The NASA team has nicknamed Ingenuity’s final airfield Valinor Hills after the fictional location for brave elves in The Lord of the Rings.

Valinor Hills

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Using advanced food technology, the team at the NASA’s Space Food Systems Laboratory create international recipes that are healthy, can be stored for months at a time, and still taste good.

Tortillas in Space

By the time the Fourth is with you, the team will be preparing for the return of GEDI.

The Return of GEDI

Without leaving Earth, HERA allows scientists to study how crew members interact with one another while experiencing isolation and confinement.

Experiencing Isolation

Astronauts are learning to cultivate plants that not only require pollination but have long germination and growing times.

Plants that Lead the Way

An arc of color is captured across the Martian sky, but it simply cannot be a rainbow.

Valinor Hills

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