This Week @NASA: Artemis II Moon Rocket, Moon Water Map, Gritty Clouds on Remote Planet
The Artemis II Moon rocket is coming together … A high honor for some space explorers … And an intriguing find for the Webb Space…
The Artemis II Moon rocket is coming together … A high honor for some space explorers … And an intriguing find for the Webb Space…
A new study using the now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has pieced together the first detailed, wide-area map of water distribution on the…
Teams at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have fully integrated all five major structures of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s core stage…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with a sample it collected from the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu. When its sample capsule parachutes…
Research reveals a new explanation for how the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa rotates at a different rate than its interior. NASA’s Europa Clipper…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team was selected to receive the 2023 Michael Collins Trophy for Lifetime and Current Achievements. This annual award from the…
Weather report: Expect scattered, patchy clouds made up of silicates on planet VHS 1256 b. Ever had hot sand whip across your face? That’s a…
Cosmic fireworks, invisible to our eyes, fill the night sky. We can get a glimpse of this elusive light show thanks to the Large Area…
Where did our Moon come from? Well, actually, there have been several theories over many decades. Earlier versions of lunar formation theories included capture, where…
NASA’s first robotic lunar rover is officially coming together and the team building it is over the Moon. “I’m super excited…it makes me very proud…
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured a series of photos of rapid changes to the asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by a 545-kilogram…
The long-term trend for sea ice in the south is still flat, while the global trend points downward. In February 2023, sea ice around Antarctica…
The President’s Budget Request for NASA … Crew-5 is safely back on Earth … And a look at a possible Moon mission spacesuit … A…
Where will you be for the 2023 and 2024 solar eclipses in the United States? NASA has released a new map that could help you…
To carry multiple payloads to the far side of the Moon including a satellite to orbit that area, NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace of Cedar…
When NASA sends the first astronauts to explore near the lunar South Pole, moonwalkers will wear spacesuits provided by Axiom Space. NASA selected the company…
During an event at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Ellington Field in Houston, NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will announce the four astronauts who will…
When astronauts return to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years as part of NASA’s Artemis III mission, they will be wearing…