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Studying the atmosphere from the sky can give us a clear picture of invisible hazards like turbulence or smoke.

From astronaut gloves to space food, NASA Centennial Challenges looks to the public for solutions.

Once on the lunar surface, MSOLO will search for the presence of Helium-3, which may be trapped in the lunar dust.

A starfield made up of a very small slice of space is all the Europa Clipper needs to determine where it's headed.

A research team from Purdue University plans to use laser beams pointed at an origami inspired sail for power.

Landing on the Moon is no small feat, but with advanced landing technologies, NASA is SPLICE-ing the way for safe, autonomous landings.

NASA is looking for solvers who can recycle waste into usable products.

These squishy robots offer a relatively easy way to place delicate instruments in hard-to-reach places.

Winter means closed windows and stale air. But, with the help of this NASA spinoff, you can choose houseplants that help you breathe easier.

We hear about it. But exactly what is AI?

Although our home world is a dynamic and stormy planet, temperatures on other planets may surprise you.

As you're watching your favorite football games today, you'll see NASA technology in play.

Astronauts on the International Space Station will pass midnight sixteen times on New Year's Eve.

It's not too late. You can still send your name to the Moon and back.

For a quarter of each Uranian year, half of the planet is plunged into a twenty-one-year winter of total darkness.

To see Earth from space is to be forever changed by the view.

Each year astronauts aboard the International Space Station beam holiday messages back to Earth.

On Christmas morning, mission control waited anxiously for word that Apollo 8's engine burn to leave lunar orbit had worked.

Jupiter shines brightly in the night sky. As it approaches opposition, the planet will the fourth brightest object in the sky.

As we mark the first day of winter, summer is beginning in Antarctica. And that means it's time to look for meteorites.

Thanks to LRO's data, astronauts will be prepared as they fly past the Moon next year to make split-second inferences about the features they see, as only humans can.

NASA work produced a wool filter that is effective at removing particulates in high-moisture environments, making it the perfect choice for medical devices.

Are your holiday lights bright enough to be seen from space?

After their mission was cancelled in October, the Gemini VI team was assigned a December launch where the capsule would tag-up with Gemini VII, marking the first time two vehicles would rendezvous in space.

Analog missions are conducted to find ways to keep astronauts healthy and mission ready when humans explore the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

For as long as humans have been traveling to space, they have taken their holiday traditions with them.

Four Artemis astronauts could generate more than four thousand pounds of trash in a year. But how do astronauts take out the trash?

A rock-solid performance on the lunar surface makes the Lunar PlanetVac a promising technology for sample collection missions in the future.

When Astronauts Cernan, Evans, and Schmitt climbed into the command module of Apollo 17, they knew it would be the last of the highly successful Moon program. Apollo 18, 19, and 20 had already been cancelled.

Many NASA technologies created for space help make life on our home planet easier.

Not every mission is a success. But every mission is an opportunity to innovate for the future.

Researchers at NASA have found a novel paint-by-numbers method to measure experimental data faster and more accurately than ever before.

Moon mapping could help locate active faults in the lunar South Pole.

Smart technology designed to help rovers and drones is now revolutionizing quality control in food production factories on Earth.

After the most powerful geomagnetic storm of 2025 forced a launch delay, NASA's ESCAPADE is on its way to Mars.

It's Black Hole Friday! Have you made a list of things you should know about one of the universe's biggest mysteries?

The first Thanksgiving in space was celebrated in 1973, when Skylab 4 astronauts marked the occasion by eating two meals for dinner.

Snoopy is a star in Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, with Beagle Scout Snoopy making an appearance this year. But floating in the parade isn't the only time Snoopy has left the ground.

The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024.

NASA's newest astrophysics observatory added its observations to what we know about an interstellar visitor to our solar system.

Every NASA mission pushes the boundaries of human understanding. But the story doesn't end when the mission concludes.

As of 2024, there are more than forty-five thousand human-made objects orbiting Earth.