Photo of the Day This cosmic close-up looks deep inside the Soul Nebula. The dark and brooding dust clouds outlined by bright ridges of glowing gas are cataloged as IC 1871. About 25 light-years across, the telescopic field of view spans only a small part of the much larger Heart and Soul nebulae. At [...]
Nicolas Escurat A flash of lightning, and then—something else. High above a storm, a crimson figure blinks in and out of existence. If you see it, you are a lucky witness of a sprite, one of the least-understood electrical phenomena in Earth’s upper atmosphere. Sprites occur at some 50 miles (80 kilometers) altitude, high above [...]
A pilot signals to a crew member before takeoff from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Aug. 21, 2025. Accompanying him in the high-flying ER-2 aircraft is one of the most advanced imaging spectrometers in the solar system.NASA/Christopher LC Clark Called AVIRIS-5, it’s the latest in a long line of sensors pioneered [...]
Michelle Hoehn is a cost accountant at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, where her work contributes to NASA’s Artemis program that will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future human exploration of Mars. NASA/Danny Nowlin Michelle Hoehn vividly remembers the day a seed was planted for her future at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near [...]
Over 150 engineers gathered to share experiences, foster collaboration, and empower women in technology at the 2025 SWE Korea conference. Source
The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, with Expedition 73 NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, and Alexey Zubritsky aboard, Dec. 9, 2025.NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA astronaut Jonny Kim returned to Earth on Tuesday alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey [...]
Soyuz MS-27 crew members (frm left) NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky pose for a pre-flight portrait at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia.GCTC At 12:03 a.m. EST (10:03 a.m. local time), the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft made a parachute-assisted landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the [...]
The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station above Morocco on the African continent on April 8, 2025.NASA NASA’s live coverage of the Soyuz MS-27 return is underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and YouTube. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. The Soyuz spacecraft, with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and [...]
The Soyuz MS-27 crew spacecraft undocks from the Prichal module to return three Expedition 73 crew members to Earth.NASA At 8:41 p.m. EST, the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station’s Prichal module with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky aboard. NASA’s live coverage of deorbit burn, [...]
The Soyuz MS-27 crew spacecraft is pictured docked to the Prichal module just hours before undocking from the International Space Station and returning three crew members to Earth.NASA NASA’s live coverage of undocking is now underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and YouTube. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. At 5:30 [...]
