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NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 34th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station

- SpaceX’s 34th commercial resupply mission launched May 15, 2026, from Cape Canaveral carrying a Dragon spacecraft bound for the International Space Station. - The vehicle carries nearly 6,500 pounds of cargo for Expedition 74 and is scheduled to autonomously dock to the Harmony module on May 17. - Payloads include experiments on microgravity simulators, a wood-derived bone scaffold, tools to study red blood cells and the spleen, a charged-particle instrument, and a solar-reflectance measurement instrument. - Dragon will remain at the station until mid-June, then return time-sensitive research and cargo to Earth.

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NASA Satellites Uncover Large-Scale Ocean Nutrient Stress

NASA Satellites Uncover Large-Scale Ocean Nutrient Stress

- A study published June 5 (Science Advances) combines two decades of NASA MODIS satellite data, ocean surveys, and genetic markers in Prochlorococcus to map phytoplankton nutrient stress globally. - Warming sea-surface temperatures increase stratification, reduce upwelling, and limit surface nutrients, with strongest stress in subtropical gyres and the South

Fighting Fire With Fire

Fighting Fire With Fire

- NASA’s Aqua/MODIS imagery captured smoke from numerous fires in Australia’s Northern Territory on May 28, 2026. - Many detected fires are deliberate prescribed burns, typically lit in mornings to manage savanna fuel loads. - Indigenous practices and modern programs (e.g., WALFA, Arnhem Land Fire Abatement)

NASA-Funded Study Shows Wildfire Smoke’s Hidden Ozone Toll

NASA-Funded Study Shows Wildfire Smoke’s Hidden Ozone Toll

- A NASA-supported study found that over the past decade wildfires have increased ground-level ozone (smog) across much of the contiguous U.S., worsening air quality far from fires. - Nationally, fires offset nearly four years of ozone-control gains; in the Midwest wildfires erased about 5.3 years of progress