From NASA Anticipation continues to build at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida just one day before the scheduled launch of the agency’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission. A SpaceX Falcon 9…
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Jessica Watkins: First Geologist on Mars?
Guest “what a journey that would be” by David Middleton Hat tip to Mrs. Middleton… NEWS Q&A 19 MAY 2020The first footprints on Mars could belong to this geologistNASA astronaut…
Telescopes and Spacecraft Join Forces to Probe Deep into Jupiter’s Atmosphere
From NASA May 7, 2020 NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the ground-based Gemini Observatory in Hawaii have teamed up with the Juno spacecraft to probe the mightiest storms in the…
NASA Outlines Lunar Surface Sustainability Concept
From NASA April 2, 2020 When NASA sends astronauts to the surface of the Moon in 2024, it will be the first time outside of watching historical footage most people…
Help NASA Design a Robot to Dig on the Moon
From NASA March 16, 2020 Help NASA Design a Robot to Dig on the Moon A close-up view of the bucket drums on Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot (RASSOR)…
A Slice of Polar Layer Cake
From NASA The Martian ice cap is like a cake with every layer telling a story. In this case, the story is one of climate change on Mars. This image…
Bennu’s Boulders Shine as Beacons for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx
From NASA This summer, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will undertake NASA’s first-ever attempt to touch the surface of an asteroid, collect a sample of it, and safely back away. But since…
#BeAnAstronaut: NASA Seeks Applicants to Explore Moon, Mars
From NASA NASA’s new class of astronauts – the first to graduate since the agency announced its Artemis program – appear on stage during their graduation ceremony at the agency’s…
NASA Selects New Instrument to Continue Key Climate Record
From NASA Feb. 26, 2020 RELEASE 20-020 NASA Selects New Instrument to Continue Key Climate Record Earth’s outgoing longwave, or heat, radiation shown here as the average from 2000 to…
Celebrating the Life and Career of Katherine Johnson
Feb. 24, 2020 Celebrating the Life and Career of Katherine Johnson Katherine Johnson passed away Feb. 24, 2020, after living a life filled with trail-blazing achievements. Being handpicked to be…
NASA Wants Your Help Designing a Venus Rover Concept
From NASA NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, under a grant from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program, is running a public challenge to develop an obstacle avoidance sensor…
’Pale Blue Dot’ Revisited
From NASA Feb. 12, 2020 Full image and caption More About the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ 10 things you might not know about the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ image Print your very…
NASA to Industry: Send Ideas for Lunar Rovers
From NASA Feb. 6, 2020 As NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration program mounts toward a robust decade of modern science, research, and human exploration at the Moon, the agency is asking…
How ESA-NASA’s Solar Orbiter Beats the Heat
From NASA Feb. 4, 2020 When Solar Orbiter launches on its journey to the Sun, there’s one key piece of engineering making this ESA-NASA mission possible: the heat shield. Seeking…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Has a Close Encounter with Jupiter
Jan. 14, 2020 NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Has a Close Encounter with Jupiter A multitude of swirling clouds in Jupiter’s dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in this image from…
TESS Finds First Earth-Size Planet in the Habitable Zone
From NASA Jan. 7, 2020 In a galaxy 100 light-years away in the constellation Dorado sits a planetary system named TOI 700. It is home to TOI 700 d, the…
Galactic Pyrotechnics From 23 Million Light Years Away
From NASA Dec. 31, 2019 Galactic Pyrotechnics From 23 Million Light Years Away A galaxy about 23 million light years away is the site of impressive, ongoing fireworks. Rather than…
NASA’s Moon to Mars Plans, Artemis Lunar Program Gets Fast Tracked in 2019
From NASA Dec. 23, 2019 RELEASE 19-095 In 2019, NASA celebrated the 50th anniversary of the agency’s Apollo 11 Moon landing, the most historic moment in space exploration, while also…
Hubble’s Close-Up of Spiral’s Disk, Bulge
From NASA Dec. 20, 2019 This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows IC 2051, a galaxy in the southern constellation of Mensa (the Table Mountain) lying about 85…
Hubble Views Galaxy’s Dazzling Display
From NASA Dec. 13, 2019 Hubble Views Galaxy’s Dazzling Display The galaxy is the eponymous member of the NGC 3175 group, which has been called a nearby analog for the…
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