Powered by an Atlas V 401 rocket, Landsat 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on September 27,…
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NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is the United States government agency responsible for civilian space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research. Founded in 1958, NASA leads groundbreaking missions that study Earth, the Moon, Mars, and beyond—deploying spacecraft, satellites, and telescopes such as the Hubble and James Webb to explore the cosmos. The agency pioneers human spaceflight through programs like Artemis, which aims to return astronauts to the Moon and pave the way for Mars exploration. NASA’s research also advances climate science, planetary geology, astrophysics, and cutting-edge technologies that benefit life on Earth and deepen humanity’s understanding of the universe.
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Landsat 9, a NASA satellite built to monitor the Earth’s land surface, successfully launched at…
Sea ice covered more area this summer compared to recent years, but it was also…
https://youtu.be/uhJK31880x0 Animation of the Landsat 9 spacecraft in orbit around Earth, passing over the Western…
NGC 5728 is a seemingly normal spiral galaxy hiding an incredibly active core. As a…
https://youtu.be/Y5Ld2B7YuRs Since 2020, a “sonification” project has transformed astronomical data from some of the world’s…
NASA’s Lucy will visit eight asteroids, including Trojans locked in Jupiter’s orbit, on a 12-year…
Water levels at Glen Canyon Dam have fallen to their lowest level since 1969 and…
NASA’s Chief Scientist Jim Green has announced that he will retire in early 2022 after…
An astronaut photograph shows the proximity of a volcanic eruption to nearby cities on the…
Rodent research, microbe sampling, and Dragon packing filled the Expedition 65 crew’s day at the…
First Woman is NASA’s first interactive comic, using a fictional astronaut to showcase future Moon…
The KNP fire complex and Windy fire are threatening groves of giant sequoias and prompting…
Tiny satellite CUTE will probe fiery alien planets to unlock secrets of atmospheric escape and…
Scientists tap into an array of imagers aboard the six-wheeled explorer to get a big…
Thinner Martian air forces NASA to push Ingenuity’s rotors faster than ever to keep flying.…
Arctic sea ice reached its 2021 minimum on Sept. 16, marking the 12th-lowest extent on…