NASA’s Machines for Mars Make Beer Bubbly 

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A brewer makes adjustments to the Earthly Labs carbon-capture unit, which purifies carbon dioxide from the beer brewing process for use in carbonation. Credit: Chart Industries Inc. In 2021, Maine Beer Company’s carbon dioxide supplier ran short on carbon dioxide. “There was potential for … Read more

Practicing for Safe Landings on the Moon and Beyond

NASA/Ryan Kline In this Aug. 27, 2026, image, an Alta-X drone flies an advanced guidance and navigation system known as the Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) experiment near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston developed SPLICE, which successfully completed simulated lunar … Read more

US-India Satellite Captures Time-lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption

In this animation, frames of NISAR data from December 2025 to August 2026 show the spread of lava from the northern crater of Krasheninnikov, a volcano pair on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. In the image, the lava field appears brighter in the foreground than the surrounding surfaces. Credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio Like tendrils on a vine, … Read more

NASA to Study Human Health, Performance During Crew-13 Mission

(April 30, 2026) — The SpaceX Crew-13 members are pictured in their pressure suits seated inside a mockup Dragon spacecraft during a preflight training session at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are, Roscosmos Sergey Teteryatnikov, NASA astronauts Luke Delaney and Jessica Watkins, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk. Credit: SpaceX … Read more

APOD: 2026 September 24 – The Ghosts of Five Supernovas

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 24 –… 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 written by a professional astronomer. OriginalAnnotated The Ghosts … Read more

NASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Research Flights Over Colorado

A photo of the Dynamic Aviation A200 aircraft, which will conduct low-flying research flights over farmland near Greeley, Colorado, to measure emissions in October 2026. Dynamic Aviation Agricultural emissions represent an important and understudied part of Earth’s land and atmosphere systems. The FarmFlux mission will deploy more than a dozen sensors to measure ozone, methane, ammonia, particulates, and other pollutants rising from … Read more

NASA’s Hubble Telescope Reaches Milestone, Looks for Elusive Supernova

An image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope of galaxy cluster MACS J0417 is part of repeated observations to monitor for the reappearance of supernova Athena, which can help astronomers measure the expansion rate of the universe. NASA, ESA, STScI, M. Pascale (UCLA); Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI) NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of … Read more

FFA 2026 Hyperwall Schedule

Explore This Section Earth Earth Observer Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News In Memoriam Announcements Archives FFA 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #648) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 10:00 AM NISAR Updates, One Year After Launch Paul Rosen, Marco … Read more