Rise Goes to Washington
NASA/Joel Kowsky “Rise,” the Artemis II zero gravity indicator, is seen sitting on the dais as NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency)…
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America’s Emerald Isle
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5 new mules set to patrol Olympic National Park
Five new mules at Olympic National Park in Washington State are ready for the busy tourist season. Murl, Cutti, Pip, Checkers, and Gopher join the park’s large working mule herd.…
Almost half of everything orbiting Earth is space junk
Nearly half of all known objects currently orbiting Earth technically classify as space junk, but the true amount may be even higher. Not only that, the debris continues amassing faster…
NASA Langley Engineer Attends FAA Training
At a busy airport, every aircraft in the area shares just a handful of radio frequencies. Spectrum and time are constrained and if multiple people speak at once, both messages…
Perseverance Stuns in New Selfie
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Perseverance rover recently took a self-portrait against a sweeping backdrop of ancient Martian terrain at a location the science team calls “Lac de Charmes.” Assembled from 61 individual…
Australia’s Cloudy Beauty
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4886-4892: Ingenuity and Perseverance, Curiosity Style
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…
NASA’s Curiosity Takes Close Look at Rock That Got Stuck on Drill
2 Min Read NASA’s Curiosity Takes Close Look at Rock That Got Stuck on Drill PIA26724 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Curiosity Takes Close… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search…
May 2026 Satellite Puzzler
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