NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administrion

Since its inception in 1958, NASA has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space. NASA technology also has been adapted for many nonaerospace uses by the private sector. NASA remains a leading force in scientific research and in stimulating public interest in aerospace exploration, as well as science and technology in general. Perhaps more importantly, our exploration of space has taught us to view Earth, ourselves, and the universe in a new way. While the tremendous technical and scientific accomplishments of NASA demonstrate vividly that humans can achieve previously inconceivable feats, we also are humbled by the realization that Earth is just a tiny "blue marble" in the cosmos. Check out our "Thinking About NASA History" folder online as an introduction to how history can help you.

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Mars was once like Earth

"Mars once had a global magnetic field, generated deep inside the planet, strong enough to deflect the solar wind much as Earth’s does today."

https://spacedaily.com/t-mars-once-had-a-magnetic-field-strong-enough-to-deflect-solar-wind-just-as-earths-does-now-when-it-collapsed-the-planet-lost-its-atmosphere-and-its-oceans-within-a-geologically-brief-peri/

Interstellar Space Begin

"Where does the Solar System end and interstellar space begin?"https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-horizons-watches-the-solar-wind-as-it-slows-down

Jupiters Closest Flyby

"On October 24, 2017, NASA's Juno spacecraft made its 8th close flyby of Jupiter."

https://www.ba-bamail.com/science-and-technology/amazing-new-images-of-jupiter/

Old Quasers

"The Euclid space telescope has spotted the oldest quasars — the brightest objects in the universe — ever discovered, deepening a cosmic mystery that has been puzzling scientists."https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oldest-quasars-ever-discovered-euclid-telescope/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Katalyst

"NASA and Arizona-based startup Katalyst launched a robotic spacecraft over the Pacific on Thursday on a mission to rescue an aging NASA satellite observatory while demonstrating a new orbital grappling technology at the center of the U.S.-China space race."

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/space-startup-katalyst-launches-orbital-rescue-mission-aging-nasa-observatory-2026-07-03/

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Late 2023, Voyager 1

"In late 2023, one of the most distant machines humanity has ever built started talking nonsense."

https://spacedaily.com/t-in-2024-engineers-rescued-voyager-1-after-it-spent-months-transmitting-gibberish-remotely-rewriting-and-relocating-pieces-of-46-year-old-code-around-a-failed-memory-chip-from-more-than-24-billion-ki/

CHANDRA and the European Space Agency

"The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescopes have spotted the aftermath of three bright explosions echoing through the outer spiral arms of our galaxy, the Milky Way. By measuring the distance to these echoes, they found the outer arms to be up to 10% farther away than previously thought."

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-xmm-newton-chandra-distance-milky.html#google_vignette