Russia Launches “Rescue” Soyuz Spacecraft to the Space Station
Following the launch at 7:24 p.m. EST on Thursday, February 23, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft is safely in orbit…
Following the launch at 7:24 p.m. EST on Thursday, February 23, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft is safely in orbit…
In the early-morning hours on Friday, February 24, NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren “Woody” Hoburg, along with UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi…
While working on space physics and household maintenance tasks, four Expedition 68 crew members are also preparing for their return to Earth next month. Meanwhile,…
During a media teleconference on Tuesday, February 21, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA provided an update to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the…
The tropical cyclone made landfall on February 21, 2023, after traveling for more than two weeks across the Indian Ocean. After traveling for 15 days…
One of the most elongated asteroids ever imaged by planetary radar was closely tracked by NASA’s Deep Space Network. An oblong asteroid, more than three…
Engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have finished testing the high-gain antenna for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. When it…
Although the outbreak of fires in early February 2023 has subsided, the burned area remained visible from space. Wildland fires raged across central and southern…
Naming a mountain on the Moon … Watching and helping from space … And a sample wide shot from Mars … a few of the…
After completing the first sample depot on another world, the rover continues its hunt for Mars rocks worthy of study on Earth. NASA’s Perseverance rover…
This winter, ice cover in the Great Lakes Basin has hovered at unusually low levels. The Great Lakes have been unusually ice-free so far this…
Scientists recently named a mesa-like lunar mountain that towers above the landscape carved by craters near the Moon’s South Pole. This unique feature will now…
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory would be among the first to demonstrate that NASA’s new space shuttle could be used to conduct science experiments about our…
This incredible image was captured on the International Space Station (ISS) on February 12, 2023. In it, NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Nicole…
Are there rivers and lakes on other worlds? The answer, surprisingly, is yes! Titan, which is the largest moon of Saturn, has lakes and rivers…
Young stars’ impact on galaxy evolution explored with PHANGS program The saying goes, ‘From a tiny acorn grows the mighty oak.’ This is accurate not…
Following a communications issue that began in late January, NASA’s CAPSTONE – short for Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment – is…
NASA and its partners across the country are continuing to make progress on the crewed Artemis missions with hardware for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS)…