Shortly after Lucy launched, one of its solar arrays failed to fully deploy, putting the mission at risk. This artist’s concept animation depicts Lucy’s solar…
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[unable to retrieve full-text content] Aboard the International Space Station, the Expedition 67 crew kept busy yesterday readying free-flying robots, preparing sample returns, and transferring…
This looping video shows an umbrella cloud generated by the underwater eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Jan. 15, 2022. The GOES-17 satellite…
A large pink, speckled galaxy resembling a wheel with a small, inner oval, with dusty blue in between on the right, with two smaller spiral…
What’s Up for August 2022? Grab your binoculars for planet viewing, the outlook for the Perseids, and flying with Cygnus the swan. What are some…
The benefits of space station research and development … Refining the architecture for the Mars Sample Return mission … And test firing a solid-rocket booster…
Zeta Ophiuchi was once in close orbit with another star, before being ejected when this companion was destroyed in a supernova explosion. Infrared data from…
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, is a CubeSat that will fly a unique orbit around the Moon intended…
This illustration shows a concept for multiple robots that would team up to ferry to Earth samples collected from the Mars surface by NASA’s Mars…
Artist’s rendering of NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Scientists have discovered shaded locations within pits on the Moon that always…
An illustration of Draper’s SERIES-2 lunar lander, which will deliver science and technology payloads to the Moon for NASA in 2025. Credit: Draper Draper of…
SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft. Credit: NASA Technicians continue to prepare the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for Artemis I inside the Vehicle…
The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship carrying over 5,800 pounds of new science experiments and crew supplies, pictured from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Freedom…
The pressurized capsule of the SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship with its nose cone open is pictured as the vehicle departs the International Space Station…
The Webb Space Telescope’s new look at the cosmos … Technology used to fine-tune Webb improves the vision of millions on Earth …. And a…
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 14, 2022, with a Cargo Dragon spacecraft aboard for…
The Perseverance rover has taken its first sample from the Jezero delta on Mars. NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is…
In this illustration, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter stands on the Red Planet’s surface as NASA’s Perseverance rover (partially visible on the left) rolls away. Credit:…
Mars Perseverance Sol 488 – Right Mastcam-Z Camera: Sand ripples imaged with Mastcam-Z on sol 488. These ripples will be reimaged for change detection while…
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft atop, is raised to a vertical position at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex…