NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured a night-time look at Hurricane Irma over Brevard County, and the GOES East satellite provided a daytime view, as the large storm engulfed the entire state of Florida. […]
fter delivering more than 6,400 pounds of cargo, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft will depart the International Space Station on Sunday, Sept. 17. NASA Television and the agency’s website will provide live coverage of Dragon’s departure beginning at 4:30 a.m. EDT. […]
Hurricanes are the most violent storms on Earth. People call these storms by other names, such as typhoons or cyclones, depending on where they occur. […]
The International Space Station passed over two major Atlantic hurricanes on Friday, Sept. 8. First, the station flew approximately 250 miles over Hurricane Jose at approximately 10:10 a.m. EDT while the Category 3 storm was in the Atlantic just east of the Caribbean. […]
Fly frequently, travel safely, land on (most) runways, and operate economically: such are the guiding principles for 21st century spaceplanes, cargo-carrying aerospace workhorses routinely launching to low-Earth orbit for space station resupply and crew transfers. […]
The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the X-37B space plane aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 earlier this morning from Kennedy Space Center. […]
External cameras on the International Space Station captured views during an overhead pass of Hurricane Irma on Sept. 7, the third pass this week. The Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 180 mph has brought devastating wind and rains to several islands in the Caribbean, with a hurricane watch in effect for much of Cuba and the potential to begin impacting the Florida peninsula by week’s end. […]
NASA and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will celebrate 40 years of the Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft — humanity’s farthest and longest-lived mission — with a public event at 12:30 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Sept. 5. […]
NASA and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will celebrate 40 years of the Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft — humanity’s farthest and longest-lived mission — with a public event at 12:30 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Sept. 5. […]
The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane will blast off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on Thursday, Sept. 7 from Kennedy Space Center. […]
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who set multiple U.S. space records during her mission aboard the International Space Station, along with crewmates Jack Fischer of NASA and Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, safely landed on Earth at 9:21 p.m. EDT Saturday (7:21 a.m.Kazakhstan time, Sunday, Sept. 3), southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. […]
Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot issued a statement on Friday’s announcement of the intended nomination by President Donald Trump of U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine to serve as the 13th NASA administrator. […]
