Inside NASA’s audacious plan to save a doomed space telescope

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is in a race against time. For more than 21 years the Earth-orbiting telescope has surveyed the sky for gamma-ray bursts—the most powerful and luminous

Peek inside NASA’s Mars habitat where humans train for life on the red planet

NASA has offered a sneak peek inside its Mars simulation habitat where four volunteers have now spent 150 days isolated from the outside world. By living within the confines of the 1,700-square-foot Mars Dune Alpha habitat at the Johnson Space Center in Houston,
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From Moon base to nuclear spacecraft: Inside NASA’s strategic overhaul to win space race against China

NASA has announced an array of changes in a strategic overhaul, aiming to expand the US lunar dominance and win the global space race against China. On Tuesday, NASA chief Jared Isaacman

NASA peers inside an asteroid | Space photo of the day for March 19, 2026

NASA has used advanced imaging techniques to peer inside samples of asteroid Bennu, discovering extensive networks of cracks running throughout the rock particles.
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How do astronauts return safely after splashdown? Inside NASA crew recovery operations

A look at how NASA coordinates astronaut recovery after ocean splashdown, including planning, training, risk management, and real-time operations with commercial partners.

Inside NASA's year-long Mars simulation

Four volunteers, sealed inside a Mars simulation in Houston for a year. 22-minute delays. Total isolation. They won’t step out until Oct. 2026.
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Inside NASA’s X-59 Low-Boom Demonstrator

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft began its 1-hr. 7-min. first flight on Oct. 28 upon lifting off from U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. Credit: Carla Thomas/NASA As the first major piloted NASA X-plane to fly in a generation ...
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Can AI and new materials improve aerospace design? Inside NASA TTT research

NASA’s Transformational Tools and Technologies project integrates AI, advanced materials, and computational methods to accelerate aerospace design and improve aircraft and space systems.

Flying into the unknown: Inside NASA’s mission from Labrador

The goal of the NASA mission called NURTURE is to improve winter weather forecasting. CBC meteorologist Ashley Brauweiler spoke to one of the teams in Happy Valley-Goose Bay about flying straight into the weather in order to be able to better predict storms.