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NASA Stennis Achieves Primary Success for Historic In-Space Mission

By |2024-07-02T08:30:00-04:00July 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA Stennis Autonomous Systems Laboratory Project Engineer Travis Martin monitors successful data delivery from the center’s ASTRA payload aboard the orbiting Sidus Space LizzieSat-1 satellite. The ASTRA autonomous systems hardware/software payload represents the first-ever in-space mission for NASA Stennis. NASA/Danny Nowlin NASA’s Stennis Space Center and partner Sidus Space Inc. announced primary mission success July [...]

Mission Success: HERA Crew Successfully Completes 45-Day Simulated Journey to Mars 

By |2024-07-02T08:16:00-04:00July 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Four dedicated explorers—Jason Lee, Stephanie Navarro, Shareef Al Romaithi, and Piyumi Wijesekara—just returned from a 45-day simulated journey to Mars, testing the boundaries of human endurance and teamwork within NASA’s HERA (Human Exploration Research Analog) habitat at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Their groundbreaking work on HERA’s Campaign 7 Mission 2 contributes to NASA’s efforts to [...]

Sols 4232-4233: Going For a Ride, Anyone?

By |2024-07-02T04:14:00-04:00July 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Curiosity NavigationCuriosityMission OverviewWhere is Curiosity?Mission UpdatesScienceOverviewInstrumentsHighlightsExploration GoalsNews and FeaturesMultimediaCuriosity Raw ImagesMars ResourcesMars MissionsMars Sample ReturnMars Perseverance RoverMars Curiosity RoverMAVENMars Reconnaissance OrbiterMars OdysseyMore Mars MissionsAll PlanetsMercuryVenusEarthMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto & Dwarf Planets 5 min read Sols 4232-4233: Going For a Ride, Anyone? This image shows some of the sand ripples we spot all around the rover between the rocks. It [...]

NASA Shares Two New Moon to Mars Architecture White Papers

By |2024-06-28T09:04:00-04:00June 28th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) View of the Nova-C landing area near Malapert A in the South Pole region of the Moon. North is to the right. Taken by LROC (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera) NAC (Narrow Angle Camera).NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University NASA has released two white papers associated with the [...]

Hubble Examines an Active Galaxy Near the Lion’s Heart

By |2024-06-28T07:00:00-04:00June 28th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 min read Hubble Examines an Active Galaxy Near the Lion’s Heart This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the elliptical galaxy Messier 105. ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Sarazin et al. It might appear featureless and unexciting at first glance, but NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations of this elliptical galaxy — known as Messier 105 [...]

Gateway: Up Close in Stunning Detail

By |2024-06-25T07:21:00-04:00June 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A detailed 3D animation of NASA's Gateway space station, showcasing its modules and structural components from various angles against the backdrop of deep space.NASA/Bradley Reynolds, Alberto Bertolin NASA and its international partners will explore the scientific mysteries [...]

Hubble Captures Infant Stars Transforming a Nebula

By |2024-06-21T07:45:00-04:00June 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 min read Hubble Captures Infant Stars Transforming a Nebula This striking NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the nebula RCW 7. ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Tan (Chalmers University & University of Virginia), R. Fedriani This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image presents a visually striking collection of interstellar gas and dust. Named RCW 7, the [...]

NASA Preserves Its Past at Kennedy While Building Future of Space

By |2024-06-20T08:57:00-04:00June 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

From the left, NASA Kennedy Space Center’s, Maui Dalton, project manager, engineering; Katherine Zeringue, cultural resources manager; Janet Petro, NASA Kennedy Space Center director; and Ismael Otero, project manager, engineering, unveil a large bronze historical marker plaque at the location of NASA Kennedy’s original headquarters building on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Approved in April 2023 [...]

Globetrotting NASA Research Model Increases Accuracy

By |2024-06-17T05:59:00-04:00June 17th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The NASA 5.2% scale, semi-span version of the High Lift Common Research Model installed in the German-Dutch Wind Tunnels – Braunschweig Low-Speed Wind Tunnel in Braunschweig, Germany on May 4, 2023. NASA NASA and its international partners are using the same generically shaped wing [...]

Hubble Observes a Cosmic Fossil

By |2024-06-14T06:32:00-04:00June 14th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 min read Hubble Observes a Cosmic Fossil This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular cluster NGC 2005. ESA/Hubble & NASA, F. Niederhofer, L. Girardi This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular cluster NGC 2005. It’s not an unusual globular cluster in and of itself, but it is a peculiarity [...]

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