Lander Simulation Testing Helps Advance NASA Navigation Spinoff

A navigation doppler lidar (NDL) technology originally developed by NASA was demonstrated on a flight test…

Mercury Concentrations in Yukon River Fish Could Surpass EPA Criterion by 2050

The concentration of mercury in the fish in Alaska’s Yukon River may exceed the EPA’s human…

PIA24020: Tao-Rusyr Volcano, Kuril Islands

           Target: Earth Mission:  Terra Instrument:  ASTER Image Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team…

NASA Missions Spy First Possible ‘Survivor’ Planet Hugging White Dwarf Star

An international team of astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and retired Spitzer Space…

PIA24102: NASA's UAVSAR Flights Observe California Fires

           Target: Earth Instrument:  UAVSAR Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Click here for original story, PIA24102:…

NASA Takes Flight to Study California's Wildfire Burn Areas

While the agency’s satellites image the wildfires from space, scientists are flying over burn areas, using…

How Scientists Around the World Track the Solar Cycle

NASA scientists study the solar cycle so we can better predict solar activity. Solar Cycle 25…

Transforming Water Management in the U.S. West with NASA Data

The web-based platform called OpenET will put NASA data in the hands of farmers, water managers…

ISS Daily Summary Report – 9/15/2020

Payloads ELF (Electro-static Levitation Furnace): The crew configured cables to allow ground teams to initiate a…

Solar Cycle 25 Is Here. NASA, NOAA Scientists Explain What That Means

Solar Cycle 25 has begun. During a media event on Tuesday, experts from NASA and the…