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#NASA NASA Earth Observatory reports on May 2026 Santa Rosa Island fire in Channel Islands National Park. False-color and natural-color Landsat 9 images show rapid burn spread (5,690 to 16,600 acres) with uncontained perimeter. Fire likely human-caused n… ift.tt/K1qm6EH
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#NASA NASA’s Psyche Mission releases an enhanced-color image of Mars’ Huygens Crater, captured May 15, 2026. The 470 km crater and surrounding highlands show varied colors indicating dust, sand, and bedrock differences. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU. Dow… ift.tt/Mb4dalL
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#NASA NASA’s Psyche Mission captures a natural-color view of Mars’ Syrtis Major wind-blown crater streaks during a close approach, documenting 30-mile-long wind patterns and 30-mile craters. The PNG image, about 360 m per pixel, is processed for human-ey… ift.tt/L9uOYm1
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#NASA NASA Psyche mission’s high-resolution view of Mars’ south polar ice cap (May 15, 2026, 1:53 p.m. PDT) shows a 0.7 mile/pixel scale across a cap >430 miles wide. Mission will continue to asteroid Psyche in 2029; further details at … ift.tt/fSzEahe
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#NASA NASA’s Psyche Mission captures a near-complete view of Mars after a May 15, 2026 flyby, showing the south polar cap to Valles Marineris. Next, Psyche heads to the asteroid Psyche in the main belt (arriving Aug 2029) to study a potential planetary c… ift.tt/xXhmO2p
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#NASA NASA’s Psyche Mission captures a crescent of Mars on May 15, 2026, using the multispectral imager before a gravity assist. The natural-color view reveals a brighter, extended crescent due to scattering in Mars’ dusty atmosphere. The PNG image, PIA2… ift.tt/C1zSPqZ
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#NASA NASA’s Psyche mission completes Mars flyby with a gravity assist, boosting speed and adjusting trajectory toward the metal-rich asteroid Psyche (arrival 2029). The calibration-focused Mars observations include extensive imaging from multiple spacec… ift.tt/rw1HxMo
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#NASA Moon and Venus appear in conjunction above the Washington Monument, viewed from NASA Headquarters in Washington on May 18, 2026. From Earth they align closely, though they are millions of miles apart. See more photos of the conjunction; image credi… ift.tt/9qdN1aF
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#NASA Cindy Evans, Artemis geology training lead at NASA Johnson Space Center, prepares Artemis teams for lunar science. The piece highlights her 37-year NASA career across Shuttle, Shuttle-Mir, ISS, and Artemis; emphasizes hands-on geology training, fie… ift.tt/bvKg7Lr
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#NASA Summary: The Sun’s solar wind hits Earth’s magnetic field, forming a massive bow shock that can be chaotic or peaceful. Chaotic states may disrupt GPS, communications, and power. NASA’s MMS data drives the Shock Detectives citizen-science project t… ift.tt/WgolYrM
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#NASA The article discusses farming in the ancient Lake Agassiz region (Manitoba and surrounding areas), describing its history, geology, and the Dominion Land Survey's grid layout. It notes the photograph taken from the ISS (April 19, 2026) showing mode… ift.tt/hiH2bsG
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#NASA NASA’s Curiosity blog (Sols 4893–4899) documents drilling on Campo Marte, its naming rationale, and geochemical measurements (LIBS, APXS, MAHLI) to assess target thickness and drill retention. The update also covers a Psyche spacecraft flyby for gr… ift.tt/0vuyC9J
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#NASA Three NASA Johnson photographers—David DeHoyos (1st), Josh Valcarcel (2nd), and Bill Stafford (3rd)—won top honors in the 2025 NASA Imagery Experts Program portrait category. Their work showcases people and operations across engineering, astronaut … ift.tt/uQGe2IA
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#NASA NASA’s MAVEN data reveal the Zwan-Wolf effect, previously seen only in Earth’s magnetosphere, occurring in Mars’ ionosphere (below 200 km) during a solar storm. This atmospheric squeezing by solar wind reveals new space-weather physics on Mars and … ift.tt/gMTfwsj
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