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    A little Monday motivation from the Moon itself. 🙂🌖 This cheerful crater is Gauss W, a roughly 18.5-kilometer-wide formation tucked inside the much larger Gauss crater on the Moon’s far side. From above, the crater looks remarkably happy to see us. The smiling face is a
    A close-up view of Gauss W crater on the Moon reveals an arrangement of features that resembles a smiling face. A small crater forms the “left eye,” while a mound forms the “right eye.” Below, several features across the crater floor come together to resemble a smile. Gauss W is roughly 18.5 kilometers (11.5 miles) across and lies within the much larger Gauss crater. The view is a mosaic created from multiple images captured by the Narrow Angle Camera aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA/Arizona State University
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    Aug 14
    Sometimes mighty things come in mini packages. NASA’s NavCube3-mini has been delivered to @Int_Machines for integration into the Altus-1 lunar relay satellite. Weighing just 3.5 pounds, the receiver will test whether GPS and Galileo signals can be used to determine a
    A small, rectangular, metal navigation receiver sits on a silver-colored mounting plate atop a blue laboratory workbench. Several cables connect to ports on the box and extend out of frame. The NavCube3-mini receiver is about half the size of a shoebox and is pictured in a NASA Goddard laboratory before delivery for integration into the Altus-1 lunar relay satellite. Credit: NASA
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    Aug 13
    NASA is looking for ideas to help shape human health and performance research for the Moon Base. Input is being sought on research questions to explore as astronauts spend more time on the lunar surface, health and performance data to collect during early Moon Base development
    The Moon’s rugged, heavily cratered surface fills the foreground, while Earth appears in the distance just above the curved lunar horizon, surrounded by the blackness of space. Clouds are visible across Earth’s sunlit side, while part of the planet remains in darkness. The Artemis II crew captured the image during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026. Credit: NASA
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    Aug 11
    Building on our successful collaboration in science, NASA reaffirmed its interest in @isro joining Moon Base. We're going back to the Moon to stay — and we're bringing our partners with us.