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• 3 min read Winds Whip Up Fires and Dust on the Southern Plains Dry, gusty conditions spurred fast-growing fires in Oklahoma and Kansas, along with dangerous dust storms across th

• NASA studies how people react to air taxi noise across urban and suburban areas. • 359 participants in LA, NYC, Dallas tested 67 simulated aircraft sounds. • Results show residen

• 4 min read NASA Releases Report on Starliner Crewed Flight Test Investigation Cheryl Warner News Chief NASA Headquarters At anews conferenceon Thursday, NASA released a report of

• 1 min read NASA to Provide Starliner Crew Flight Test Review Findings Today Jennifer M. • Dooren NASA Headquarters During a news conference at 2 p.m. • EST on Thursday NASA will

• Award-Winning NASA Camera Revolutionizes How We See the Invisible Diana Fitzgerald Writer Imagine trying to photograph wind. • That’s similar to what NASA engineers dealt with du

• 1 min read Crystals Grown in Space Monika Luabeya This June 5, 2024, image shows lysozyme crystals aboard the International Space Station. • Lysozyme is a protein found in bodily

• 2 min read Map the Earth’s Magnetic Shield with the Space Umbrella Project NASA Science Editorial Team A stream of charged particles known as the solar wind flows from the Sun to

• 4 min read Small But Mighty Lab Device Could Transform NASA Research NASA Science Editorial Team Contents Potential to speed up access to research results Shining light on space

• The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing for the inaugural launch of the Celeste LEO-PNT in-orbit demonstration mission with the first two satellites scheduled to lift off no

• Aurora borealis illuminated Iceland and eastern Canada during a February 2026 geomagnetic storm. • Suomi NPP’s VIIRS captured grayscale images revealing colorful ribbons of light

• NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program announces the addition of three digital elevation and digital terrain products from Vantor’s Precision3D Product Line

• NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program announces the addition of imagery from Vantor to its Satellite Data Explorer (SDX) data access and discovery tool. • T

• CSDA Menu CSDA Commercial Data Commercial Datasets Commercial Satellite Data Explorer Satellite Data Evaluation CSDA Vendors Airbus U.S. • BlackSky Capella Space GeoOptics GHGSat

• CSDA launches Data Acquisition Request System for future satellite data requests. • Authorized users submit proposals via dashboard, track status in real time. • System integrate

• 4 min read CSDA Program Announces Eight New Data Agreements Joseph Smith Contents CSDA Program Announces Eight New Data Agreements New Near-Global, Multispectral Imagery New SAR

• NDVI uses visible and near‑infrared reflectance to gauge plant health from space. • Dr. Jim Tucker pioneered linking chlorophyll to specific light wavelengths in the 1980s. • Fir

• 5 min read 42 Years of Measuring the Sun, the Earth and the Energy in Between Alicia Cermak Contents Why Measure Earth’s Energy Budget? • 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first sa

• 6 min read The Sky Belongs to All of Us Alicia Cermak How did a little girl born in India soon after its independence from the British Empire, become a program scientist for NASA

• 4 min read Measuring the Big Bang with the COBE satellite Alicia Cermak The Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE) went up on a Delta rocket on Nov. • 18, 1989, into a polar

• 7 min read Peering Homeward, 1972 Alicia Cermak On July 23, 1972 the first civilian satellite designed to image Earth’s land surfaces was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base

• Pioneered early near‑infrared detector arrays for astronomy, starting with a single‑pixel sensor. • Secured NASA R&A funding in 1983 to acquire a 32×32 HgCdTe kilopixel array. •

• By Nancy Grace Roman Looking through the atmosphere is like looking through a piece of old stained glass. • The glass has defects that distort the image. • The atmosphere also ha

• 2 min read NASA to Provide Coverage of Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal Elizabeth Shaw NASA Headquarters As NASA continues preparations for the Artemis II test flight, the agency w

• NASA’s Hyperwall Storytelling opens Feb 25, 2026 at Exhibit Hall Booth #3481. • Wednesday session: Karen St Germain presents ‘NASA: Your Space and Science Agency.’ • Thursday’s l

• 1 min read Fishing Boats and City Lights Monika Luabeya Fishing boats illuminate the Arabian Sea along India’s west coast with green lights designed to attract squid, shrimp, sar

• Mars Global Localization Pinpoints Perseverance’s Location Downloads Mars Global Localization Pinpoints Perseverance’s Location PNG (566.29 KB) PIA26705 animation MP4 (2.77 MB) D

• NASA’s Perseverance Now Autonomously Pinpoints Its Location on Mars How did NASA’s Perseverance gain the ability to find its exact location on Mars without guidance from rover op

• I Am Artemis: Katie Oriti Jacqueline Minerd Public Affairs Specialist Listen to this audio excerpt from Katie Oriti, Orion European Service Module Integration Officemanager: 0:00

• 3 min read NASA’s Hubble Identifies One of Darkest Known Galaxies NASA Hubble Mission Team Goddard Space Flight Center In the vast tapestry of the universe, most galaxies shine b

• Pohto Contents Grants Status Requests Memorandum for NASA Grantee Community NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Terms and Conditions Request for Supplemental Grant and Cooperati

• 1 min read TB 26-02 Effects of Large Grain Size in Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel Meagan Chappell The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) performed an assessment to

• 2024 recorded hottest year, with record ocean temperatures, sea-level rise, glacier melt, and extreme weather. • Planet’s energy balance increasingly misaligned, accelerating oce

• 3 min read A Second Cyclone Slams Madagascar Widespread flooding affected tens of thousands of people after cyclones Fytia and Gezani drenched the island. • NASA Earth Observator

• 3 min read Curiosity Blog Sols 4804-4811: Kicking Off the Final Phase of Boxwork Exploration Mars Science Laboratory Mission Team Members Written by Abigail Fraeman, Curiosity De

• 1 min read Stormy, Snowy Winter for Hokkaido Monika Luabeya On February 5, 2026, theMODIS(Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA’sTerrasatellite acquired this ima

• NASA develops high-altitude air traffic management system for 50,000+ ft operations. • System uses real-time data from research balloon in stratosphere to enhance situational awa

• River deltas are sinking faster than the sea is rising Earth’s river deltas, home to about 5% of the global population and some of the world’s major cities, are experiencing subs

• The SpaceX DragonFreedomcapsule carrying ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev, docked with the Inte

• Crew-12: Docking, hatch opening and welcome remarks MP4 [22.80 MB] SOURCE MP4 [497.31 MB] Thank you for liking You have already liked this page, you can only like it once! • Watc

• ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot leads Crew‑12 walkout, showcasing astronaut training and teamwork. • εpsilon launch marks ESA’s first deep‑space probe, advancing planetary exploratio

• 3 min read NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launches to International Space Station Jessica Taveau NASA Headquarters Johnson Space Center Kennedy Space Center Four crew members of NASA’s Sp

• Highlights of Sophie Adenot’s launch to the ISS MP4 [18.67 MB] SOURCE MP4 [314.91 MB] Thank you for liking You have already liked this page, you can only like it once! • Watch th

• Earth from Space: Sending love from above LOW-RES JPG [1.97 MB] HI-RES JPG [11.61 MB] HI-RES TIF [494.28 MB] Thank you for liking You have already liked this pa

• 2 min read Sunlight Extracts Oxygen From Regolith Using Solar Chemistry Johnson Space Center Office of Communications NASA’s Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration (CaRD) project c

• 3 min read Stonebreen’s Beating Heart The glacier in southeastern Svalbard pulses with the changing seasons, speeding up and slowing its flow toward the sea. • NASA Earth Observa

• 3 min read NASA Selects Vast for Sixth Private Mission to Space Station Tiernan P. • Doyle NASA Headquarters NASA and Vast have signed an order for the sixth private astronaut mi

• In brief On 12 February 2026, four P120C boosters ignited and lifted Ariane 6 to the skies. • The success of this launch confirms Europe’s readiness in heavy lift launch capabili

• 4 min read NASA Moon Mission Spacesuit Nears Milestone Victoria Ugalde The next-generation spacesuit for NASA’s Artemis III mission continues to advance by passing a contractor-l

• Archival Data From NASA’s NEOWISE Tracks Star Turning Into Black Hole This artist’s concept shows a thick shell of gas and dust that has been expelled from a massive star’s outer

• 1 min read Shimmering Light in Egg Nebula Monika Luabeya NASA Hubble Mission Team Goddard Space Flight Center This image from NASA’sHubble Space Telescopereleased on Feb. • 10, 2

• In brief Scientists used the European Space Agency’s Cheops satellite to discover that the planetary system around the star LHS 1903 challenges current planet formation theories

• 4 min read Reaching Top Speed in the Dolomites Cortina d’Ampezzo, flanked by steep-sided mountain peaks, is the site of several skiing and sliding events in the 2026 Winter Olymp

• 3 min read NASA Completes First Flight of Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design Nicolas Cholula NASA Armstrong Public Affairs Specialist NASA completed the first flight test of a scale

• The European Space Agency (ESA) will take part in the upcoming Munich Security Conference (MSC), one of the world’s leading forums for international security policy. • ESA Direct

• I Am Artemis: Jesse Berdis Laura Sasaninejad Strategic Communications Specialist Listen to this audio excerpt from Jesse Berdis, Artemis II mobile launcher 1 deputy project manag

• Perseverance rover completed first AI‑planned drive on Mars, covering 2 hours 30 minutes along Jezero Crater rim. • Vision‑language AI generated safe waypoints, eliminating need

• NASA-ISRO Radar Mission Peers Through Clouds to See Mississippi River Delta This image captured by NISAR’s L-band SAR instrument on Nov. • 29, 2025, shows the cities of New Orlea

• NASA Analysis Shows La Niña Limited Sea Level Rise in 2025 This image of the Atlantic Ocean around Florida, the Bahamas, and Cuba was taken from the International Space Station i

• Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected An artist’s conceptual image of network antennas supporting the Orion spacecraft. • Artemis missions rely on both the Near Sp

• Juno’s Microwave Radiometer measured Europa’s ice shell thickness at about 18 miles (29 km) during a 2022 flyby. • This is the first measurement distinguishing thin versus thick