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Satellite Events for Tonight

NASA’s 2025 Astronaut Candidates: Shaping Artemis Exploration 

Reported by NASA

When NASA’s 2025 astronaut candidates arrived at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston this fall, they stepped into history, sharing a common mission to master the skills and teamwork that define NASA’s next era of exploration.  Selected ...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 20:00 +0000

New NASA HEAT and My NASA Data Resources Bring Space Weather Science into Classrooms

Reported by NASA

As the Sun enters a period of heightened activity, students now have a new way to explore its powerful effects on Earth and space. NASA’s Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT), in collaboration with My NASA Data, has released a new set of cl...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 18:52 +0000

NASA, NOAA Rank 2025 Ozone Hole as 5th Smallest Since 1992

Reported by NASA

The ozone hole over the Antarctic was small in 2025 compared to previous years and remains on track to recover later this century. The hole this year was the fifth smallest since 1992, the year a landmark international agreement to phase out ozone-depletin...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 18:00 +0000

NASA Citizen Science Toolkit for Librarians

Reported by NASA

NASA’s Toolkit for Librarians can help you share NASA citizen science opportunities with your patrons and community members. Rural and urban libraries, informal educators, youth group leaders, and retirement community coordinators can all benefit from th...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:52 +0000

City Lights and Atmospheric Glow

Reported by NASA

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui captured this photo of southern Europe and the northwestern Mediterranean coast from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above Earth on Aug. 30, 2025. At left, the Po Valley...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:13 +0000

The Box vs The Bulldozer: The Story of Two Space Gas Stations

Reported by Universe Today

Using in-situ propellant has been a central pillar of the plan to explore much of the solar system. The logic is simple - the less mass (especially in the form of propellant) we have to take out of Earth’s gravity well, the less expensive, and therefore ...
  • By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
  • On: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:48 +0000