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March 6, 2022 After nearly pummeling the vulnerable Brunt Ice Shelf, a flock of Antarctic icebergs settles in for the austral winter. In summer 2019,…
The rocket that will launch NASA’s Orion spacecraft to the Moon with the European Service Module on the eve of rollout to the launchpad. The…
Preparing the space station for solar array upgrades … Rolling out the spacecraft for our Artemis I mission … And the Webb Space Telescope team…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts participate in a training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, CA. From left to right: NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 mission…
NASA’s DSS-53 antenna went online in February 2022 at the Deep Space Network’s Madrid facility. The addition is part of the agency’s effort to expand…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover looks back at its wheel tracks on March 17, 2022, the 381st Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech…
Major smashups between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Observations of a similar crash give clues about how frequent these events are around other stars.…
Eugene Parker, University of Chicago Prof. Emeritus of Astronomy and Astrophysics, is remembered for seminal contributions to the understanding of our sun and solar system…
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen illuminated by spotlights atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B, Friday,…
The International Space Station Program brings together international flight crews, multiple launch vehicles, globally distributed launch, operations, training, engineering, and development facilities, communications networks, and…
Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded…
Webb mirror alignment animation. Credit: NASA Following the completion of critical mirror alignment steps, the NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)…
Astronaut Tom Marshburn of NASA (center) assists NASA astronaut Raja Chari (from left) and ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer during their U.S. spacesuit fit check. Credit:…
Engineers will conduct the final test, known as the wet dress rehearsal, of the Space Launch System (SLSNASA's Space Launch System (SLS) is part of…
March 1, 2022 Two weeks after launch, the nation’s newest weather satellite has reached geostationary orbit. Two weeks after its launch, the nation’s newest weather…
In this view looking up in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, all of the work…
Dr. Eugene N. Parker, visionary of heliophysics and namesake of NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of…
This illustration depicts NASA’s Perseverance rover operating on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA It takes a team to plan Perseverance’s daily activities, including people…
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s carbon fiber blades can be seen in this video taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on April…