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Artemis I Post Launch Ground Systems Assessment of LC-39B

By |2024-04-03T02:09:01-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Aerials of the post launch assessment of the Mobile Launcher and Launch Complex 39B after the Artemis I launch.

65 Years Ago: NASA Selects America’s First Astronauts

By |2024-04-02T18:04:00-04:00April 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

On Nov. 5, 1958, NASA, newly established to lead America’s civilian space program, formally established the Space Task Group (STG) at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, to implement one of the nation’s top priorities – to develop a spacecraft capable of sending humans into space and returning them safely to Earth. In January [...]

NASA, Boeing Update Launch Date for Starliner’s First Astronaut Flight

By |2024-04-02T16:44:00-04:00April 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is lifted at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 4, 2022. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux Following a review of the International Space Station operations, NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test now is targeting no earlier than Monday, May 6, for Starliner’s [...]

NASA Aeronautics Monthly STEM Newsletter

By |2024-04-02T15:32:00-04:00April 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery. About NASA's Mission Join Us Home News & Events Multimedia NASA+ Missions Humans in Space Earth & Climate The Solar System The Universe Science Aeronautics Technology Learning Resources [...]

A Home for Astronauts around the Moon

By |2024-04-02T15:11:00-04:00April 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Dylan Connell Apr 02, 2024 The Gateway space station’s HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) module, one of two of Gateway’s habitation elements where astronauts will live, conduct science, and prepare for lunar surface missions, is one step closer to launch following welding completion in Turin, Italy. HALO, shown in this image from Oct. 23, [...]

Veronica T. Pinnick Put NASA’s PACE Mission through Its Paces

By |2024-04-02T15:09:00-04:00April 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

To achieve the impossible, Veronica T. Pinnick, who put NASA’s PACE mission through its prelaunch paces, says you need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Name: Dr. Veronica T. Pinnick Title: Plankton Aerosol, Cloud and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Integration and Test (I&T) manager Formal Job Classification: Chemist Organization: Integration and Test Branch, Electrical Engineering Division [...]

NASA Partnerships Bring 2024 Total Solar Eclipse to Everyone

By |2024-04-02T15:00:00-04:00April 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Karen Northon Apr 02, 2024 On Monday, April 8, NASA and its partners will celebrate the wonders of the total solar eclipse as it passes over North America, with the path of totality in the United States, from Kerrville, Texas, to Houlton, Maine. Eclipses are an important contribution to NASA’s research into the Sun’s [...]

That Starry Night Sky? It’s Full of Eclipses

By |2024-04-02T14:52:00-04:00April 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Our star, the Sun, on occasion joins forces with the Moon to offer us Earthlings a spectacular solar eclipse – like the one that will be visible to parts of the United States, Mexico, and Canada on April 8. But out there, among the other stars, how often can we see similar eclipses? The answer [...]

Scientists Use NASA Data to Predict Solar Corona Before Eclipse

By |2024-04-02T13:54:00-04:00April 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Our Sun, like many stars, is adorned with a crown. It’s called a corona (Latin for “crown” or “wreath”) and consists of long, thread-like strands of plasma billowing out from the Sun’s surface. The powerful magnetic field of the Sun defines these strands, causing them to ripple and evolve their structures constantly. The strands are [...]

NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return

By |2024-04-02T13:12:00-04:00April 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Three crew members are scheduled to begin their return to Earth on Friday, April 5, from the International Space Station. NASA will provide live coverage of their departure from the orbital complex and landing. NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus will depart from the station’s [...]

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