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NASA Sets Coverage for Roman Space Telescope Launch from Florida

24 Aug 2026 at 8:44pm
Coverage plans are ready for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope prelaunch and launch activities. Roman is NASA’s next-generation observatory designed to explore some of the universe’s biggest mysteries, including dark energy. NASA and SpaceX are targeting Roman’s liftoff for no earlier than... Read more...

Perseverance Captures Another Phobos Transit

24 Aug 2026 at 5:56pm
Description NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture the silhouette of Phobos, one of the two Martian moons, as it crossed in front of the Sun on Aug. 12, 2026, the 1,948th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.  The animation has been tinted to simulate what a human woul... Read more...

Starstruck: NASA Research Shows How Sun’s Ancient History Shaped Earth

24 Aug 2026 at 5:53pm
At the center of our solar system, the Sun influences every planet that orbits it. In two recent NASA-funded studies, scientists uncovered how ancient events in the Sun’s history may have helped create Earth’s unique climate and driven previously unexplained climatic shifts.   In new research, sc... Read more...

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman at Freedom 250 Grand Prix

24 Aug 2026 at 5:34pm
NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman is seen in the two-seat IndyCar as he prepares for driver Conor Daly to take him on a lap ahead of the start of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Image credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Read more...

MAIA Air Sensor at Work in Addis Ababa

24 Aug 2026 at 5:27pm
Description This roof-mounted air sensor in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is one of 10 used by NASA’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) to study the city’s air quality. MAIA’s air sensors provide a detailed look at particulate matter that is 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter, also ... Read more...

Mapping Air Pollution With MAIA Sensors in Addis Ababa

24 Aug 2026 at 5:21pm
Description This map of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, shows the locations of 10 air sensors that NASA’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) mission is using to provide one of the most detailed looks ever at the city’s air pollution. Over the course of three years, these sensors measure... Read more...

APOD: 2026 August 24 – Comet 220P in Outburst

24 Aug 2026 at 4:05am
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 24 – Comet… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanat... Read more...

What Lake Bonneville Left Behind

24 Aug 2026 at 4:01am
The drying of the massive lake exposed playas that became the setting for feats of engineering and technological ingenuity, as well as epic tales of exploration and desperation. Read more...

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4982–4987: Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming

23 Aug 2026 at 7:39am
By Allison Dries-Padilla, Missions Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 This week of Curiosity Mars rover operations takes us back to our “regularly scheduled programming.” After taking a slight detour to investigate the “erosional surfac... Read more...

APOD: 2026 August 22 – Mostly Perseids

22 Aug 2026 at 4:05am
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 22… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation writ... Read more...

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