Curiosity Rover Team Examining New Drill Hiatus
Mission Status Report NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is studying its surroundings and monitoring the environment, rather than driving or using its arm for science, while the rover team diagnoses...
NASA TV Coverage Set for Japanese Cargo Ship Destined for Space Station
The launch of a Japanese cargo ship to the International Space Station, and its arrival at the orbiting laboratory, will be broadcast Dec. 9 and 13 on NASA Television and the agency’s website. The...
NASA Radio on Europe’s New Mars Orbiter Aces Relay Test
Data from each of the two rovers active on Mars reached Earth last week in the successful first relay test of a NASA radio aboard Europe’s new Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). The transmissions from...
NASA Sets Space Fire!
Fire safety is a crucial component of space living. As we partner with industry and international space agencies to develop deep space habitation capabilities, we are leveraging every opportunity to...
NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Crewmates Safely Return From the Space Station
NASA astronaut and Expedition 49 crew member Kate Rubins, who became the first person to sequence DNA in space, returned to Earth Saturday after a successful mission aboard the International Space...
NASA’s Juno Mission Exits Safe Mode, Performs Trim Maneuver
Mission Status Report NASA’s Juno spacecraft at Jupiter has left safe mode and has successfully completed a minor burn of its thruster engines in preparation for its next close flyby of Jupiter....
Third Lettuce Crop Begins Growing Aboard Station
By Anna Heiney, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Just as farmers on Earth are planting leafy greens for the fall growing season, astronauts aboard the International Space Station are planting their...
Proven Engine Packs Big, In-Space Punch for NASA’s SLS Rocket
The thundering roar of a rocket leaving the launch pad is a familiar sight. Much less familiar is the job of the smaller upper stage engines that do their job mostly beyond eye and camera range, but...
