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  • X-ray and Radio go ‘Hand in Hand’ in New Image
    Wed, 20 Aug 2025 19:18:59 +0000

    In 2009, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory released a captivating image: a pulsar and its surrounding nebula that is shaped like a hand. Since then, astronomers have used Chandra and other telescopes to continue to observe this object. Now, new radio data from the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), has been combined with Chandra’s X-ray data […]

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  • La NASA anunciará una nueva promoción de astronautas y adelantará detalles de la misión lunar Artemis II
    Wed, 20 Aug 2025 19:18:35 +0000

    Nota del editor: Esta nota de medios fue actualizada el 20 de agosto para reflejar un cambio en los participantes de la sesión informativa sobre ciencia y tecnología de Artemis II. Read this release in English here. La NASA ha abierto el plazo para la acreditación de los medios a un programa de eventos de varios días […]

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  • NASA to Announce New Astronaut Class, Preview Artemis II Moon Mission
    Wed, 20 Aug 2025 19:16:01 +0000

    Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on Aug. 20 to reflect a change in the Artemis II Science and Technology Briefing participants. Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. NASA is opening media accreditation for multi-day events to introduce America’s newest astronaut class and provide briefings for the Artemis II crewed test flight around the […]

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On the Station
  • Moonlight and Our Atmosphere
    Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:51:32 +0000

    The Moon’s light is refracted by Earth’s atmosphere in this April 13, 2025, photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited into a sunset 264 miles above the border between Bolivia and Brazil in South America. Understanding the Moon helps us understand other planets, how they have evolved and the processes which have shaped […]

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  • NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX 33rd Station Resupply Launch, Arrival
    Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:50:17 +0000

    NASA and SpaceX are targeting 2:45 a.m. EDT, Sunday, Aug. 24, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This is the 33rd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for NASA. Filled with more than 5,000 pounds of supplies, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on […]

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  • Station Nation: Meet Tess Caswell, Extravehicular Activity Flight Controller and Lead Capsule Communicator 
    Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:38:40 +0000

    Tess Caswell supports the International Space Station from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston as a capsule communicator, or capcom, and helps plan and train for future spacewalks with the Extravehicular Activity (EVA) team in the Flight Operations Directorate. She is currently on rotation as the Artemis lead capcom, helping to develop training and processes […]

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  • NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman CRS-23 Station Resupply Launch
    Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:51:11 +0000

    Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. A Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft will launch to the orbital laboratory on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for NASA. The mission is known as NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 23, or Northrop Grumman […]

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