Environment & Sustainability

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Finds Crystal-Spewing Protostar

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (NASA-JPL), Joel Green (STScI); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the actively forming protostar EC 53 (circled at left) in the Serpens Nebula in…

Submit Your #NASAMoonCrew to NASA

Submit Your #NASAMoonCrew to NASA Ahead of the Artemis II mission, NASA wants to know: who is in YOUR #NASAMoonCrew? Share your photos, art, videos—anything depicting your crew—with the world! Please submit your creation in this form to allow NASA…

NASA, Partners Advance LISA Prototype Hardware

3 min read NASA, Partners Advance LISA Prototype Hardware Engineers and scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, completed tests this month on a second early version of a key element of the upcoming LISA (Laser Interferometer…

Rio de Janeiro state bans shark meat for school meals

RIO DE JANEIRO — The government of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has banned shark meat for meals in most of the schools it manages, citing health and environmental concerns. The move puts the state in line to…

Artemis II: Inside NASA’s New Ride to the Moon

Episode description:   During Artemis II, humans will fly Orion—NASA’s next-generation spaceship designed to take us to the Moon and beyond—for the first time. Tour Orion with Branelle Rodriguez, the vehicle manager for Artemis II, to hear about the support systems…