Credit: NASA In accordance with a contract on-ramp clause, NASA has added Blue Origin’s New Glenn 9×4 launch service to the NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract. The New Glenn 9×4 launch…
NASA Features Exploration, Science at International Space Conference
Caption: Broadway performers are seen as they sing during the opening ceremony of the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Oct. 21, 2019 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. Credit: NASA/Joel…
NASA Awards Orbital Safety Analysis Support Services Contract
NASA has awarded a contract to Omitron Inc. for the acquisition of orbital safety analysis services, which provide for critical protection of NASA spaceflight assets and astronaut lives. This indefinite-delivery contract is…
NASA Opens 2027 Human Lander Challenge for Lunar Communications
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Banner image for 2027 Human Lander Challenge. NASA NASA’s 2027 Human Lander Challenge is seeking ideas from college and university students…
APOD: 2026 September 30 – Arp 78: Peculiar Galaxy in Aries
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Star Trails
NASA/Anil Menon This long-duration image shows star trails above Earth and the blue lights of fishing boats and the yellow lights of Indonesian cities stretching below the International Space Station as it…
NASA, International Partners Advance Work on Space Crops
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Powerful Storms Continue to Prowl the Pacific
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Mars Has Its Charmes
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APOD: 2026 September 29 – Sh2-188: The Shrimp Nebula
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