Environment & Sustainability

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Canadarm2 Reaches Out and Captures Cygnus XL Cargo Craft

The Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft arrives at its capture point 10 meters away from the International Space Station before the Canadarm2 robotic arm, operated by NASA astronaut Chris Williams, reaches out and grapples the resupply ship. NASA+ At 1:20 p.m.…

AI/ML STIG Lecture, 13 April 2026

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Artemis II Astronauts Aboard USS John P. Murtha

NASA/Bill Ingalls The first astronauts to travel to the Moon in more than half a century are back on Earth after a record-setting mission aboard NASA’s Artemis II test flight. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (commander), Christina Koch (mission specialist), Victor…

Council recommends opening US Pacific marine monuments to commercial fishing

A U.S. fishing regulator recently recommended allowing commercial fishing across all four of the country’s Pacific marine national monuments. The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (Wespac) said the move is “about restoring sustainable fishing.” Conservationists and native peoples, however,…

Defying conflict to track the world’s rarest chimpanzees

GASHAKA GUMTI NATIONAL PARK, Nigeria — Here in Nigeria’s largest protected wilderness area lies one of the last strongholds of the Nigeria–Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti), the world’s rarest chimpanzee subspecies. For nearly a decade, however, this population has lived…

Cygnus XL Cargo Craft Approaching Station for Robotic Capture

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo craft, carrying over 11,000 pounds of new science and supplies for the Expedition 73 crew, is pictiured moments before its capture with the Canadarm2 robotic arm on Sept. 18, 2025. NASA NASA’s coverage is underway…

Recreational anglers help boost bluefin tuna research

Recreational anglers help boost bluefin tuna research Brian (left) and Peter (right) Bacon have tagged 273 bluefin tuna during their time in NOAA’s tagging program. (Image credit: Courtesy of Brian and Peter Bacon) Download Image April 13, 2026 Imagine standing…