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• Rains Swamp the Gandak River

  After days of torrential rain, the river rose to record-breaking levels in parts of Nepal and India.

• Powerful Storms Continue to Prowl the Pacific

  Hurricanes Polo and Nolo sent destructive effects ashore amid an active season in the northeastern and central Pacific.

• Reliable Robots: Meet Johnson’s Dexterous Robotics Team

  The idea of humans and robots working side-by-side in space was once the stuff of science fiction, but with NASA launching increasingly complex missions deeper into space, human-robot collaboration could become reality. Advanced robotic systems are critical for human spaceflight because they can enhance a crew’s performance and productivity while reducing risk and expanding the […]

• Explosive Intensification for Hurricane Polo

  Several ingredients came together off the Pacific coast of Mexico to generate one of the strongest storms the eastern Pacific basin has ever seen.

• NASA’s Machines for Mars Make Beer Bubbly 

  Carbon-capture technology repurposed for breweries spreads and finds new applications

• Cloudy Cloak Over the Northwest

  A low-lying cloud layer brought autumn ambience to western Washington and Oregon, while mountainous areas near the coast remained above the pall.

• NASA Celebrates Restoration of Guam Station Damaged by Typhoon Mawar 

  NASA celebrated the full restoration of its Guam Remote Station with a ribbon-cutting on Sept. 10, closing out more than three years of recovery after Super Typhoon Mawar devastated the site in 2023. Engineers from across the agency completed the final and most complex step of the rebuild on July 1, when they returned the […]

• NASA’s Life-Saving Technology Where Cell Signals Can’t Go

  Search and rescue technology developed in part by NASA saved five lives

• Anak Krakatau Rumbles Again

  A powerful eruption from the Indonesian volcano lofted ash into the atmosphere, disrupting thousands of flights and degrading air quality.

• NASA Calls for Proposals to Accelerate Lunar Surface Technologies 

  Editor’s Note: This release was updated on Sept. 28, 2026, to reflect the extended Broad Agency Announcement due date for responses. NASA is seeking proposals to advance the technology and infrastructure needed to explore the Moon and establish a Moon Base in the lunar South Pole region. Announced on Tuesday, Sept. 8, the solicitation targets […]