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Linking Satellite Data and Community Knowledge to Advance Alaskan Snow Science
Explore This Section Science Goddard Space Flight Center Linking Satellite Data and… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science 4 min read Linking Satellite Data and Community Knowledge to Advance Alaskan Snow Science Seasonal snow plays a significant role in global water and energy cycles, [...]
10 Years Ago: NASA’s New Horizons Captures Pluto’s Heart
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Alex Parker This image, taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on July 14, 2015, is the most accurate natural color image of Pluto. This natural-color image results from refined calibration of data gathered by New Horizons’ color Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC). The processing creates images that would approximate [...]
Ax-4 Undocks from Station Inside Dragon for Earth Return
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with the Axiom Mission 4 crew inside is pictured docked to the International Space Station’s space-facing port on the Harmony module. In the foreground, is the Canadarm2 robotic arm and its latching end effector.NASA+ The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft undocked at 7:15 a.m. EDT from the space-facing port of the International Space [...]
NASA+ is Live as Ax-4 Prepares to Undock from Station
The Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) and Expedition 73 crews join each other for a group portrait on June 26, 2025. In the front row (from left) are, Ax-4 crewmates Tibor Kapu, Peggy Whitson, Shubhanshu Shukla, and Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski with Expedition 73 crewmates Anne McClain and Takuya Onishi. In the rear are, Expedition 73 crewmates Alexey [...]
Ax-4 Boards Dragon and Closes Hatch for Departure
(From left) Ax-4 Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, Commander Peggy Whitson, and Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski wave from inside the Space Dragon spacecraft.Axiom Space At 5:07 a.m. EDT, the hatch closed between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for the undocking and return to Earth of Axiom Mission [...]
Chief Training Officer Teresa Sindelar Touches the Future of Human Spaceflight
Teresa Sindelar always knew she wanted to be a part of human spaceflight, but she was unsure how to make that dream a reality until a chance encounter with former NASA astronaut Tom Stafford when she was 11 years old. The pair met in a local jewelry shop near Sindelar’s Nebraska home, where Gen. Stafford [...]
NASA+ Broadcasting Ax-4 Preparing to Enter Dragon for Departure
The official crew portrait of the Axiom Mission-4 (Ax-4) private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. From left are, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla from India, Commander Peggy Whitson from the U.S., and Mission Specialists Sławosz Uzanański-Wiśniewksi from Poland and Tibor Kapu from Hungary.Axiom Space NASA’s live coverage is underway on NASA+ for the departure of [...]
Planetary Nebula Mz3: The Ant Nebula
Photo of the Day Why isn't this ant a big sphere? Planetary nebula Mz3 is being cast off by a star similar to our Sun that is, surely, round. Why then would the gas that is streaming away create an ant-shaped nebula that is distinctly not round? Clues might include the high 1000-kilometer per [...]
Clouds and the Golden Moon
Photo of the Day As the Sun set, a bright Full Moon rose on July 10. Its golden light illuminates clouds drifting through southern hemisphere skies in this well-composed telephoto image from Conceição do Coité, Bahia, Brazil. The brightest lunar phase is captured here with both a short and long exposure. The two exposures [...]