3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA is kicking off the 2026 Student Launch challenge, looking for new student teams to design, build, and launch high-powered rockets with a scientific or engineering payload next April. The agency is seeking proposals until Monday, Sept. 22. Details about this year’s challenge are in [...]
Explore This Section Earth Earth Observer Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam Announcements More Archives Conference Schedules Style Guide 9 min read Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2: Collaboration Drives Innovation Introduction Landsat, a joint program of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), [...]
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The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft, with its nosecone open, approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking. At 7:05 a.m. EDT, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the forward port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module. The spacecraft carried over 5,000 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo to the orbiting laboratory on SpaceX’s [...]
The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, with its nosecone open, approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the Harmony module’s space-facing port on April 22, 2025.NASA NASA’s coverage is underway for arrival of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on NASA+, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and more. Learn how to watch [...]
Lindy Garay always knew she wanted to develop software. She did not anticipate that her work would contribute to human spaceflight. The electrical and software engineering degree Garay earned from the University of Texas at Austin paved the way for a 25-year career with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Her first job out of [...]
Photo of the Day At the core of the Crab Nebula lies a city-sized, magnetized neutron star spinning 30 times a second. Known as the Crab Pulsar, it is the bright spot in the center of the gaseous swirl at the nebula's core. About twelve light-years across, the spectacular picture frames the glowing gas, [...]
NASA’s SpaceX 33rd commercial resupply mission successfully launched to deliver supplies and science investigations to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Aug. 24, 2025.Credit: NASA Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 33rd commercial resupply mission, new scientific experiments and cargo for the [...]
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Dragon atop launches on time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.NASA+ At 2:45 a.m. EDT, over 5,000 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the company’s 33rd commercial resupply services mission for NASA. The spacecraft lifted [...]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft, stands in a vertical position at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on March 19, 2024.SpaceX NASA’s coverage is underway on NASA+, Netflix,Amazon Prime, and more for the launch of SpaceX’s 33rd commercial resupply services mission to the International [...]
