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Sols 4368-4369: The Colors of Fall – and Mars

By |2024-11-20T21:16:00-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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Artist’s Concepts Depict SpaceX’s Starship HLS on the Moon for NASA Artemis

By |2024-11-20T19:09:07-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , |

These artist’s concepts show SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) on the Moon. NASA is working with SpaceX to develop Starship HLS to carry astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon’s surface and back for Artemis III and Artemis IV as part of the agency’s Artemis campaign. At about 165 feet (50 m), Starship HLS [...]

NASA, SpaceX Illustrate Key Moments of Artemis Lunar Lander Mission

By |2024-11-20T16:37:00-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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

By |2024-11-20T16:07:00-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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

By |2024-11-20T15:42:00-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

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

By |2024-11-20T15:01:00-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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

By |2024-11-20T13:57:00-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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

By |2024-11-20T13:56:00-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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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