NASA Forced To Scrap Planned 2022 Launch of Psyche Asteroid Mission
NASA announced on Friday, June 24, 2022, that the Psyche asteroid mission, the agency’s first mission designed to study a metal-rich asteroid, will not make…
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Astronaut Crew Studies Aging in Space, Harvests Edible Plants Before Cygnus Reboost
Human research and space botany were the main research activities aboard the International Space Station yesterday, with a goal of helping NASA and its international…
Catastrophic Flooding in Yellowstone – Historic Destruction of Homes, Roads, and Bridges
Snowmelt and heavy rain caused historically high water in Yellowstone National Park that destroyed homes, roads, and bridges, and isolated some of the national park’s…
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Spots Mystery Rocket Impact Site on Moon
Astronomers discovered a rocket body heading toward a lunar collision late last year. Impact occurred on March 4, 2022, with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)…
Hear the Eerie Sounds of Nebula NGC 2392
About 5,000 light-years from Earth, the stunning nebula NGC 2392 formed after the demise of a star like our Sun. In this sonification, the image…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Stunning Mars Views – Unlocking Mysteries of Ancient Past
Striking rock formations documented by the Curiosity rover provide evidence of a drying climate in the Red Planet’s ancient past. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has…
How NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Avoids Collisions and Laser Zaps
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover has numerous moving parts, including the robotic arm, drill, mast, instrument covers, high gain antenna, and mobility system. An unintended collision…
New Life: NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Gets a Few Extra Weeks of Science Operations
The InSight mission’s team has chosen to operate its seismometer longer than previously planned, although the lander will run out of power sooner as a…
Nuclear Power on Moon: NASA Selects Design Concept for Fission Surface Power System
NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are working together to advance space nuclear technologies. The agencies have selected three design concept proposals for…
NASA Artemis I Moon Rocket Test: SLS Fully Fueled for First Time Despite Leak
The Artemis I wet dress rehearsal ended yesterday (June 20, 2022) at 7:37 p.m. EDT (4:37 p.m. EDT) at T-29 seconds in the countdown. This…
This Week @NASA: Artemis I Moon Mission, Cosmic Cannibalism, Hypersonic Inflatable Aeroshell
The next prelaunch rehearsal before launch of our Artemis I Moon mission … News about some NASA astronomy missions … And a critical milestone for…
NASA Completes Critical Testing Milestone for NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2
The Joint Polar Satellite System-2 satellite, or JPSS-2, which will improve weather forecasts and increase our understanding of extreme weather and climate change, has cleared…
NASA Selects Two Astronaut Test Pilots for Boeing Starliner Flight to Space Station
NASA will fly two astronaut test pilots aboard the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station, where they will live…
Incredible New Maps of Asteroid Psyche Reveal an Ancient World of Metal and Rock
The varied surface of asteroid Psyche suggests a dynamic history, which could include metallic eruptions, asteroid-shaking impacts, and a lost rocky mantle. Later this year,…
Listen to NASA’s Sonification of Majestic Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
The majestic spiral galaxy NGC 1300’s arms hold blue clusters of young stars, pink clouds of star formation, and dark lanes of dust. To represent…
Over a Million Miles per Hour: NASA’s Chandra Catches Pulsar in X-Ray Speed Trap
A pulsar is racing through the debris of an exploded star at a speed of over a million miles per hour. To measure this, researchers…
To Infinity and Beyond: NASA Collaborates on New Pixar Buzz Lightyear Movie
NASA assets have a far-reaching audience including those beyond scientists and engineers. Visual resources including imagery and other video footage, filming at NASA centers across…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Observes Asteroid Bennu’s Boulder “Body Armor”
Asteroid Bennu’s boulder-covered surface gives it protection against small meteoroid impacts, according to observations of craters by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith…
