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NASA Pushes New Wing Design to Find Structural Limits
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:08:33 +0000
NASA researchers recently put a new wing design, appearing long and thin with a lightweight structural design, through a series of grueling tests to find its structural limits. What they found left them encouraged about the wing’s potential, even when they pushed it past its intended limits. The 15-foot Structural Wing Experiment Evaluating Truss-bracing (SWEET-15) […]
The Growing Crescent of Mars as NASA’s Psyche Mission Approaches
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:32:27 +0000
Description This composite of images taken by NASA’s Psyche mission shows the crescent of Mars grow as the spacecraft approached the planet for a gravity assist from May 2 to May 15, 2026. The series begins with the smallest crescent at the center of the of the image as Mars is farthest from the spacecraft, and progressively […]
Establishing a VTE Risk Score for Astronauts Algorithm
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:01:38 +0000
In April 2026, NASA’s Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) initiated a working group to review updated VTE case information, additional data gathered revealing altered blood flow status within a cohort of astronauts, and discuss progress of research and clinical activities intended to mitigate the risk of VTE during spaceflight with new […]
NASA Awards Facilities Support Services Contract for Ames Research Center
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:34:59 +0000
CONTRACT RELEASE NASA has selected Chugach Intelligence Solutions LLC to provide comprehensive operations, maintenance, and repair services for NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The Ames Facilities Support Services II contract ensures that the center’s historic and specialized facilities are properly maintained, fully operational, and capable of supporting the agency’s missions and tenant partners in the NASA Research Park. The hybrid contract has a five-year period […]
NASA’s Chandra and IXPE Study Pulsar in Lighthouse Nebula
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:05:23 +0000
This composite image, released on July 9, 2026, shows the region around a pulsar – a neutron star with a strong magnetic field that spins incredibly fast – within the Lighthouse nebula. The image contains X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory in purple, X-rays from NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) in blue, and […]
La NASA invita a los medios de comunicación al lanzamiento del telescopio espacial Roman
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:27:06 +0000
Read this release in English here. Ya está abierto el plazo de acreditación de los medios de comunicación para el lanzamiento de la misión del telescopio espacial Nancy Grace Roman de la NASA. El lanzamiento del telescopio Roman está programado para no antes de las 7:20 a.m. (hora del este) del domingo 30 de agosto, […]
NASA Invites Media to Roman Space Telescope, Crew-13 Launches
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:00:57 +0000
Media accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the agency’s SpaceX Crew-13 missions, both targeting launch in the coming months. The Roman telescope is slated to launch no earlier than 7:20 a.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 30, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at […]
NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Details of Martian Surface During Flyby
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:38:38 +0000
Description Captured by the multispectral imager instrument on NASA’s Psyche mission, this is an enhanced-color mosaic created from four individual images acquired on May 15, 2026, during the spacecraft’s flyby of Mars. Psyche was traveling from right to left (northeast to southwest on Mars) during the six minutes that it took to acquire the images for […]
NASA Welcomes Mauritius as 70th Artemis Accords Signatory
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:48:27 +0000
The Republic of Mauritius has officially joined the global coalition committed to responsible space exploration, becoming the newest signatory and seventh African country to join the Artemis Accords. NASA’s Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson contributed video remarks for a signing ceremony on Friday, in the island nation’s city of Ébène. “We are honored to welcome Mauritius […]
A Tide-Fueled Trove of Biodiversity in Guinea-Bissau
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:01:00 +0000
The expansive mudflats, sandy beaches, and mangrove forests of the Bijagós archipelago support an array of migratory shorebirds and large numbers of sea turtles.