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Barents Sea Tied to Low Arctic Sea Ice
Patches of open water in the region contributed to low sea ice extent across the Arctic in March 2026, which …
NASA’s Artemis II Mission Leaves Earth Orbit for Flight around Moon
For the first time in more than 50 years, astronauts on a NASA mission are bound to fly around the Moon after…
Artemis II Astronauts Launch to Moon
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft lift off in this April 1, 2026, image. NASA’s Artemis …
Réunion Island Lava Reaches the Sea
The February 2026 eruption at Piton de la Fournaise has lasted longer and produced a larger volume of lava th…
Liftoff! NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Artemis Moon Mission
Spurred by American ingenuity, astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission are in flight, preparing for the first…
March of the Harmattan
Strong winds in March 2026 carried Saharan dust across northwestern Africa and toward the Canary Islands, red…
Godspeed, Artemis II!
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir took this photo of an Artemis program patch floating in the International Space S…
Landsat Reveals Reservoir Changes and Bathymetry
In two recent studies, researchers used Landsat data to fill key gaps in our knowledge of reservoir structure…
Fires Tear Through Nebraska Grasslands
Dry, warm, and windy conditions across the U.S. Great Plains led to extreme fire activity in March 2026.
Sendoff for Artemis II Crew
From left to right, NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, CSA (Canadian Space Age…
Seeing Blue During Schirmacher’s Summer Melt Season
A network of meltwater lakes and drainage channels made an Antarctic ice shelf known for its blue ice areas e…
I Am Artemis: Erik Richards
Listen to this audio excerpt from Erik Richards, Near Space Network Mission Manager: For Erik Richards, suppo…