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NASA Breaking News:

  • NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-13 Mission to Space Station
    by Jessica Taveau on July 20, 2026 at 8:00 pm

    NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation mission to the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Monday, Aug. 3, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Mission leadership will provide an overview of NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑13 mission at 12 p.m. EDT. Next, crew members will discuss their

  • NASA, GE Aerospace Work Enables Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstration
    by Lillian Gipson on July 20, 2026 at 6:54 pm

    An aircraft powered by a megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine developed in collaboration with NASA and built by GE Aerospace, demonstrated flight of an innovation that can inform new generations of fuel-saving aircraft power systems. Mounted to a Saab 340B aircraft, the engine flew at Farnborough International Air Show in the United Kingdom. It was the public

  • New NASA Earth Missions Gear Up to Start Science Flights  
    on July 20, 2026 at 6:25 pm

    The first of six new airborne campaigns will hit the skies this summer.

  • From Hampton to Mars: How NASA Langley Helped Land on the Red Planet
    by Charles G. Hatfield on July 20, 2026 at 3:47 pm

    Fifty years ago, NASA’s Viking 1 and 2 landers made the first successful landings on Mars, opening a new era in planetary exploration. Behind that achievement was a team at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, whose steady leadership and technical expertise helped turn an ambitious idea into a mission that reshaped how we

  • Our First View of the Surface of Mars
    by Michele Ostovar on July 20, 2026 at 3:38 pm

    “Touchdown, we have touchdown!” At 5:12 a.m. PDT, July 20, 1976, mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory erupted in cheers as they learned that the Viking 1 lander had survived its descent through the thin Martian atmosphere. Forty minutes later, the lander’s first image began to appear on their monitors, slowly forming line by

NASA Education News:

  • Students Connect NASA Science With Indigenous Knowledge to Study Coastal Erosion
    on July 8, 2026 at 9:04 pm

    For the Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation, or Sipayik, the ocean has always been a teacher. Situated in what is known as Downeast Maine, along the shores of Passamaquoddy Bay, generations of Indigenous people have lived along the coast, learning from the tides, the land, and their elders. But today, the shoreline is changing more rapidly. Coastal erosion is slowly taking land away. Land that already holds a history of loss.

  • Northwest Earth and Space Science Pathways Project Celebrates Student Innovation Through ROADS from Earth to Venus National Challenge
    on June 29, 2026 at 10:05 pm

    The Northwest Earth and Space Science Pathways (NESSP) project recently concluded its 2025–2026 ROADS (Rover Observation And Discoveries in Space) from Earth to Venus National Challenge, a NASA Science Activation program student challenge that engaged more than 500 students on 120 teams from eight states in authentic science and engineering experiences inspired by Venus exploration.

  • Career Spotlight: Electrician (Ages 14-18)
    by Sandra May on June 24, 2026 at 1:37 pm

    What does an electrician do? Electricity powers the world, and electricians are the ones who get it where it needs to go. An electrician is an expert who is trained to make sure electrical systems and equipment are installed safely and working correctly. Electricians are involved in a variety of systems, including power, lighting, communications,

  • ARMD Research Solicitations (Updated June 23)
    by Jim Banke on June 23, 2026 at 3:00 pm

    THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED ON JUNE 23, 2026 This Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved air transportation systems. Most opportunities to participate in research are officially announced through the Web-based NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated

  • NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from New Jersey Students
    by Gerelle Q. Dodson on June 15, 2026 at 6:06 pm

    Students in New Jersey will hear from NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir as they answer prerecorded STEM questions while aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 12:05 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 18, and will stream live on the agency’s Learn With NASA YouTube channel. This event is hosted by Newton Public Schools

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