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NASA Honors Steve Jurczyk, Former Acting Administrator, Space Leader
Former NASA Acting Administrator Steve Jurczyk passed away Nov. 23, at the age of 61, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. During his career, which spanned more than three decades…
Hubble Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Servicing Mission 1
6 min readIn the pre-dawn hours on Dec. 2, 1993, the space shuttle Endeavour launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a critical mission to repair NASA’s Hubble Space…
Counteracting Bone and Muscle Loss in Microgravity
In microgravity, without the continuous load of Earth’s gravity, the tissues that make up bones reshape themselves. Bone cells readjust their behaviors—the cells that build new bone slow down, while…
Hubble Views a Double Cluster of Glowing Galaxies
2 min readThis Hubble image features a massive cluster of brightly glowing galaxies, first identified as Abell 3192. Like all galaxy clusters, this one is suffused with hot gas that emits…
December’s Night Sky Notes: A Flame in the Sky – the Orion Nebula
3 min readby Kat Troche of the Astronomical Society of the PacificIt’s that time of year again: Winter! Here in the Northern Hemisphere, the clear, crisp sky offers spectacular views…
NASA’s Educational CubeSats: Small Satellites, Big Impact
Despite their small size, the satellites launching through NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) missions have a big impact, creating access to space for many who might not otherwise have the…
NASA Delivers Inclusion Message to Annual Bayou Classic Participants
NASA was on full display during the 50th Annual Bayou Classic Fan Fest activity in New Orleans on Nov. 25, hosting an informational booth and interacting with event participants to…
NASA Conducts Annual Moon to Mars Architecture Concept Review
NASA hosted its second annual Architecture Concept Review in mid-November, bringing together leaders from across the agency to discuss progress on and updates to NASA’s Moon to Mars architecture since…
Google’s ‘A Passage of Water’ Brings NASA’s Water Data to Life
4 min readAs part of the long-standing partnership between NASA and Google, NASA worked with Google Arts & Culture and artist Yiyun Kang to create an interactive digital experience around…
NASA’s 6-Pack of Mini-Satellites Ready for Their Moment in the Sun
Most NASA missions feature one spacecraft or, occasionally, a few. The agency’s Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) is using half a dozen. This month, mission members completed construction of…