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’s Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully completed a maneuver that pushed the lander into the Moon’s orbit. Blue Ghost is targeted to land on the Moon on March 2. go.nasa.gov/4gGzgyQ

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1 spacecraft took one of the most iconic photographs of our home planet 35 years ago today. The "Pale Blue Dot" image shows Earth as a pixel-sized point of light, highlighting our vulnerability—how small we are on a cosmic scale.

Earth is a single, bright blue pixel in the vastness of space. Rays of sunlight scattered within the camera optics stretch across the scene, one of which happens to have intersected dramatically with Earth. The original image was taken on Feb. 14, 1990. What you see here is an updated version from 2020 using modern image-processing software and techniques. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech⁣⁣

Could you use a little space this Valentine’s Day? We've got you.

This image from our Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the Sun in ultraviolet light. The dark patches resembling the eyes and mouth of a smiley face are coronal holes—regions where fast solar wind rushes out into space.

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Local Lead, and bring the world's largest annual hackathon to your area! Grow in your field while you rally your community to tackle real challenges on Earth and in space. Apply here: bit.ly/4jJPES8

NASA insignia on a background with a view of Earth's surface from orbit. Credit: NASA

What do our missions in space do for you? Technologies that make science and exploration possible lead to advances in medical equipment, manufacturing, and computing. Find out how we’re making life on Earth better in this year’s

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report: go.nasa.gov/3WUexAM

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Why not start your evening with a little Moon meditation? Look up on Feb. 12 to see the full moon. Take a look at our Moon photography guide to help you commemorate the occasion: go.nasa.gov/4aUFJVM

In this picture from May 25, 2021, the nearly full moon rises over National Harbor in Fort Washington, Maryland. The Moon is just under the tip of the triangle shape formed by a structure. Some buildings and water can be seen in the background, while a few people are in the dimly lit foreground.⁣ Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls⁣

Cloudgazing... on Mars!

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captured these colorful clouds drifting across the Martian sky. The iridescent, carbon dioxide ice formations offer clues about Mars' atmosphere and weather: go.nasa.gov/417jkkF

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NASA and SpaceX are accelerating the target launch and return dates for the upcoming crew rotation missions to and from

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. #Crew10 launch now is targeted for March 12, pending mission readiness and completion of flight readiness: go.nasa.gov/4hQPQwR

The official portrait of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 members with (from left) Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos; Pilot Nichole Ayers and Commander Anne McClain, both NASA astronauts; and Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). Photo credit: NASA/Bill Stafford/Helen Arase Vargas

A taste of what’s to come. This animation reveals in vivid detail how the Artemis II mission will launch from

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, fly around the Moon, and splash back down on Earth — all with four astronauts aboard. Watch the full version here: youtu.be/Ke6XX8FHOHM

Another time-honored Super Bowl tradition: Did you know that the

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is 357 feet end-to-end? That’s almost the same length as a football field, including both end zones. #SBLIX

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LIVE: Leaders discuss NASA science and tech flying aboard

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’ second trip to the Moon—including our Lunar Trailblazer, which will map water on the Moon. Intuitive Machines' lunar lander, Athena, will launch no earlier than Feb. 26, 2025. youtu.be/fKT99-GcgOM

Intuitive Machines' lunar lander, Athena, is in a clean room. A large U.S. flag hangs on the white wall behind the lander. A strip of lighting dimly illuminates the floor under the flag. Credit: Intuitive Machines

As a kid, Southern California native Kathryn Chapman saw firsthand the devastation of wildfires. Now, as a

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researcher at

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, she's finding new ways to fight fires on the ground and in the air. Be inspired by her Surprisingly STEM story.

They say practice makes perfect. And it’s super important if you’re going to the Moon. Read about yesterday's

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flight that simulated lunar gravity for a whopping ~2 minutes, giving researchers more time to prep technologies for the big trip: go.nasa.gov/42KVLPU

Live from space! Join our very first

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, who recently returned home from living aboard the station. go.nasa.gov/3WPYXpz

Chat live with

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LIVE: We discuss our upcoming PUNCH (Polarimetry to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, which will launch four small satellites into low Earth orbit to make global, 3D observations of the Sun’s outer atmosphere and help us learn about solar wind. youtu.be/3-zXwq8eSg0

Illustration of the four PUNCH spacecraft in low Earth orbit. Earth is below and left of the satellites. There are some city lights visible on Earth. The Sun shines bright at upper right. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

NASA is seeking U.S. proposals for a public/private partnership to land and operate the VIPER rover mission on the Moon. VIPER will search for ice on the lunar surface and collect science data as a part of our Artemis campaign. go.nasa.gov/4aMkLZ5

Turning up the heat on Io

Our Juno spacecraft has discovered a hot spot in the southern hemisphere of Jupiter's moon Io. Scientists spotted one of its most intense volcanic eruptions ever recorded—which says a lot for a moon with over 400 volcanoes! go.nasa.gov/411LdKU

This is a montage of images of Jupiter and its volcanic moon Io, taken by New Horizons during the spacecraft's Jupiter flyby in early 2007. The left side of Jupiter is illuminated, while its other half is in shadows. Details of Jupiter's red stripes are visible, while its beige stripes take a bluish hue. To the right of Jupiter is its volcanic moon Io. The image shows a major eruption in progress on Io's night side, at the northern volcano Tvashtar. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Goddard Space Flight Center

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