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Experience the Launch of Artemis II

By |2025-11-19T09:38:00-05:00November 19th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Artemis II crew members (from left) CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman walk out of Astronaut Crew Quarters inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building to the Artemis crew transportation vehicles prior to traveling to Launch Pad 39B as part of an integrated [...]

Station Nation: Meet Alyssa Yockey, Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory Flight Lead 

By |2025-11-19T06:00:00-05:00November 19th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Alyssa Yockey supports the International Space Station from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston as a flight lead at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory is one of the world’s largest indoor pools where astronauts and support teams conduct trainings and other large-scale operations, both in the water and on the pool deck.  [...]

NASA, SpaceX Launch US-European Satellite to Monitor Earth’s Oceans

By |2025-11-17T02:40:00-05:00November 17th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The Sentinel-6B satellite lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in central California at 9:21 p.m. PST on Nov. 16.Credit: NASA/Carla Thomas About the size of a full-size pickup truck, a newly launched satellite by NASA and its partners will provide ocean and atmospheric [...]

NASA, European Partners Set to Launch Sentinel-6B Earth Satellite

By |2025-11-15T19:02:00-05:00November 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Set to launch no earlier than Nov. 16, Sentinel-6B will continue the data record now being collected by its twin satellite Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, which lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in November 2020 aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket shown here.SpaceX Set [...]

6 Things to Know From NASA About New US, European Sea Satellite

By |2025-11-14T19:13:00-05:00November 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Set to launch no earlier than Nov. 16, Sentinel-6B will continue a decades-long data record of sea level measurement that will help decision-makers manage coastal flooding, support hurricane intensity forecasts, and assist in the return of astronauts from space.NASA Data from Sentinel-6B will continue [...]

Artemis II Terminal Count Simulation

By |2025-11-14T16:44:11-05:00November 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Members of the Artemis launch team participate in an Artemis II launch countdown simulation inside Firing Room 1 in the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. The simulations go through launch day scenarios to help launch team members test software and make adjustments if needed during [...]

Artemis II Terminal Count Simulation

By |2025-11-14T16:44:10-05:00November 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Members of the Artemis launch team participate in an Artemis II launch countdown simulation inside Firing Room 1 in the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. The simulations go through launch day scenarios to help launch team members test software and make adjustments if needed during [...]

Artemis II Terminal Count Simulation

By |2025-11-14T16:44:09-05:00November 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Members of the Artemis launch team participate in an Artemis II launch countdown simulation inside Firing Room 1 in the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. The simulations go through launch day scenarios to help launch team members test software and make adjustments if needed during [...]

Hubble Studies Star Ages in Colorful Galaxy

By |2025-11-14T07:46:00-05:00November 14th, 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 [...]

NASA, Blue Origin Launch Two Spacecraft to Study Mars, Solar Wind

By |2025-11-13T23:03:00-05:00November 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission launched at 3:55 p.m. EST atop a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.Credit: Blue Origin A pair of NASA spacecraft ultimately destined for Mars will study how its magnetic environment is impacted by the [...]

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