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NASA Invites Virtual Guests to Launch of SpaceX 32nd Resupply Mission

By |2025-04-16T12:08:00-04:00April 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, on the company’s 29th commercial resupply services mission for the agency to the International Space Station.SpaceX NASA [...]

Hubble Provides New View of Galactic Favorite

By |2025-04-16T10:00:00-04:00April 16th, 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 [...]

Sols 4511-4512: Low energy after a big weekend?

By |2025-04-16T00:48:00-04:00April 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 2 min [...]

Sols 4509-4510: A weekend of long drives

By |2025-04-16T00:26:00-04:00April 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 3 min [...]

NASA Aims to Fly First Quantum Sensor for Gravity Measurements

By |2025-04-15T14:51:00-04:00April 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, private companies, and academic institutions are developing the first space-based quantum sensor for measuring gravity. Supported by NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO), this mission will mark a first for quantum sensing and will pave the way for groundbreaking observations of everything from petroleum reserves to [...]

What Is Aerodynamics? (Grades 5-8)

By |2025-04-15T14:13:00-04:00April 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

This article is for students grades 5-8. Aerodynamics is the way objects move through air. The rules of aerodynamics explain how an airplane is able to fly. Anything that moves through air is affected by aerodynamics, from a rocket blasting off, to a kite flying. Since they are surrounded by air, even cars are affected by [...]

What Is Aerodynamics? (Grades K-4)

By |2025-04-15T14:07:00-04:00April 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 Min Read What Is Aerodynamics? (Grades K-4) This article is for students grades K-4. What Are the Four Forces of Flight? Aerodynamics is the way air moves around things. The rules of aerodynamics explain how an airplane is able to fly. Anything that moves through air reacts to aerodynamics. A rocket blasting off [...]

Testing NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe)

By |2025-04-15T12:07:00-04:00April 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Princeton/Ed Whitman NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) is loaded into the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility (XRCF) thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, in this photo from March 20, 2025. There, the spacecraft will undergo testing such as dramatic temperature changes to simulate the harsh environment [...]

Experience the Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Mission

By |2025-04-15T11:31:00-04:00April 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station.NASA/Aubrey Gemignani Digital content creators are invited to register to attend the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition as part of NASA’s [...]

Atomic Clock and Plant DNA Research Launching Aboard NASA’s SpaceX CRS-32 Mission 

By |2025-04-15T11:14:00-04:00April 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s SpaceX 32nd commercial resupply services mission, scheduled to lift off from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in April, is heading to the International Space Station with experiments that include research on whether plant DNA responses in space correlate to human aging and disease, and measuring the precise effects of gravity on time.   Discover more [...]

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