NASA Showcases Moon Base Plans at 2026 FIRST Robotics Championship
NASA highlighted its Moon Base vision and robotic technologies while engaging thousands of students at the 2026 FIRST Robotics World Championship in Houston
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South Dakota State Wins NASA’s Aircraft Maintenance Innovation Contest
NASA's Gateways to Blue Skies competition awards South Dakota State University for developing augmented reality safety glasses to improve aircraft maintenance
NASA’s Psyche Captures Wind-Blown Craters on Mars During Close Flyby
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft photographed wind streaks over large impact craters in Mars’ Syrtis Major region during a May 2026 close approach
NASA’s Psyche Mission Captures Enhanced-Color Images of Mars’ Huygens Crater
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft images Mars’ large Huygens crater and surrounding terrain using its multispectral imager
NASA’s Fermi Telescope Detects Gamma Rays from Superluminous Supernova
Scientists analyzing Fermi data have confirmed gamma-ray emissions from a rare superluminous supernova powered by a rapidly spinning magnetar
NASA’s Tim Goddard Leads Complex Recovery of Artemis II Crew and Capsule
Tim Goddard oversees the challenging ocean recovery operations for NASA’s Artemis II mission, coordinating crew and Orion spacecraft retrieval after splashdown off California
MIT’s Haystack 37m Telescope Returns to Leading Astrophysics Research
After extensive upgrades, MIT’s Haystack 37m Telescope resumed frontline observations, targeting the black hole jet in galaxy M87 and opening new research opportunities
Cindy Evans Leads Geology Training for Artemis Moon Missions
NASA’s Cindy Evans directs geology training for Artemis crews to support lunar science during orbit and surface exploration
James Webb Telescope Captures Bright Core of Galaxy M77
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals intense gas activity around the central black hole in the nearby barred spiral galaxy Messier 77
NASA Funds New Postdoctoral Fellows to Advance Space Health Research
Two early-career scientists will study space food systems and astronaut eye health to support long-duration human missions