Portal origin URL: NASA Confirms Roman Mission's Flight Design in Milestone ReviewPortal origin nid: 474196Published: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has successfully passed its critical design review, signaling that all design work is now complete.Portal...

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Lucy Mission Prepares for Launch to Trojan AsteroidsPortal origin nid: 474281Published: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - 13:59Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA has tested the functions of Lucy, the agency’s first spacecraft to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, filled it with fuel, and is preparing to pack it into a...

Landsat 9, a NASA satellite built to monitor the Earth’s land surface, successfully launched at 2:12 p.m. EDT Monday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. News Article Type: Homepage ArticlesPublished: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 -...

PROJECT Plant Water Management (PWM) SNAPSHOT NASA is demonstrating that even without the help of gravity, hydroponic plant watering methods can enable plant habitats aboard crewed or robotic space missions. U.S. Astronaut Kate Rubins poses with PWM after nearly doubling the science returns of the ISS experiment by drawing on her wealth of wet lab operations and handling experience—on...

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Mars Fleet Lies Low As Sun Moves Between Earth and Red PlanetPortal origin nid: 474239Published: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - 07:30Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The missions will continue collecting data about the Red Planet, though engineers back on Earth will stop sending commands to them until mid-October.Portal...

Portal origin URL: NASA Launches New Mission to Monitor Earth’s LandscapesPortal origin nid: 474217Published: Monday, September 27, 2021 - 15:47Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Landsat 9, a NASA satellite built to monitor the Earth’s land surface, successfully launched at 2:12 p.m. EDT Monday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.Portal...

Portal origin URL: Hubble Shows Winds in Jupiter's Great Red Spot Are Speeding UpPortal origin nid: 474155Published: Monday, September 27, 2021 - 11:50Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Like the speed of an advancing race car driver, the winds in the outermost "lane" of Jupiter's Great Red Spot are accelerating – a discovery only made...

As we look forward to the Artemis program to the Moon and even one-day crewed missions to Mars, accessing resources like water will be crucial for humans to survive on other worlds. We sat down with Victor Glover, NASA Crew-1 astronaut, to talk about NASA’s Artemis program, what it would be like to be on the Moon one day, and how technology from the Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting...

Portal origin URL: Tiny Satellites Will Address Sizeable Questions in Space SciencePortal origin nid: 474197Published: Friday, September 24, 2021 - 14:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Hitching a ride with NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey’s Landsat 9 launch, two tiny satellites will tackle big questions.Portal image: Scientist sitting in...

Portal origin URL: NASA Satellites Show How Clouds Respond to Arctic Sea Ice ChangePortal origin nid: 474148Published: Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 14:53Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: New NASA research shows that by releasing heat and moisture through a large hole in sea ice known as a polynya, the exposed ocean fuels the formation of more clouds...

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Cameras Capture Mars Like Never BeforePortal origin nid: 474146Published: Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 12:01Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Scientists tap into an array of imagers aboard the six-wheeled explorer to get a big picture of the Red Planet.Portal image: Using its WATSON camera, NASA’s...

Portal origin URL: NASA Announces Virtual Webb STEAM Day Event for Students, EducatorsPortal origin nid: 474142Published: Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 10:20Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA invites learners of all ages, including students and teachers who recently returned to the classroom environment, to register for a special event ahead of...

Does NASA know about ALL the asteroids? We know about the vast majority of larger ones and none of those pose a threat, but space is big, so we're always on the lookout. NASA asteroid expert Dr. Amy Mainzer explains. Learn more: nasa.gov/planetarydefense Producer: Scott Bednar Producer/Editor: Jessica Wilde Video...

Portal origin URL: NASA Finds 2021 Arctic Summer Sea Ice 12th-Lowest on RecordPortal origin nid: 474118Published: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 - 11:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Sea ice in the Arctic appears to have hit its annual minimum extent on Sept. 16, after waning in the 2021 Northern Hemisphere spring and summer.Portal...

Portal origin URL: Hubble Finds Early, Massive Galaxies Running on EmptyPortal origin nid: 474030Published: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 - 10:50Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: When NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in northern Chile gazed toward cosmic objects in this period, they found something...

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Webb to Explore Forming Planetary SystemsPortal origin nid: 473879Published: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 - 09:45Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Researchers will observe more than a dozen protoplanetary systems to gather data about their inner disks – where Earth-like planets may be forming.Portal image: The...

Portal origin URL: NASA Invites Media to Webb Telescope Prelaunch Events in French GuianaPortal origin nid: 474120Published: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 - 08:33Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA invites members of the media to register their interest in attending events in French Guiana ahead of the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, a...

Portal origin URL: A New Understanding of Galaxy Evolution with NASA’s Roman Space TelescopePortal origin nid: 474053Published: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Roman will combine the powers of imaging and spectroscopy to gain fresh insights into how the universe works.Portal image: Hubble GOODS-South...

Portal origin URL: NASA Study Examines Houston-area Air Quality IssuesPortal origin nid: 474075Published: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 - 08:12Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA scientists are in Houston this month for an intensive air quality study exploring the effects of emissions and weather on air pollution, as well as the relationship between...

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Artemis Rover to Land Near Nobile Region of Moon’s South PolePortal origin nid: 474054Published: Monday, September 20, 2021 - 16:20Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: In 2023, NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) will land near the western edge of the Nobile Crater at the Moon’s South Pole to...

Portal origin URL: NASA TV to Air Landsat 9 Launch, Prelaunch ActivitiesPortal origin nid: 474057Published: Monday, September 20, 2021 - 13:18Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the Landsat 9 satellite, a joint NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mission that will continue...

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Delta-X Helps With Disaster Response in Wake of Hurricane IdaPortal origin nid: 474056Published: Monday, September 20, 2021 - 13:15Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Researchers flying a radar instrument over coastal wetlands in Louisiana helped with monitoring oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico.Portal image: A radar...

Portal origin URL: Solar Electric Propulsion Makes NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Go Portal origin nid: 474052Published: Monday, September 20, 2021 - 11:15Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Futuristic electric thrusters emitting a cool blue glow will guide the Psyche spacecraft through deep space to a metal-rich asteroid.Portal image: NASA’s Psyche...

Portal origin URL: Lunar Crater Named After Arctic Explorer Matthew Henson by International Astronomical Union, Accepting NASA/LPI ProposalPortal origin nid: 474049Published: Monday, September 20, 2021 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The International Astronomical Union has named a crater at the Moon’s south pole after the Arctic explorer...