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NASA Deep Space Network’s New Goldstone Antenna Goes Online

By |2026-08-30T10:53:00-04:00August 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

1 Min Read NASA Deep Space Network’s New Goldstone Antenna Goes Online PIA26778 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA Deep Space Network’s… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA Deep Space Network’s New Goldstone Antenna Goes Online JPEG (1.26 MB) Description Long shadows are cast by the [...]

Panorama Showcasing the 34-Meter Antennas of the DSN’s Goldstone Complex

By |2026-08-30T10:47:00-04:00August 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 Min Read Panorama Showcasing the 34-Meter Antennas of the DSN’s Goldstone Complex PIA26777 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Panorama Showcasing the… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Panorama Showcasing the 34-Meter Antennas of the DSN’s Goldstone Complex JPEG (853.58 KB) Description Five antennas soak in the [...]

NASA’s Dark Universe-Seeking Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches

By |2026-08-30T09:18:00-04:00August 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope on board is seen transiting the sun during launch from Launch Complex 39A, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA/John Kraus Now on a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon [...]

NASA, SpaceX Adjust Crew-13 Launch Date

By |2026-08-29T21:12:00-04:00August 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

jsc2026e406664 (Aug. 5, 2026) — The four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station display their mission plaque inside a training mockup of a space station module. From left are, Commander Jessica Watkins and Pilot Luke Delaney, both from NASA, and Mission Specialists Joshua Kutryk of CSA (Canadian Space Agency) and [...]

Artemis II: For All Humanity

By |2026-08-28T19:44:27-04:00August 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , |

Artemis II marked the first astronaut journey to the Moon in over 50 years — a 10-day test flight that carried NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen 252,756 miles from Earth before splashing down off the coast of San Diego. This mission tested Orion’s life-support, navigation, and deep-space systems [...]

NASA’s Artemis II Crew Receives Congressional Space Medal of Honor

By |2026-08-28T18:21:00-04:00August 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

President Donald J. Trump awarded NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.NASA/John Kraus NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut [...]

The Sky Turns Above Paranal

By |2026-08-28T17:44:24-04:00August 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day At the latitude of ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile, about 25 degrees south, Earth's rotation moves the planet's surface eastward at over 1,500 kilometers per hour. And while that's faster than the speed of sound at sea level, the motion is imperceptible. Still, that motion can be revealed in the [...]

U.S. President Speaks to Expedition 75 Crew after Awarding Artemis II Crew

By |2026-08-28T17:11:00-04:00August 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

NASA astronauts and Expedition 75 crewmates (clockwise from left) Jack Hathaway, Anil Menon, and Jessica Meir speak with U.S. President Donald Trump who visited NASA’s Johnson Space Center on Aug. 28, 2026. President Donald J. Trump awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Friday at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to the four‑member Artemis [...]

NASA Awards First Prize in Phase 2 of Agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge 

By |2026-08-28T16:30:00-04:00August 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology team won NASA’s LunaRecycle Challenge competition for their project, Composites for Extraterrestrial Recycling By Engineering the Reuse and Upcycling of Zotek (CERBERUZ).Credit: NASA/Savannah Bullard NASA named a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the first prize winner for Phase 2 of the agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge, which focused on developing solutions for reducing waste during missions to the Moon or deep space by recycling common materials, like fabrics, plastics, foam, and [...]

President Honors NASA’s Artemis II Crew with Highest US Space Award

By |2026-08-28T13:37:00-04:00August 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

President Donald J. Trump awarded NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.Credit: NASA President Donald J. Trump awarded NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, [...]

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