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Event: Holiday Stargazing Spectacular - CLOSED

Event: Holiday Stargazing Spectacular - CLOSED

Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events

When: Fri, Dec 19, 2025 - CLOSED

Welcome to the Frosty Drew Observatory Holiday Stargazing Spectacular! Tonight we will keep the Observatory and Science Center closed. Read about it....
  • By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
  • On: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:58:55 EDT

Meet NASA’s Astronaut Class of 2025 – Webby Submission

Reported by NASA

NASA engineers are laying the foundation for the moonwalks the first woman and next man will conduct when they land on the lunar South Pole in 2024 as part of the Artemis program. At the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, teams are testi...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:01 +0000

NASA Shares SpaceX Crew-12 Assignments for Space Station Mission

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As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, four crew members from three space agencies will launch no earlier than Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, to the International Space Station for a long-duration science expedition. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hath...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:21 +0000

NASA Johnson’s 2025 Milestones

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NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston closed 2025 with major progress across human spaceflight, research, and exploration. From Artemis II mission preparations to science aboard the International Space Station, teams at Johnson helped prepare for fu...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:59 +0000

NASA’s Wideband Technology Demo Proves Space Missions are Free to Roam

Reported by NASA

Just like your cellphone stays connected by roaming between networks, NASA’s Polylingual Experimental Terminal, or PExT, technology demonstration is proving space missions can do the same by switching seamlessly between government and commercial communic...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:57 +0000

Water Droplet Science

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NASA astronaut Don Pettit demonstrates electrostatic forces using charged water droplets and a knitting needle made of Teflon. This series of overlapping frames from Feb. 19, 2025, displays the unique attraction-repulsion properties of Teflon and charged d...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:43 +0000