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NASA Celebrates Edwin Hubble’s Discovery of a New Universe

By |2025-01-15T10:15:00-05:00January 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Hubble Space TelescopeHubble HomeOverviewAbout HubbleThe History of HubbleHubble TimelineWhy Have a Telescope in Space?Hubble by the NumbersAt the MuseumFAQsImpact & BenefitsHubble’s Impact & BenefitsScience ImpactsCultural ImpactTechnology BenefitsImpact on Human SpaceflightAstro Community ImpactsScienceHubble ScienceScience ThemesScience HighlightsScience Behind DiscoveriesHubble’s Partners in ScienceUniverse UncoveredExplore the Night SkyObservatoryHubble ObservatoryHubble DesignMission OperationsMissions to HubbleHubble vs WebbTeamHubble TeamCareer AspirationsHubble AstronautsNewsHubble NewsHubble [...]

Liftoff! NASA Sends Science, Tech to Moon on Firefly, SpaceX Flight

By |2025-01-15T02:53:00-05:00January 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Creating a golden streak in the night sky, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander soars upward after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Jan. 15, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative. The Blue Ghost lander will [...]

Firefly Lunar Lander On Its Way To the Moon 

By |2025-01-15T02:24:00-05:00January 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully powered on as it continues its way to the Moon, carrying NASA science demonstrations as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign.    Blue Ghost is expected to land on the lunar surface on Sunday, March 2 and, throughout its mission, NASA’s scientific [...]

Firefly Aerospace Lunar Lander Separates From SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket 

By |2025-01-15T02:17:00-05:00January 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

At approximately 2:17 a.m. EST, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander separated from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. Aboard are NASA scientific instruments flying to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. Coming up, Blue Ghost will power on and continue its journey to the Moon.  [...]

Liftoff! Firefly Lunar Lander Begins Journey to the Moon

By |2025-01-15T01:14:00-05:00January 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

Creating a golden streak in the night sky, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander soars upward after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative. The Blue Ghost lander [...]

Live Countdown Coverage Begins for First Firefly Commercial Lunar Flight 

By |2025-01-15T00:30:00-05:00January 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander prepares for a launch to the Moon on January 14 from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative. The Blue Ghost lander will carry 10 NASA science and [...]

NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) Resource Reel – December 2024

By |2025-01-14T19:09:22-05:00January 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This resource reel shows major milestones for NASA’s mega Moon rocket, the SLS (Space Launch System) from summer 2024 through late 2024. Teams across the country are manufacturing, building, and preparing hardware for SLS rockets that will power the first crewed Artemis missions with Artemis II and III and the first flights of SLS in [...]

Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument Poster

By |2025-01-14T18:42:00-05:00January 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Roman Coronagraph Instrument will greatly advance our ability to directly image exoplanets, or planets and disks around other stars. The Roman Coronagraph Instrument, a technology demonstration designed and built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will fly aboard NASA’s next flagship astrophysics observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Coronagraphs work by blocking light [...]

Roman Space Telescope’s Coronagraph Instrument

By |2025-01-14T18:42:00-05:00January 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Learn about Roman’s Coronagraph Instrument with this poster. How many related elements can you find in this poster? Check the artwork key below for the answers.NASA, JPL NASA’s Roman Coronagraph Instrument will greatly advance our ability to directly image exoplanets, or planets and disks around other stars. The Roman Coronagraph Instrument, a technology demonstration designed [...]

Roman Space Telescope Wide Field Instrument Poster

By |2025-01-14T18:10:00-05:00January 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The Wide-Field Instrument (WFI), the primary instrument aboard NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, is a 300-megapixel visible and infrared camera that will allow scientists to perform revolutionary astrophysics surveys.   This specialized camera detects faint light across the cosmos and will be used to study a wide range of astrophysics topics including the expansion [...]

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