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NASA’s Psyche Mission Captures Mars During Gravity Assist Approach
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Description This colorized image of Mars was captured by NASA’s Psyche mission on May 3, 2026, about 3 million miles (4.8 million kilometers) from the planet. The spacecraft is approaching the planet for a gravity assist on May 15 that…

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NASA’s Psyche Mission to Fly by Mars for Gravity Assist 
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NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will get a boost from Mars on Friday, May 15, passing just 2,800 miles (4,500 kilometers) from the planet’s surface at some 12,333 mph (19,848 kph). The spacecraft will harness the planet’s gravitational pull to speed up…

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I Am Artemis: Anton Kiriwas
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Listen to this audio excerpt from Anton Kiriwas, senior technical integration manager for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program: When Anton Kiriwas first spotted an image of the Moon and Mars hanging over a job fair booth while in college, it…

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Katalyst Wraps Testing at NASA Goddard for Swift Boost Mission
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A daring mission to lift NASA’s sinking Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is now one step closer to launch this June.

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Glowing Views from the Space Station
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NASA astronaut Chris Williams captured the Milky Way rising above Earth’s atmospheric glow on April 13, 2026, while aboard a SpaceX Dragon docked to the International Space Station. This atmospheric glow is also called airglow. It occurs when atoms and…

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NASA Fuel Cell Tests Pave Way for Energy Storage on Moon
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With a small blue crane, four researchers hoist a cylindrical fuel cell, which looks like a stack of flattened silver and gold soda cans bundled together, into the air and lower it into a rectangular cart on wheels. A tangle…

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Tracy Arm’s Post-Tsunami Landscape
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A landslide-triggered tsunami stripped vegetation from the shore of the glacial fjord in summer 2025.

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NASA Welcomes Paraguay as 67th Artemis Accords Signatory
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The Republic of Paraguay signed the Artemis Accords on Thursday during a ceremony in Asunción, becoming the latest nation to commit to the shared principles guiding civil space exploration. “Today, I am proud to welcome Paraguay as the 67th signatory…

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DNA-Inspired Treatments, Space Agriculture Top Crew’s Research Schedule
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DNA-inspired therapies and space agriculture topped the research schedule aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. The Expedition 74 crew members also serviced a variety of lab hardware including a quantum physics facility, a spacesuit, and life support gear throughout…

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NASA Pushes Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotor Blades Past Mach 1
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The rotor blades that will carry NASA’s next-generation helicopters to new Martian heights broke the sound barrier during March tests at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Data from the tests, which took place in a special chamber that…

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