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For Katie Spicer, embracing opportunity and challenge has led to giant leaps during her time at NASA. Now as the NASA lander integration lead for Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 2 lander, one of the commercially provided human landing systems for NASA’s Artemis program, Spicer will have her handprint on history.

Spicer works in the Flight Operations Directorate at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, where she evaluates and monitors design and development of Blue Origin’s lander. The design of the Blue Moon lander is rapidly evolving as Blue Origin continues to develop a streamlined lander test article for the agency’s Artemis III rendezvous and docking mission in low Earth orbit as well as a fully functional lander for a crewed lunar landing in 2028.

Spicer works closely with her NASA and Blue Origin counterparts to ensure the design of the Blue Moon lander can support the overall Artemis mission objectives.

“I look at the design of everything Artemis crews will touch, work with, or interface with to ensure systems will function the way crews will need them to,” Spicer said. “In some cases, the design might meet requirements, but I delve deeper into details. How easy will it be for crew to grab handles or handrails? Can they operate push-button displays in microgravity? Are the hygiene systems as user-friendly as possible in the limited space that’s available in the spacecraft? And, are there proper procedures and training to ensure the crew can safely and effectively use the systems? Evaluating all these operational details with crew perspective is part of my job.”

Spicer has spent her career looking at the small details in the big picture.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from the Pennsylvania State University in State College, Spicer spent several years working as a full-time homemaker and raising three children. She got her start at NASA working part-time in the historic Life Sciences Laboratory, performing duties such as washing dishes, cleaning lab equipment, and running tests for scientists.

“I went from tidying up and keeping my home running to maintaining the historic lab where the Apollo crews were quarantined when they came back from the Moon and the Moon rock samples were stored,” Spicer said.

From there, Spicer began working with science payloads on the space station. She helped operate the Human Research Facility racks in the International Space Station National Laboratory and worked with scientists and crew to ensure in-flight processes and protocols were completed. It was there that Spicer found a love for the fast-paced dynamic of real-time space operations.

Spicer became a flight controller at NASA Johnson’s Mission Control Center in 2018. The learning curve to become a flight controller was steep, but it did not deter her. Spicer studied and trained for five years to earn the ultimate instructor and flight controller certifications.

“Unlike most people I work with, I don’t have an engineering degree,” Spicer said. “On my own, I studied engineering principles. I passed boards and certification tests. I learned to speak ‘engineer!’”

Spicer spent five years as an Operations and Support Officer in the space station’s flight control room in Mission Control, also known as the “front room” to spaceflight.

Now, when she looks at the Moon in the night sky, Spicer says she’s humbled and honored to be part of the team that’s sending astronauts back to the lunar surface.

“I’m reminded of the great responsibility that NASA has in this endeavor, of the legacy of the courageous Apollo crews who went before, and inspiring the next generation of space explorers to keep going and reaching for the stars!” she said.

As part of a Golden Age of innovation and exploration, NASA will send Artemis astronauts on increasingly difficult missions near the lunar South Pole to explore more of the Moon than ever before. In addition to providing economic benefits and advancing scientific discovery through its Moon missions, NASA will establish an enduring human presence on the lunar surface and build on the agency’s foundation for the first crewed mission to Mars.

To learn more about the Artemis program, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds create a heart-shaped smoke trail during a flight maneuver near NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building during the agency’s MAX POWER expo and air show on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA’s MAX POWER is an aerospace festival celebrating the past, present, and future of flight and space exploration in honor of America’s 250th anniversary.

Image credit: NASA/Amber Jean Notvest

The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Alyssa Villanueva, Steve Howell, and Samuel LeBlanc. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entrepreneurial spirit, technical expertise, and collaborative disposition needed to explore this world and beyond.

Space Biosciences Star: Alyssa Villanueva

Alyssa Villaneuva is an engineer at Blue Marble in the Space Biosciences Division on the LEIA (Lunar Explorer Instrument for space biology Applications) team. Alyssa is recognized for technical excellence, dedication and boundless support to the rest of the team. She goes above and beyond in contributing to LEIA every day and has been essential in all the test efforts, in particular with preparation and execution of engineering validation testing.

Astrophysics Star: Steve Howell

Steve Howell is recognized for his leadership of scientific teams for numerous international space missions. His pioneering work in astronomical instrumentation have significantly advanced both space- and ground-based telescope imaging. In kind, the Astronomical society has recently recognized Steve’s lifetime of major contributions to the field with the prestigious Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

Earth Science Star: Samuel LeBlanc

Samuel LeBlanc is a research scientist for the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute in the Earth Science Division. Sam is recognized for exceptional technical leadership and innovative thinking in advancing Ames’ flight planning capabilities for NASA airborne science missions. Sam’s contributions have placed Ames at the forefront of airborne science flight planning within and outside the Agency, enabling successful and cost-effective missions that maximize scientific returns.

A gallery of gravitational lenses captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope showcases the diversity of this cosmic phenomenon and lays the groundwork for follow-up observations by the new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

Gravitational lensing, first predicted by Albert Einstein, occurs when the gravity of a massive foreground object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies, bends, warps, and magnifies the light from a more distant background object. The effect is similar to that of a giant lens in space that allows astronomers to view objects much farther away than any telescope could see on its own.

The lenses in this image formed from the precise alignment of a distant background galaxy with the mass of a foreground galaxy, creating distorted and magnified images of the background galaxy that appear as arcs around the foreground galaxy.

Astronomers will use these observations of a large and varied population of gravitational lenses to construct lens models that will help determine how much mass is in the lensing system’s foreground galaxy – and potentially prove or dispel a theory about dark matter. Astronomers study the amount of distortion of the lensed background galaxies to determine the quantity and distribution of mass in the foreground galaxy, including its invisible dark matter.

Hubble views the cosmos primarily in visible and ultraviolet light with some infrared coverage, providing a comprehensive, high-resolution view of individual objects. Roman sees primarily infrared light and some visible, over a much larger field of view to create panoramas of the universe. While Hubble gets a better view of individual lenses, Roman will be able to capture more lenses with its wider field-of-view. If Roman finds a particularly interesting lens, researchers may use Hubble to take follow-up observations using its visible and UV prowess for individual objects.

With Hubble’s high-resolution imaging and precise models, researchers should also be able to detect small imperfections in these gravitationally lensed galaxy arcs that would indicate the presence of small clumps of dark matter. Researchers could use these previously undetected clumps to confirm the cold dark matter theory, which predicts the existence of many small dark matter clumps of between a million to a billion solar masses. In contrast, the dark matter halo of our Milky Way galaxy is around 1.3 trillion solar masses.

By studying Hubble lens images in detail, researchers intend to build a super-intelligence tool to efficiently search similar arcs in the upcoming Roman images. The Hubble images are expected to both yield their own results on dark matter and pave the way for analysis of Roman’s larger sample of lenses.

The unique lenses in this image display some of the different characteristics researchers will see as they collect a diverse and numerous assortment of lenses to test in their models. Panel A is an example of an arc-counterarc configuration, in which the lensed background galaxy appears as a duplicated pair of arcs. The lensed galaxy is being magnified by a pair of foreground galaxies whose combined mass bends the light of the background galaxy around them.

Panel F is an Einstein Ring, in which the alignment of the background galaxy and approximately spherical mass of the foreground lens are so perfectly situated that the lensed galaxy almost fully encircles the foreground galaxy. Panel I shows a quadruply lensed galaxy, in which the background galaxy is replicated four times, appearing as smeared dots around the foreground galaxy. Panel C also shows a quadruply lensed galaxy, with double knots that are most likely strong star-forming regions in the background galaxy.

Some of the magnified and warped background galaxies appear blue and some appear red. These bluish arcs indicate young stars, while reddish arcs indicate older stars. Roman and Hubble will explore these differences to better understand how galaxies evolved earlier in the universe.

Most of the foreground lensing galaxies are elliptical galaxies, which are older, denser, and more compact. Lensed images of background galaxies only occur when the mass density of the foreground galaxy reaches a critical point.

But not all of these foreground galaxies are ellipticals, and researchers can use these differences to explore the evolutionary paths taken by these galaxies. In panel G, the foreground galaxy appears elongated, which may be true or a trick of perspective, and in panels B and F, the foreground galaxies appear to have spiral arms.

Panel D’s foreground galaxy has a visible dust lane, which is rare in a lensing galaxy and the kind of detail that Hubble’s sharp, visible-light vision excels at revealing. The lensed background galaxy could be an Einstein Ring, with the dust lane “breaking” our view of the ring. Because infrared light is less obscured by dust, future Roman infrared observations could help determine whether the arcs form a more complete Einstein ring.

These strong lenses were first detected with The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument at Kitt Peak. Hubble subsequently observed them, and Roman will take further observations. Images like these are an example of the kinds of collaborative efforts that routinely take place between NASA’s Great Observatories to build a comprehensive picture of the cosmos. As Roman joins the family of large space observatories that includes Hubble, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the James Webb Space Telescope, a new window opens onto the universe, revealing sights previously hidden while expanding our cosmic knowledge for all of humanity.

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NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
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As a new exhibit opens showcasing NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour, NASA photographers look back at the final mission. These photographers documented the iconic images shared around the world on Sept. 21, 2012, while millions watched space shuttle Endeavour fly on top of the agency’s 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft for the last time.

Endeavour’s new home at the California Science Center in Los Angeles will reopen the weekend of Nov. 13, displayed upright in launch position, ready to inspire the next generation of space explorers.

NASA/Lori Losey

“Chasing Endeavour’s final ferry flight over Southern California was, without a doubt, a leading highlight of my 37-year career at NASA,” said Lori Losey, lead videographer at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. “I advocated for two chase aircraft to be used in the LA area so we could dedicate one aircraft to photo and one to video. It was this beautiful dance of alternating altitudes and swapping positions between landmarks to maximize both of us capturing the legendary imagery.”

Two photographers and one videographer, all based at NASA Armstrong, had a leading hand in preparing the Endeavour’s flight to Los Angeles, and in deciding where else the aircraft would fly around California on its final journey. Agency pilots planned the route to fly across some of California’s most iconic landmarks and the imagery team strategized about how to best capture the images.  

“The most fun thing about this project was seeing the excitement of the people on the ground as we flew over the different landmarks,” said Jim Ross, NASA Armstrong’s lead photographer. “People in the Los Angeles area really came out and supported the Endeavour flyover. We saw so many supporters at Griffith Park and Disneyland.”

Photographer Carla Thomas said seeing the standing-room-only crowd below the California State Capitol in Sacramento filled her with pride. After joining the agency in the wake of the Challenger tragedy, she reflected on the opportunity to document NASA’s return to flight.

Endeavour was escorted by NASA Armstrong’s F/A-18s and an F-15, which carried the photo and video teams in the back seats. Like many flight efforts, this journey took a significant amount of preplanning with the California Science Center, as well as groups like the Federal Aviation Administration, the Los Angeles International Airport, and NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

“The planning was my favorite part of this effort — it was fun and exciting to plan the shots,” Thomas said. “I flew the entire route with the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) in one of their helicopters. We had to make sure this was going to work and find any obstacles. Planning for the Hollywood sign was challenging, because it’s on the side of a hill with power lines and radio antennas, but we worked through these issues in the planning process.”

The space shuttle’s flight path included other California landmarks: Dodger Stadium, the Getty Center, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, the Golden Gate Bridge, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, and the Santa Monica Pier.

Endeavour helped begin assembly of the International Space Station by delivering its first components to orbit and went on to complete 25 missions. The space shuttle will soon be seen, along with some of the images from the final flight, in its permanent home inside the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center at the California Science Center in Downtown Los Angeles.

This Congressional investigation into Nvidia's China sales and its dealings with Trump is the second one, so far, since news of the alleged spy affair broke.

Muse's AI can now place outbound calls to US businesses — but it's not free.

Jensen Huang has resigned from Nvidia following an affair, which could have ramifications for national security as the U.S. and China race to develop the most advanced AI infrastructure.

Nebius plans to fund its $40 billion AI infrastructure expansion through customer prepayments and loans, even as delays at a Microsoft data center raise questions about its financing model.

Reuters is withholding the name of the new employee linked to Huang, but says she is an employee of Nvidia.