Environment & Sustainability

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Spotlite: Do Plants Need Soil?

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video What do plants really need to grow? In this NASA Spotlite, a student producer explores the idea that plants can only grow…

Spotlite: Can Plants Dance?

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Can plants dance or move? In this NASA Spotlite, student producers from Hialeah Gardens High School confront the misconception that plants cannot…

Spotlite: Bacteria, Friend or Foe?

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Student producers from Missouri City, Texas confront the misconception that all bacteria are harmful. In this NASA Spotlite, they explore the many…

Spacewalk and Japanese Cargo Craft Departure Preps Kick Off Week

The new HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), carrying over 12,000 pounds of science, supplies, and hardware, approaches the International Space Station for a robotic capture on Oct. 29, 2025. NASA The Expedition 74 crew kicked off…

Collaborating Through Data: Inside the PSI Users Group

3 min read Collaborating Through Data: Inside the PSI Users Group About the PSI Users Group The Physical Sciences Informatics (PSI) Users Group is a recurring Webex forum that brings together researchers, open-science practitioners, and collaborators from across the physical…

IAUS 404: Advancing the Search for Technosignatures

ExEP … Meetings/Events IAUS 404: Advancing the Search… ExEP Home Overview Team Missions Science Overview Decadal Surveys ExoExplorers Technology Technology Overview Needs and Gap Lists Strategic Astrophysics Technology (SAT) Awards ExEP Technology Colloquium Series In-Space Servicing and Assembly (iSSA) Segmented…

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory Begins Primary Science Mission 

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory began its 24-month primary science mission on March 1. The spacecraft, launched in September 2025, will focus its full efforts on studying Earth’s exosphere, the vast cloud of hydrogen that forms the outermost part of our atmosphere.  Carruthers launched…