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Continuing a collaboration in space exploration …

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Space station research heads back to Earth...

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And highlighting new science from NASA missions... a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

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On Jan. 13 at NASA Headquarters, administrator Bill Nelson, Japan’s prime minister Kishida Fumio,

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and others were on hand as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japan's Minister for Foreign Affairs,

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Hayashi Yoshimasa signed an agreement for a continued collaboration in space exploration between the two nations.

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A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship undocked from the International Space Station on

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Jan. 9 with about 4,400 pounds of cargo to be returned to Earth,

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including valuable scientific experiments.

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The 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society featured news that our Webb Space Telescope helped reveal remarkable

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similarities between distant galaxies from the dawn of the universe and a rare class of small galaxies much closer to us.

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Our Hubble space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory and Tess were also discussed at the meeting.

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According to an analysis by NASA, Earth's global average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest on record.

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The past nine years have been the warmest years since modern recordkeeping began in 1880.

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That's what's up this week at NASA.

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For more on these and other stories, follow us on the web at nasa.gov/twan.