeSats Read More »

Scroll to Top
Verified by MonsterInsights