NASA HISTORY: Mars Science Laboratory Rover Curiosity Lands on Mars
On August 6, 2012, the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity landed on Mars. […]
On August 6, 2012, the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity landed on Mars. […]
Florida Institute Of Technology Leads Study Of Rare Orbital Configuration Surrounding Kepler-80 […]
When Star Trek originally aired in 1966, NASA’s space program was still in its infancy. But Star Trek allowed us to imagine what could be, if we dared to boldly go where no one had gone before. […]
Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians and engineers inspect the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security –Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. […]
ESA and NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, saw a bright comet plunge toward the sun on Aug. 3-4, 2016, at nearly 1.3 million miles per hour. […]
By combining observations from the Japan-led Suzaku X-ray satellite and the European Space Agency’s infrared Herschel Space Observatory, scientists have connected a fierce “wind” produced near a galaxy’s monster black hole to an outward torrent of cold gas a thousand light-years across. […]
NASA engineers conducted a successful developmental test of RS-25 rocket engine No. 0528 July 29, 2016, to collect critical performance data for the most powerful rocket in the world – the Space Launch System (SLS). […]
Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io has a thin atmosphere that collapses in the shadow of Jupiter, condensing as ice, according to a new study by NASA-funded researchers. […]
NASA is sniffing out the sweet smell of methane on Earth, Mars and beyond. It’s a greenhouse gas and, in some places, possibly a sign of ancient life. […]
Rhea, like many moons in the outer solar system, appears dazzlingly bright in full sunlight. This is the signature of the water ice that forms most of the moon’s surface. […]
Boeing’s Melanie Weber Will Be Thinking About The Crew When The Time Comes To Launch Starliner […]
As the search for life on distant planets heats up, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is bringing this hunt closer to home. […]