Artemis II Stacking – Booster Segments in RPSF
Artemis II Stacking - Booster Segments in RPSF
NASA, SpaceX Illustrate Key Moments of Artemis Lunar Lander Mission
An artist’s concept of SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) on the Moon. NASA is working with SpaceX to develop the Starship HLS to carry astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon’s surface and back for Artemis III and Artemis IV. Starship HLS is roughly 50 meters tall, or about the length of an [...]
STS-129 Crew Aboard the Space Station
Pictured (clockwise) from bottom left are astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh, commander; Mike Foreman, Leland Melvin, Robert L. Satcher Jr. and Randy Bresnik, all mission specialists; along with Barry E. “Butch” Wilmore, pilot; and Nicole Stott, mission specialist.NASA The STS-129 crew members pose for a portrait following a joint news conference with the Expedition 21 crew [...]
NASA Stacks First Artemis II Segment on Mobile Launcher
Engineers and technicians with the Exploration Ground Systems Program stack the first Moon rocket segment – the left aft assembly for the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket booster onto mobile launcher 1 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Benson Engineers [...]
Media Invited to Learn About NASA, GE Aerospace Contrails Flight Tests
Media are invited to learn about a unique series of flight tests happening in Virginia in partnership between NASA and GE Aerospace that aim to help the aviation industry better understand contrails and their impact on the Earth’s climate. Contrails are the lines of clouds that can be created by high-flying aircraft, but they may [...]
NASA’s Chandra, Hubble Tune Into ‘Flame-Throwing’ Guitar Nebula
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The guitar shape in the “Guitar Nebula” comes from bubbles blown by particles ejected from the pulsar through a steady wind as it moves through space. A movie of Chandra (red) data taken in 2000, 2006, 2012, [...]
Discovery Alert: A Rare Glimpse of a Newborn Planet
Artist’s concept of a young, newly discovered planet, exposed to observation by a warped debris disk. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt, K. Miller (Caltech/IPAC) The Discovery A huge planet with a long name – IRAS 04125+2902 b – is really just a baby: only 3 million years old. And because such infant worlds are usually hidden [...]
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What is BioSentinel?
llustration of BioSentinel’s spacecraft flying past the Moon.NASA/Daniel Rutter Editor’s Note: This article was updated Nov. 20, 2024 shortly after BioSentinel’s mission marked two years of operation in deep space. Astronauts live in a pretty extreme environment aboard the International Space Station. Orbiting about 250 miles above the Earth in the weightlessness of microgravity, they rely on commercial [...]
5 Surprising NASA Heliophysics Discoveries Not Related to the Sun
5 min read 5 Surprising NASA Heliophysics Discoveries Not Related to the Sun With NASA’s fleet of heliophysics spacecraft, scientists monitor our Sun and investigate its influences throughout the solar system. However, the fleet’s constant watch and often-unique perspectives sometimes create opportunities to make discoveries that no one expected, helping us to solve mysteries [...]