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Water Distribution Near Moon’s South Pole Mapped Using NASA SOFIA Data

Data from NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was used to create a water distribution map of the ...

An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit

There has been much discussion in the space community recently about building large data centers in orbit to avoid the ...
Space.com

NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say

The Senate's report supports Space.com's findings, stating, "as early as June 2025, NASA began 'implementing immediately' ...

A plan written by Trump’s NASA pick was leaked. Here’s what to know about ‘Project Athena’

A 62-page document written by billionaire Jared Isaacman outlines a sweeping, ambitious, and at times controversial plan for ...

A confidential manifesto lays out Isaacman's sweeping new vision for NASA

The former, and possibly future, nominee for the space agency said he did not intend for the document’s public release.
National Snow and Ice Data Center

New data set release: SnowEx23 Time-Lapse Imagery, Version 1

The SnowEx23 Time-Lapse Imagery, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). The data set contains time-lapse ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Story of NASA Ames and its 80×120-foot wind tunnel that changed future of flight

How NASA Ames’ 80×120-foot wind tunnel became the beating heart of American aeronautics, testing everything from spacecraft ...

NASA’s cool careers go beyond a flight to space

NASA offer cool careers that go far beyond being an astronaut. There are plenty of jobs that are just as impressive such as ...
UK Defence Journal

NASA and Lockheed Martin’s X-59 completes first flight

The aircraft took off from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, and landed safely at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research ...

NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars—twin satellites dubbed Blue and Gold will launch in early November

The first dual-satellite mission to another planet, NASA's ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), is scheduled for launch no earlier than Sunday, Nov. 9, from Cape Canaveral ...
Aviation Week Network

NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Research Aircraft Makes First Flight

Flown by NASA X-59 lead pilot Nils Larson, the much-anticipated first flight of the Lockheed Martin-built aircraft began at 8 ...

NASA's supersonic jet completes its first flight in California

Nearly a decade after NASA partnered with Lockheed Martin to build the X-59, the supersonic jet has completed its first ...