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Jared Spiers, an electrical engineering technician at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, stands outdoors and poses for a portrait with the Thad Cochran Test Stand visible in the background.Source image · NASA/Danny Nowlin
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Jared Spiers, NASA Contractor, Graduates to Civil Servant

Jared Spiers, a contractor who grew up near NASA's Stennis Space Center, graduated from Pearl River Community College and joined NASA as a civil servant. He worked on the Thad Cochran Test Stand, helping prepare for the Artemis II mission that sent astronauts farther in space than ever before. Spiers' hands-on experience with the rocket was a significant part of the foundation for this mission.

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Artemis Accords flagsSource image · NASA
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Vietnam Welcomes NASA to Artemis Accords

Vietnam became the 78th nation to sign the Artemis Accords, joining a coalition of like-minded nations committed to peaceful, transparent, and responsible space exploration. NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson welcomed Vietnam's participation, emphasizing the alignment on principles and opportunities for collaboration. Vietnam's Minister of Science and Technology signed the accords during the Vietnam International Digital Week. The partnership extends over 30 years of cooperation, advancing peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.

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A view of the bottom portion of the 212-foot core stage of the Space Launch System rocket as a crane moves it vertically above the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Dominating the center of the image are four rocket engines covered in red caps.Source image · NASA/Sean Cannon
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NASA's Artemis III SLS Core Stage Integrated with Boosters

NASA's Artemis III SLS core stage was integrated with twin solid rocket boosters on Oct. 28 at Kennedy Space Center. The core stage will be tested with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen fuel before a tanking test to practice countdown procedures and rendezvous and docking capabilities. The mission aims to test rendezvous and docking between Orion and commercial spacecraft before future Moon missions.

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Infrared view of the Milky Way’s center. Spitzer archive image; illustrative.NASA/JPL-Caltech · Archive image
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NASA University Challenge Prepares Students for Engineering and Entrepreneurship

Five years ago, Michigan State University engineering student Gavin Gardner was researching drone technology as part of a NASA grant. He faced financial challenges in the research, but now he's using those lessons to found AG3 Labs, a drone company for military training exercises. The NASA University Student Research Challenge (USRC) provides grants to teams of college students in engineering and entrepreneurship.

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A close-up, overhead view of the Martian surface taken by the Curiosity rover. The image focuses on fine, granular, orange-brown sand that has been heavily disturbed. It features repeating curved ridges and compressed flat areas, likely tracks left by the rover's wheels. Sunlight casts tiny shadows across the textured dirt, emphasizing the depth of the deep imprints and the fine grains of the soil.Source image · NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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Curiosity Prepares to Drill at 'Nazca' Site

Following the Basque Lakes drill campaign, Curiosity has returned to a spot just a few meters away from the 'Chiu Chiu' block to conduct its next drill campaign. The newly named 'Nazca' site is jam-packed with 'disc- and needle-' shaped lumps, providing clues about the temperature and availability of salts and fluids at the time of growth. The drill preload test is planned to obtain detailed 3D models of the crystal forms and compositional information from deeper layers within a nearby crystal-form-rich target.

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Infrared view of the Milky Way’s center. Spitzer archive image; illustrative.NASA/JPL-Caltech · Archive image
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The Land of the Standing-Up Rocks

Some 27 million years ago, a volcano in what's now southeastern Arizona unleashed a spectacular series of eruptions, strewing more than 1,000 times as much volcanic material across the landscape as Mount St. Helens did in 1980.

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Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) Mission 2 crew members (from left) Ross Elder, Matthew Montgomery, Ellen Ellis, and James Spicer, pose for a photo on Oct. 8, 2025.Source image · NASA
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NASA Crew Completes Yearlong Mars Simulation

NASA invites media to watch the crew of four volunteers who lived and worked in a simulated Mars mission for over a year depart their habitat on Saturday, Oct. 31. The crew, including Ross Elder, Ellen Ellis, James Spicer, and Matthew Montgomery, will exit the Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) mission habitat, which simulated Mars mission operations, exercise, and other activities under stressors that future deep space crews will likely experience. The CHAPEA mission is part of NASA's Artemis and Moon Base missions.

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Image supplied with the original source report.Source image · Daniel Cohen, Guidance, Navigation & Control (GN&C) engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, leads an outdoor orbital mechanics lesson for interns on Oct. 9, 2026. From left are Cohen, Lucas Anton Alonso-Munoyerro, Nathan Samuell, Marcos Pena, and Malvika Bhardwaj.
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How a Johnson Mentor Shapes the Next Generation of NASA Talent

In honor of National Mentoring Day on Oct. 27, Bhardwaj reflects on how Cohen’s advice and support has shaped her internship experience at Johnson.

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