Space
Summer Begins in Northern Hemisphere
Summer Begins in Northern Hemisphere The first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere is June 20, 2025, which is also the longest day of the year. The Southern Hemisphere experiences its shortest day and beginning of winter on June 20, 2025. Earth orbits at an angle, causing the Northern Hemisphere to tilt towards the […]
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NASA Tech to Use Moonlight to Enhance Measurements from Space
NASA Tech to Use Moonlight to Enhance Measurements from Space NASA is launching a new mission called Arcstone to measure moonlight from space and use it as a calibration standard for Earth-viewing sensors. The mission will use a spectrometer to measure lunar spectral reflectance, which will provide a stable and universal calibration source for satellite […]
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NASA’s LRO Views ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 2 Moon Lander Impact Site
NASA’s LRO Views ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 2 Moon Lander Impact Site NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured photos of the impact site of the ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 2 Moon lander, which experienced a hard landing on June 5, 2025. The LRO’s Narrow Angle Camera took images from about 50 miles above the surface of Mare […]
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NASA History News and Notes – Summer 2025
NASA History News and Notes – Summer 2025 NASA’s history is marked by critical decisions that have shaped the agency’s national legacy and promoted confidence in times of crisis. The Shuttle-Centaur program was canceled in 1986 due to increased safety measures following the loss of Challenger, marking a difficult decision for NASA Administrator James Fletcher. […]
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NASA Air Taxi Passenger Comfort Studies Move Forward
NASA Air Taxi Passenger Comfort Studies Move Forward NASA is conducting studies to understand how air taxi motion, vibration, and other factors affect ride comfort for passengers. The agency will provide data gathered from these studies to guide industry design and operational practices for future air taxis. A recent study found a relationship between levels […]
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NASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Flights in Mid-Atlantic, California
NASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Flights in Mid-Atlantic, California NASA’s P-3 Orion aircraft and Dynamic Aviation’s King Air B200 will conduct low-altitude atmospheric research flights from June 22 to July 2, 2025. The flights will take place over parts of the East Coast (Baltimore, Philadelphia, Richmond) and West Coast (Los Angeles Basin, Salton Sea, Central […]
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Hubble Studies Small but Mighty Galaxy
Hubble Studies Small but Mighty Galaxy Hubble Space Telescope has released an image of NGC 4449, a small but mighty galaxy located 12.5 million light-years away. NGC 4449 is a starburst galaxy, meaning it’s forming new stars at a much faster rate than expected for its size, and this global burst of star formation is […]
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4575-4576: Perfect Parking Spot
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4575-4576: Perfect Parking Spot The NASA Curiosity rover has successfully parked itself in a stable location on Mars, using its Chemistry Camera and Remote Micro Imager to capture images of interesting textures exposed in an outcrop. Curiosity will now conduct APXS (Atmospheric and Physical Xenology System) and ChemCam compositional analyses of the […]
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NASA to Gather In-Flight Imagery of Commercial Test Capsule Re-Entry
NASA to Gather In-Flight Imagery of Commercial Test Capsule Re-Entry NASA’s Scientifically Calibrated In-Flight Imagery (SCIFLI) team will gather data on The Exploration Company’s Mission Possible capsule as it returns to Earth following its launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The SCIFLI team, stationed in Hawaii and flying aboard an agency Gulfstream III aircraft, […]
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NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York, Utah
NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York, Utah NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain will answer questions from students in two separate events: The first event will take place on June 23 at 11:30 a.m. EDT, where students from P.S. 71 Forest Elementary School in New York will submit their questions. […]
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