Heart Health
4 Min Read Heart Health Jessica Meir conducts cardiac research in the space station’s Life Sciences Glovebox. Credits: NASA Science in Space: February 2025 February was first proclaimed as American…
In the Starlight: Tristan McKnight Brings NASA’s Historic Moments to Life
For more than a decade, Tristan McKnight has been a driving force behind some of NASA’s most iconic events, orchestrating the behind-the-scenes magic that brings each historic moment to life…
Lunar Space Station Module Will Journey to US ahead of NASA’s Artemis IV Moon Mission
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Technicians at Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy, lower Gateway’s HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) onto a stand in…
25 Years Ago: STS-99, the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
On Feb. 11, 2000, space shuttle Endeavour took to the skies on its 14th trip into space on the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). The international STS-99 crew included Commander…
NASA’s Polar Ice Experiment Paves Way for Future Moon Missions
Artistic rendering of Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander on the surface of the Moon. Credit: Intuitive Machines NASA’s Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) is preparing to explore the Moon’s subsurface…
A Rainbow-colored “Feather” in the Martian Sky
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this feather-shaped iridescent cloud just after sunset on Jan. 27, 2023. Studying the colors in iridescent clouds tells scientists something about particle size within…
NASA’s Advancements in Space Continue Generating Products on Earth
The cover of Spinoff 2025, NASA’s annual publication that chronicles commercial products born from space technology, is a detailed view of the lunar surface captured by cameras on the Orion…
15 Years Ago: STS-130 Delivers Tranquility and Cupola to Space Station
On Feb. 8, 2010, space shuttle Endeavour began its 24th trip into space, on the 20A assembly mission to the International Space Station, the 32nd shuttle flight to the orbiting…
NASA Successfully Joins Sunshade to Roman Observatory’s ‘Exoskeleton’
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully integrated the mission’s deployable aperture cover — a visor-like sunshade that will help prevent unwanted light from entering the telescope —…
Why Does the Moon Look Larger at the Horizon? We Asked a NASA Scientist: Episode 50
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) We’ve been talking about this for 2,000 years. Aristotle mentions it. And in our own time, scientists are designing…