Illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: Northrop Grumman NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of…
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NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Nicole Mann is pictured in her Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), or spacesuit, after finishing a seven-hour and 21-minute…
Artist concept of Demonstration for Rocket to Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) spacecraft, which will demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine. Nuclear thermal propulsion technology could…
Webb Space Telescope Glitch Likely Caused by Galactic Cosmic Ray – NIRISS Returns to Full Operations
Webb Space Telescope Glitch Likely Caused by Galactic Cosmic Ray – NIRISS Returns to Full Operations
In addition to looking at distant stars, galaxies and exoplanets, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope will investigate our Solar System. Credit: Northrup Grumman On…
Perseverance’s Three Forks Sample Depot Selfie: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took a selfie with several of the 10 sample tubes it deposited at a sample…
This image of Mariner 4 superimposed on an image of Mars was used to advertise the Mariner 4 mission. Credit: NASA Other than Earth, no…
Illustration of the Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm), which will significantly improve the utility of robotic arms for lunar landers. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech Future…
Artist conception of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez On Sunday, January 15, 2023, the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near Infrared…
NASA astronaut Josh Cassada peers through one of the seven windows in the cupola, the space station’s “window to the world.” Credit: NASA Four Expedition…
Western edge of the Sahara Desert captured by NASA’s Terra satellite on December 14, 2022. The conveyor belt helps transport an essential agricultural fertilizer from…
An artist’s concept of the Geotail spacecraft. The GEOTAIL mission is a collaboration between the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration…
An international team of astronomers has reported the discovery of diverse ices in the darkest regions of a cold molecular cloud measured to date by…
The space station’s solar arrays and a small satellite orbital deployer are pictured as the orbiting lab soared above the African nation of Namibia. Credit:…
Shortly after Lucy launched, one of its solar arrays failed to fully deploy, putting the mission at risk.NASA’s Lucy mission is heading to the Jupiter…
The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place on November…
An artist’s concept of NASA’s Ranger spacecraft approaching the Moon. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech After the establishment of NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…
Illustration of SpaceX Starship human lander design that will carry the first NASA astronauts to the surface of the Moon under the Artemis program. Credit:…
Artist concept of commercial aircraft families with a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing configuration from the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project. Credit: Boeing NASAEstablished in 1958, the National…
Expedition 68 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Josh Cassada prepares a roll-out solar array for deployment during a spacewalk on December 22, 2022. Credit: NASA…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare in 2014. The solar flare is the bright flash of light on the right…