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NASA Scientists Take to Air and Space to Study Arctic Sea Ice
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This month, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California are testing a spacecraft sensor that will help measure how quickly Arctic sea ice is disappearing. And while that instrument won’t launch for another year, scientists started preparing for…

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NASA Small Satellite Could Make Global Positioning More Precise
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GRITSS will demonstrate the feasibility of a new technique for improving precision navigation and geodetic measurements.

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Super Typhoon Bavi
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The third category 5 tropical cyclone of 2026 crossed the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands and Guam before continuing toward Asia.

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Students Connect NASA Science With Indigenous Knowledge to Study Coastal Erosion
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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…

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Crew Works Health Checks, CubeSat Maintenance, and Soyuz Seat Checks
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Health checks and CubeSat hardware maintenance were the prime research objectives aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 74 crew members also stowed spacewalking gear, transferred cargo, and checked seats in a Soyuz spacecraft.

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NASA Awards Contracts for Mars Advanced Surface Mobility Technology
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July 8, 2026 C.13 NASA Awards Contracts for Mars Advanced Surface Mobility Technology NASA has selected seven companies for contract awards under the Mars Exploration Program’s Science Transport and Robotic Innovation for Deployment and Exploration, or STRIDE, initiative to advance…

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Cottonwood Fire Chars Utah
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The blaze burned more than 150 square miles and swept through parts of a ski resort.

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Keeping PACE with Ocean Change
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The primary goal of this collaboration was to support and validate science data products from NASA's recently launched Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite mission 

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More Cartilage, Blood Pressure Studies on Station as Crew Swap Preps Begin
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Cartilage engineering and blood pressure studies to improve health on Earth and in space continued aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The Expedition 74 crew members also serviced an experimental module, configured a temporary sleep station, and began preparing…

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NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Wakes from Hibernation in Good Health
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Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good health and is ready to begin transmitting science data gathered in the distant Kuiper Belt far beyond Pluto. On June 23, flight…

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