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APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 30 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Haunting the Cepheus Flare Explanation: Spooky shapes seem to haunt this dusty expanse, drifting through the night in the

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1 Min Read Map Showing Potential Origins of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001 PIA26802 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Map Showing Potential Origins… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Map Showing Potential Origins of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001 JPEG (1.22 MB)

1 Min Read Slice of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001 PIA26801 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Slice of Martian Meteorite… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Slice of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001 JPEG (2.50 MB) PIA26801 Figure A TIFF (26.10 MB)

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano finally gets his wish to fly like Superman aboard the International Space Station during Expedition 37. Although no ghouls, goblins, or trick-or-treaters come knocking at the International Space Station’s front hatch, crew members aboard the orbiting laboratory still like to get in the Halloween spirit. Whether individually or as an entire crew, they dress up in sometimes spooky, sometimes scary, but always creative costumes, often designed

5 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Called Teghaza 001, this rose-colored rock is one of the most ancient Martian meteorites ever found on Earth.Credit: © Darryl Pitt / Maine Mineral & Gem Museum When a rose-colored meteorite was found in the Sahara Desert in 2022, no one knew how old it was or where it came from. Not until NASA-funded scientists age-dated its minerals did they realize the nearly 2-pound (800-gram) rock was a piece of Mars that f

Photo of Troy Asher NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has named Troy Asher director of the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Asher, a veteran test pilot and aerospace engineer with decades of experience in flight research and operations, has served as the center’s acting director since March. “Troy has spent his career pushing the boundaries of flight, both at the controls of experimental aircraft and leading the teams that make these missions possible,” said

2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Quantum-Enabled Predictive Preclinical NAMs for Toxicity and Safety (QuSAFE) Challenge, a collaboration between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and NASA, advances quantum-enabled sensing for in vitro NAMs, such as organoids and microphysiological systems (MPS), to improve drug safety while reducing animal use. In vitro NAMs, such as organoids and microphysiological systems (MPS), can generate human-

La campaña Viaje a Titán ofrece al público la oportunidad de enviar su nombre en un microchip a bordo de la misión Dragonfly de la NASA. Esta aeronave de ala giratoria explorará desde el aire Titán, la luna de Saturno.Crédito: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL Read this release in English here. Puede que nunca llegues a surcar los cielos bajo las nubes o sobre las arenas orgánicas de la luna Titán de Saturno, ¡pero tu nombre sí puede hacerlo! La NASA invita al público a enviar su nombre a bordo de la aer

The “Journey to Titan” campaign offers the public the opportunity to fly their names on a microchip with NASA’s Dragonfly mission. The chip will ride aboard the Dragonfly rotorcraft as it explores Saturn’s moon Titan by air. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL You may never soar under the clouds or over the organic sands of Saturn’s moon Titan, but your name can. NASA is inviting the public to send their names aboard the agency’s Dragonfly rotorcraft and be part of the first science mission to fly

ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, E. Sabbi, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb); Acknowledgement: M. H. Özsaraç In this Webb image released on Oct. 22, 2026, we see a turbulent cauldron of star formation filled with dense clumps of gas. This region is named N159 and is located 161,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way galaxy. This region has a lower metallicity (proportion of elements that are heavier than helium and hydrogen) than the Milky Way,

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 4 min read Curiosity Blog, Sols 5043-5049: Preparing to Drill at ‘Nazca’ NASA’s Mars rover Curiosi

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 28 – The… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Michael Wong

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Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) Mission 2 crew members (from left) Ross Elder, Matthew Montgomery, Ellen Ellis, and James Spicer, pose for a photo on Oct. 8, 2025.Credit: NASA The four volunteers who lived and worked in a simulated NASA Mars mission for more than a year will exit their habitat on Saturday, Oct. 31, after 378 days of isolation in a facility at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Health and performance data collected from the simulation can hel

BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems A technician inspects the large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission in this image released on Oct. 26, 2026. The sunshade structure, which stands 20 feet (6 meters) tall and measures 8 feet (2.4 meters) wide at its base, will keep the infrared space telescope cool as it searches for near-Earth asteroids and comets while also providing the spacecraft with power. When in space, NEO Surveyor will detect some of the hardest-to-find

3 Min Read How a Johnson Mentor Shapes the Next Generation of NASA Talent  Daniel Cohen, Guidance, Navigation & Control (GN&C) engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, leads an outdoor orbital mechanics lesson for interns on Oct. 9, 2026. From left are Cohen, Lucas Anton Alonso-Munoyerro, Nathan Samuell, Marcos Pena, and Malvika Bhardwaj. Credits: NASA

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 27 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Noctilucent Clouds over Sweden Explanation: Sometimes it’s night on the ground but day in the air. As the Earth rotates t

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1 Min Read NASA’s Perseverance Views Dust at Neretva Vallis PIA26816 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Perseverance… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s Perseverance Views Dust at Neretva Vallis TIFF (868.48 MB) Description This 360-