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Progress 94 Launch Set to Resupply Expedition 74 — NASA Science

Progress 94 Launch Set to Resupply Expedition 74

Live coverage is underway on Amazon Prime and the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to watch content through a variety of online platforms, including social media. The unpiloted Progress 94 spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 7:59 a.m. EDT (4:59 p.m. Baikonur time) on a

Progress cargo craft launches to resupply station crew — NASA Science

Progress cargo craft launches to resupply station crew

The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 94 spacecraft reached orbit after launching at 7:59 a.m. EDT (4:59 p.m. Baikonur time) on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. One of the craft’s two KURS automated rendezvous antennas did not deploy as planned after launch, though

Perseverance finds buried ancient river on Mars — Mashable

Perseverance finds buried ancient river on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered signs of an ancient river beneath the surface of Jezero Crater, using ground-penetrating radar to reveal buried layers of sediment left by flowing water. The channel appears to have been larger and faster-moving than many scientists expected—perhaps comparable to medium-size rivers on

Smiles and Spacesuits — NASA Science

Smiles and Spacesuits

Astronaut Chris Williams smiles at the camera during a spacesuit fit verification on Jan. 2, 2026, inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock. The procedure confirms that the spacesuit is airtight and properly configured, assesses comfort and mobility, and helps prevent potential safety risks. Williams and fellow astronaut Jessica

NASA selects university finalists for 2026 RASC-AL competition — NASA Science

NASA selects university finalists for 2026 RASC-AL competition

NASA selected 14 university teams from across the nation as finalists in the 2026 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition. The challenge tasks students to design innovative concepts that could further human life and work on the Moon, Mars, and beyond, and links academia with the aerospace community

Exploration, science inspire 'Project Hail Mary' film — NASA Science

Exploration, science inspire 'Project Hail Mary' film

Real-life space exploration and big-screen science fiction will converge on Friday as the agency prepares to launch Artemis II, the first crewed mission under the Artemis program and another step toward sending the first astronauts – Americans – to Mars. The fictional film "Project Hail Mary" will take audiences on

Week Wraps with Health Research and Spacewalk Closeout Procedures — NASA Science

Week Wraps with Health Research and Spacewalk Closeout Procedures

Health research and final spacewalk closeouts wrapped up the week for the Expedition 74 crew aboard the International Space Station as they prepared to receive a cargo delivery next week. To understand how the human body reacts to space, residents collected biological samples for ground teams; Jack Hathaway and Jessica

NASA Glenn Opens Applications for Free Summer Engineering Institute — NASA Science

NASA Glenn Opens Applications for Free Summer Engineering Institute

NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland will host the 2026 NASA Glenn High School Engineering Institute this July. The five-day, hands-on program is designed to help rising high school juniors and seniors prepare for a future in the aerospace workforce, and applications open Friday, March 20 and run through

Artemis II Moon Rocket Heads Back to Launch Pad — NASA Science

Artemis II Moon Rocket Heads Back to Launch Pad

The Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft began rolling to Launch Pad 39B at 12:20 a.m. EDT on Friday, March 20. Rollout operations at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida were delayed earlier in the day by high winds. The trek to

Restless Kīlauea Launches Lava and Ash — NASA Science

Restless Kīlauea Launches Lava and Ash

Kīlauea’s episode 43 flared on March 10, 2026, with high lava fountains and widespread ash dispersal. From about 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time, lava issued from two vents on the southwest side of Halema‘uma‘u Crater, producing fountains estimated at 1,770 feet (540

NASA to Cover Progress 94 Launch and Space Station Docking — NASA Science

NASA to Cover Progress 94 Launch and Space Station Docking

NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos Progress 94 cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 7:59 a.m. EDT (4:59 p.

Probing AGN-Driven Feedback in Low-Mass Galaxies — NASA Science

Probing AGN-Driven Feedback in Low-Mass Galaxies

Virtual seminar, 26 March 2026, 4:00pm ET / 1:00pm PT. Presented to the DGCE SIG community, this seminar features Dr. Archana Aravindan of the University of Texas, Austin, and focuses on active galactic nuclei (AGN) in low-mass galaxies. Black holes are often linked with massive galaxies, yet more are

Laser Reflector Boosts GPS Satellite Accuracy — NASA Science

Laser Reflector Boosts GPS Satellite Accuracy

A NASA laser reflecting instrument that will improve Global Positioning System accuracy became operational on March 9. The device, called a laser retroreflector array (LRA), launched aboard GPS III SV-09, the ninth of U.S. Space Force’s Block III GPS satellites, on Jan. 27. LRAs are sets of mirrors

American bald eagle at Kennedy Space Center — NASA Science

American bald eagle at Kennedy Space Center

An American bald eagle flies away from its nest and tree at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 13, 2026. Nesting surveys across Kennedy, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, and Canaveral National Seashore are conducted annually to document the number of active and inactive bald eagle nests.

Second Annual Space Weather R2O2R Meeting in Boulder, CO — NASA Science

Second Annual Space Weather R2O2R Meeting in Boulder, CO

You are cordially invited to participate in the Second Annual Space Weather Research to Operations to Research (R2O2R) Meeting, which will be held on Monday, April 27, 2026 in Boulder, CO, as a side meeting to 2026 Space Weather Workshop. The Space Weather Program Office is honored to host this

Executive Director, NASA Exoplanet Science Institute — NASA Science

Executive Director, NASA Exoplanet Science Institute

NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP) is seeking candidates to serve as the next Executive Director of the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI) at Caltech. NExScI is the science center for ExEP and serves as a central hub for the exoplanet research community, providing critical infrastructure, data services, and scientific

IR STIG PRIMA Seminar, 23 March 2026 — NASA Science

IR STIG PRIMA Seminar, 23 March 2026

Virtual seminar on 23 March 2026 at 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT. Community IR STIG seminar: "M82 y sus Primas con PRIMA: Spectroscopic Mapping of the M81 Group with FIRESS." Speaker Rebecca Levy (Space Telescope Science Institute). The far-infrared (FIR) holds the key to understanding the energy

Crew Enjoys Light-Duty Day, Debriefs Spacewalk — NASA Science

Crew Enjoys Light-Duty Day, Debriefs Spacewalk

Four International Space Station residents had a light-duty day Thursday, taking time off and finishing closeout procedures after yesterday’s spacewalk. Astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams ended a seven-hour, two-minute spacewalk at 3:54 p.m. EDT, completing tasks to prepare the 2A power channel for the future installation

PhysCOS activities at APS — 19 March 2026 — NASA Science

PhysCOS activities at APS — 19 March 2026

If you’re attending the American Physical Society’s Global Physics Summit in Denver, CO, stop by the PhysCOS booth in the Hyatt Regency, beside the registration desk on the 3rd floor. Note the following activities on Thursday 19 March that may be of special interest to the PhysCOS community.

Moonbound — For All Humanity screening and live panel — NASA Science

Moonbound — For All Humanity screening and live panel

NASA, in partnership with the Greenbelt Cinema, invites you to a special screening of Moonbound – For All Humanity, a NASA+ original documentary that goes behind the scenes with the Artemis II astronauts as they prepare for humanity’s next giant leap. The event is Monday, March 23; doors open at

Did you solve it? Are you a match for the dinkiest mag in maths? — Lifestyle | The Guardian

Did you solve it? Are you a match for the dinkiest mag in maths?

Earlier today I posed four puzzles from the Hyde Park Math Zine, a maths fanzine from Austin, Texas. Here they are again with solutions. Ring it — Each region has a perimeter given by its enclosed number. What is the length just along the edge of the entire figure? Solution 25.

Australia’s Red Centre Turns Green — NASA Science

Australia’s Red Centre Turns Green

The town of Alice Springs sits near Australia’s geographic center in a region often called the Red Centre for the rusty hue of its desert. After weeks of heavy rainfall in February and March 2026, vast swathes of desert and surrounding mountains turned lush and green. The MODIS instrument

NASA Glenn Faculty Fellowships: 2026 Summer Projects — NASA Science

NASA Glenn Faculty Fellowships: 2026 Summer Projects

The NASA Glenn Faculty Fellowship Program is a 10-week residential research opportunity for full-time STEM faculty who are U.S. citizens, Lawful Permanent Residents, Permanent Resident Aliens, or Green Card holders teaching at accredited U.S. colleges and universities. Awards support one summer residency (June to August) at Glenn Research

Artemis II Rollout Set for March 19 as Crew Enters Quarantine — NASA Science

Artemis II Rollout Set for March 19 as Crew Enters Quarantine

Engineers are targeting 8 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 19, to begin rolling the Artemis II SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 will carry the 11-million-pound stack, including the mobile launcher, at about 1 mph along

Astronauts Install Solar Array Mod Kit, Complete Spacewalk — NASA Science

Astronauts Install Solar Array Mod Kit, Complete Spacewalk

Jessica Meir and Chris Williams concluded a spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 3:54 p.m. EDT. The outing lasted about seven hours and two minutes; it was Williams’ first spacewalk and Meir’s fourth. Their primary work prepared the 2A power channel, a step that will allow