Precise Measurements On Earth Ensure NASA’s Big Spacecraft Work In Space
Measurement is the first step that leads to success. If you can’t measure something accurately, you can’t understand and improve it. That is especially true for giant rockets designed to operate...
New Hubble Portrait of Mars
Bright, frosty polar caps, and clouds above a vivid, rust-colored landscape reveal Mars as a dynamic seasonal planet in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope view taken on May 12, 2016, when Mars was 50...
NASA Crash-Test Dummies Suit Up for Action
pon re-entry from a deep space mission, NASA’s next generation spacecraft, more commonly known as Orion, will descend under its three main parachutes, swaying in the wind until its final splashdown...
New Horizons Collects First Science on a Post-Pluto Object
Warming up for a possible extended mission as it speeds through deep space, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has now twice observed 1994 JR1, a 90-mile-wide (145-kilometer-wide) Kuiper Belt object...
First CubeSat Built by an Elementary School Deployed into Space
In 2012, the students from St. Thomas More Cathedral School in Arlington, Virginia lined up in the shape of a space shuttle in the school parking lot and witnessed the flyover of the Space Shuttle...
From ‘Magnetoshells’ to Growable Habitats, NASA Invests in Next Stage of Visionary Technology Development
NASA has selected eight technology proposals for investment that have the potential to transform future aerospace missions, introduce new capabilities, and significantly improve current approaches...
From ‘Magnetoshells’ to Growable Habitats, NASA Invests in Next Stage of Visionary Technology Development
NASA has selected eight technology proposals for investment that have the potential to transform future aerospace missions, introduce new capabilities, and significantly improve current approaches...
Enjoy your weekend Stargazing in these Magnificent Places
Astronomy Day is a world-wide event observed each spring and fall. It is happening tomorrow. So, astronomical societies, museums, and individuals, will plan for this day even before it happens....
