NASA and NOAA Teaming Up on Tech To Aid Marine Oil Spill Response
NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists are teaming up to test remote sensing technology for use in oil spill response. Just off the…
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Behold! A Winter Solstice
The Earth’s solstices come twice a year. For the Northern Hemisphere, the summer (June) solstice occurs around June 20-21, and the winter (December) solstice happens…
“We Can’t Help It.” – Watch NASA’s Official James Webb Space Telescope Mission Trailer
We don’t yet know what the James Webb Space Telescope will uncover. Will we get answers? Will we have more questions? One thing’s certain: The…
Webb Space Telescope Secured Inside Ariane 5 Rocket Fairing for Launch
On December 17 the Ariane 5 rocket fairing was closed around the James Webb Space Telescope. This protective fairing, or ‘nose cone’, will shield the…
Liftoff! SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket With Dragon Spacecraft Blasts Off From Kennedy’s Launch Pad 39A
We have liftoff! At 5:07 a.m. EST, the nine Merlin engines of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket roared to life, powering off the launch pad from…
Electrostatic Levitation: MIT Engineers Test an Idea for a New Hovering Moon Rover
A levitating vehicle might someday explore the moon, asteroids, and other airless planetary surfaces. Aerospace engineers at MIT are testing a new concept for a…
NASA Set To Launch SpaceX Cargo Dragon Spacecraft to Space Station – Watch It Live
NASA commercial cargo launch provider SpaceX is targeting 5:06 a.m. EST Tuesday, December 21, to launch its 24th commercial resupply services mission to the International…
Hitch a Virtual Ride on a NASA Sounding Rocket – View Earth From 98 Miles Up
A project developed by community college students is providing the opportunity for the public to see Earth from the perspective of a small rocket in…
NASA Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) Rocket and Orion Spacecraft Integrated Testing Update
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft are undergoing integrated testing inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida…
Trio of Russian, Japanese Space Station Visitors Safely Back on Earth
Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin along with spaceflight participants Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano landed on Earth around 10:13 p.m. EST Sunday, December 19, 2021, in…
Hubble Space Telescope Captures a Gorgeous Sprinkling of Stars
The open star cluster NGC 1755 resembles a pinch of salt strewn on a jet-black tablecloth in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope….
Our Milky Way Galaxy: How Big Is Space? [Video]
When we talk about the enormity of the cosmos, it’s easy to toss out big numbers – but far more difficult to wrap our minds…
Opening a 50-Year-Old Christmas Present From the Moon – Using a Custom-Built “Apollo Can Opener”
A pretty special gift unwrapping will soon take place – a piercing tool built by ESA will open a Moon soil container from Apollo 17…
The Illusion of a Continuous Perseus Arm: Our Milky Way May Be More Fluffy, Less Wiry
New research shows a section of the outer Milky Way is more clumpy, less well-organized than previously thought. When you go outside at night in…
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Confirmed for December 24 Launch
The James Webb Space Telescope is confirmed for the target launch date of December 24, at 7:20 a.m. EST. Late on December 17, teams at…
We Asked a NASA Expert: When Was the Last Time an Asteroid Hit Earth? [Video]
When was the last time an asteroid hit Earth? Today! But it was almost definitely very small. Small asteroids and other tiny dust and particles…
NASA’s Webb Telescope – The Largest Space Observatory in History – Will Have the Coolest Camera
Before the MIRI instrument – one of four scientific instruments aboard the observatory – can operate, it has to be cooled down to almost the…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft “Hears” Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede – Listen to the Dramatic Flyby of the Icy Orb
An audio track collected during Jupiter mission’s Ganymede flyby offers a dramatic ride-along. It is one of the highlights mission scientists shared in a briefing…