Category: NASA
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NASA News
Mini Neptune The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a distant planet outside our solar system to reveal what is likely a highly reflective world with a steamy atmosphere. And while the planet is hot by human standards, it is much cooler than expected. That’s because its unusually shiny atmosphere reflects a large fraction of the light…
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NASA – How Hubble Images are Made – NASA Video Wins Webby!
Best of the Internet – Thanks to you, we earned five People’s Voice awards and a Webby award in the 27th annual Webby Awards, recognizing excellence on the Internet. From a deep dive into how Hubble Space Telescope images are taken and processed to the James Webb Space Telescope’s launch and first images, check out our full…
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Artemis II Prepares for the Moon
“The Artemis II crew represents thousands of people working tirelessly to bring us to the stars. This is their crew, this is our crew, this is humanity’s crew. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Hammock Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, each has their own story, but, together, they represent our creed: E…
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Join NASA for Live Coverage of Orion’s Return to Earth
Join Us for Live Coverage of Orion’s Return to Earth The Orion spacecraft is on its return trek toward Earth, completing a burn Dec. 1 to harness the Moon’s gravity and accelerate toward home after flying thousands of miles beyond the Moon, while engineers continue to test systems to improve understanding of how the spacecraft…
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Artemis I Spacecraft Set to Break Apollo Distance Record
Artemis I Spacecraft Set to Break Apollo Distance Record Now 10 days into its mission, NASA’s Artemis I Orion spacecraft is providing our mission control teams with a wealth of important data—and hitting a few space exploration milestones along the way.On Saturday, Nov. 26, at 7:42 a.m. EST, Orion will break the record for farthest distance traveled…
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Artemis I Spacecraft Set to Break Apollo Distance Record
Artemis I Spacecraft Set to Break Apollo Distance Record Now 10 days into its mission, NASA’s Artemis I Orion spacecraft is providing our mission control teams with a wealth of important data—and hitting a few space exploration milestones along the way.On Saturday, Nov. 26, at 7:42 a.m. EST, Orion will break the record for farthest distance traveled…
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NASA News 2022.11.05
NASA, Northrop Grumman Prepared to Launch Science, Supplies to the Space Station We’re sending science, technology, and supplies to the International Space Station—and you’re invited to watch the launch!On Sunday, Nov. 6, at 5:50 a.m. EST, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft will launch 8,265 pounds of cargo aboard an Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility…
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NASA News 2022.10.29
NASA Missions Detect Stunning Meteoroid Impact on Mars On Dec. 24, 2021, our InSight Mars lander recorded a significant marsquake on the Red Planet. Only later did scientists discover the cause of the shaking: a meteoroid strike estimated to be one of the biggest seen on Mars since NASA began exploring the cosmos. What’s more, the meteoroid’s impact…
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NASA News 2022.03.21
During his mission, Vande Hei has worked on hundreds of experiments and investigations to benefit life on Earth and expand NASA’s knowledge of how the human body adapts to long-term spaceflight. His contributions will help pave the way for more people to travel to space on longer-duration missions as NASA pushes the boundaries of exploration…
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NASA News 2021.12.11
NASA Invites Public to Share Excitement of DART Launch Can we change the motion of an asteroid? Our Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is set to be the first to try! DART is scheduled to launch no earlier than 1:21 a.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 24 (10:21 p.m. PST Tuesday, Nov. 23) on a SpaceX Falcon 9…