NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Images Asteroid Donaldjohanson
4 min read NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Images Asteroid Donaldjohanson In its second asteroid encounter, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft obtained a close look at a uniquely shaped fragment of an asteroid that…
Fuzzy Rings of a Dying Star
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken the most detailed image of planetary nebula NGC 1514 to date thanks to its unique mid-infrared observations. Webb shows its rings as intricate…
Celebrating Earth as Only NASA Can
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Earth Day Poster for 2025 uses imagery from the Landsat mission — a joint mission with USGS —…
Sols 4515-4517: Silver Linings
Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources…
NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 32nd SpaceX Resupply Station Mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 4:15 a.m. EDT on April 21, 2025,…
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, Crewmates Complete Space Station Expedition
The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 72 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey…
Hubble Spies Cosmic Pillar in Eagle Nebula
ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll This newly reprocessed image released on April 18, 2025, provides a new view of an enormous, 9.5-light-year-tall pillar of cold gas and dust. Despite its…
NASA to Cover US Spacewalk 93, Hold Preview News Conference
NASA astronauts work to retrieve batteries and adapter plates from an external pallet during a spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station’s power storage capacity. Credit: NASA Two NASA astronauts…
Lightweight Deployable Solar Reflectors
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) ECF 2024 Quadchart Arya.pdf Manan Arya Stanford University This grant will design and develop lightweight, low-cost modular solar reflectors…
Power on the Dark Side: Stimulus-Responsive Adsorbents for Low-Energy Controlled Storage and Delivery of Low Boiling Fuels to Mobile Assets in Permanently Shaded Regions
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) ECF 2024 Quadchart McGuirk.pdf Christopher McGuirk Colorado School of Mines This project will investigate and develop improved storage methods…