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Hubble Provides New View of Galactic Favorite

By |2025-04-16T10:00:00-04:00April 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts Science Hubble Science Science Themes Science Highlights [...]

Halo of the Cat’s Eye

By |2025-04-16T09:09:07-04:00April 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

Photo of the Day What created the unusual halo around the Cat's Eye Nebula? No one is sure. What is sure is that the Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) is one of the best known planetary nebulae on the sky. Although haunting symmetries are seen in the bright central region, this image was taken [...]

NASA Sees Progress on Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef Design Development

By |2025-04-16T09:00:00-04:00April 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A digital rendering of the baseline configuration for Blue Origin’s free-flying commercial space station, Orbital Reef, which continues to be developed as part of a Space Act Agreement with NASA.Blue Origin A NASA-supported commercial space station, Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef, recently completed a human-in-the-loop [...]

Going Home: NASA Retires S-3B Viking to POW/MIA Museum

By |2025-04-16T08:04:00-04:00April 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

This S-3 supported vital flight research by donating parts to its sister plane, another S3-B Viking that was retired in 2021.Credit: NASA/Jordan Cochran After supporting the center’s research missions for more than a decade, NASA’s S-3B Viking aircraft is moving on from NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland to begin a new and honorable assignment. [...]

Sols 4511-4512: Low energy after a big weekend?

By |2025-04-16T00:48:00-04:00April 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 2 min [...]

Sols 4509-4510: A weekend of long drives

By |2025-04-16T00:26:00-04:00April 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 3 min [...]

NASA Aims to Fly First Quantum Sensor for Gravity Measurements

By |2025-04-15T14:51:00-04:00April 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, private companies, and academic institutions are developing the first space-based quantum sensor for measuring gravity. Supported by NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO), this mission will mark a first for quantum sensing and will pave the way for groundbreaking observations of everything from petroleum reserves to [...]

What Is Aerodynamics? (Grades 5-8)

By |2025-04-15T14:13:00-04:00April 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

This article is for students grades 5-8. Aerodynamics is the way objects move through air. The rules of aerodynamics explain how an airplane is able to fly. Anything that moves through air is affected by aerodynamics, from a rocket blasting off, to a kite flying. Since they are surrounded by air, even cars are affected by [...]

What Is Aerodynamics? (Grades K-4)

By |2025-04-15T14:07:00-04:00April 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 Min Read What Is Aerodynamics? (Grades K-4) This article is for students grades K-4. What Are the Four Forces of Flight? Aerodynamics is the way air moves around things. The rules of aerodynamics explain how an airplane is able to fly. Anything that moves through air reacts to aerodynamics. A rocket blasting off [...]

Testing NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe)

By |2025-04-15T12:07:00-04:00April 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Princeton/Ed Whitman NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) is loaded into the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility (XRCF) thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, in this photo from March 20, 2025. There, the spacecraft will undergo testing such as dramatic temperature changes to simulate the harsh environment [...]

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