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Twelve Years of Kappa Cygnids

By |2025-07-25T13:44:24-04:00July 25th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Meteors from the Kappa Cygnid meteor shower are captured in this time-lapse composite skyscape. The minor meteor shower, with a radiant not far from its eponymous star Kappa Cygni, peaks in mid-August, almost at the same time as the much better-known and better-observed Perseid meteor shower. But, seen to have [...]

Fireball over Cape San Blas

By |2025-07-23T13:44:28-04:00July 23rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

Photo of the Day Have you ever seen a fireball? In astronomy, a fireball is a very bright meteor -- one at least as bright as Venus and possibly brighter than even a full Moon. Fireballs are rare -- if you see one you are likely to remember it for your whole life. Physically, [...]

NASA moves SLS Hardware for Artemis III at Marshall Space Flight Center

By |2025-07-22T01:44:33-04:00July 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

These images and videos show technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, March 17, 2025, moving the completed launch vehicle stage adapter for Artemis III from Building 4649 to Building 4708 where it will remain until it is time to ship the hardware to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The cone-shaped [...]

NASA moves SLS Hardware for Artemis III at Marshall Space Flight Center

By |2025-07-22T01:44:32-04:00July 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

These images and videos show technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, March 17, 2025, moving the completed launch vehicle stage adapter for Artemis III from Building 4649 to Building 4708 where it will remain until it is time to ship the hardware to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The cone-shaped [...]

NASA moves SLS Hardware for Artemis III at Marshall Space Flight Center

By |2025-07-22T01:44:31-04:00July 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

These images and videos show technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, March 17, 2025, moving the completed launch vehicle stage adapter for Artemis III from Building 4649 to Building 4708 where it will remain until it is time to ship the hardware to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The cone-shaped [...]

NASA moves SLS Hardware for Artemis III at Marshall Space Flight Center

By |2025-07-22T01:44:30-04:00July 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

These images and videos show technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, March 17, 2025, moving the completed launch vehicle stage adapter for Artemis III from Building 4649 to Building 4708 where it will remain until it is time to ship the hardware to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The cone-shaped [...]

NASA moves SLS Hardware for Artemis III at Marshall Space Flight Center

By |2025-07-22T01:44:29-04:00July 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

These images and videos show technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, March 17, 2025, moving the completed launch vehicle stage adapter for Artemis III from Building 4649 to Building 4708 where it will remain until it is time to ship the hardware to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The cone-shaped [...]

Cat’s Paw Nebula from Webb Space Telescope

By |2025-07-21T13:44:26-04:00July 21st, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Nebulas are perhaps as famous for being identified with familiar shapes as perhaps cats are for getting into trouble. Still, no known cat could have created the vast Cat's Paw Nebula visible toward the constellation of the Scorpion (Scorpius). At 5,700 light years distant, Cat's Paw is an emission nebula [...]

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