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5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Hurricane Melissa is seen 50 miles south of Jamaica in this photograph taken from the International Space Station on Oct. 28, 2025. NASA Last November, NASA and its European partners launched the Sentinel-6B satellite to improve hurricane forecasts, help protect infrastructure, and benefit commercial … Read more

From Revolutionary War battlefields to today’s frontlines, the Purple Heart has served as a recognition of sacrifice and heroism. How well do you know the history behind America’s oldest military medal? Source: www.war.gov

4 Min Read NASA Uses Subscale Aircraft to Accelerate Flight Innovation An atmospheric probe model attached upside down to a quad rotor remotely piloted aircraft ascends with the Moon visible on Oct. 22, 2024. The quad rotor aircraft released the probe above Rogers Dry Lake, a flight area adjacent NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in … Read more

Jaden Caradine knew he wanted to be an engineer at eight years old. He just took a winding road to get there. Before he enrolled at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, before he discovered the field that would become his focus, and before he landed a Pathways internship at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, Caradine … Read more

Approximately 300 cadets participated in the Space Force’s Azimuth program throughout the summer at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., where they gained exposure to its missions, organizations and guardian culture. Source: www.war.gov

Joseph Hewes, William Hooper and John Penn represented North Carolina at the Second Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Source: www.war.gov

Army Staff Sgt. Stanley Bender was an infantryman during World War II whose unwavering courage under extreme fire earned him the Medal of Honor.  Source: www.war.gov

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA has been taking pictures of the Moon for decades, collecting a wealth of data. This false-color picture is a composite of 15 images of the Moon taken through three color filters on NASA’s Galileo solid-state imaging system. Credit: NASA The barren lunar landscape … Read more

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Jon Harman poses in front of an example of the Rancho Bernardo style of Native American artwork that’s barely visible until Dstretch is applied.  Credit: Jon Harman  High in the central tower in the ancient Cambodian temple of Angkor Wat, paintings depict horseback riders and a traditional … Read more

NASA, ESA/Hubble, D. Gouliermis NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures a photogenic nebula, N44, in the Large Magellanic Cloud in this Sept. 3, 2026, image. N44 is dominated by two features: a vast central void and a shell of dense, dusty gas. The central void is a ‘superbubble’ spanning roughly 210 by 140 light-years across. The … Read more