Monthly Archives: Tháng Ba 2020

NASA Explorers: The Launch

It’s 5 a.m. on a normal September day and #NASAExplorers have gathered in a California field to watch a rocket launch light up the pre-dawn sky. On board the rocket is a satellite more than 10 years in the making, with one single instrument that will revolutionize the study of ice on Earth. Join the […]

NASA’s New Horizons Team Reveals New Scientific Findings on Pluto

During a July 24 science update at NASA headquarters, new surprising imagery and science results were revealed from the recent flyby of Pluto, by the New Horizons spacecraft. These included an image from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager or (LORRI) – looking back at Pluto – hours after the historic flyby that shows haze in […]

NASA Sends Out of This World New Year’s Greeting in Times Square

A New Year’s video greeting from Expedition 36 flight engineer Karen Nyberg, who returned from the International Space Station in November, and from three of the astronauts currently on board the space station: NASA’s Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins, and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

NASA Sends Out of This World New Year's Greeting in Times Square

A New Year’s video greeting from Expedition 36 flight engineer Karen Nyberg, who returned from the International Space Station in November, and from three of the astronauts currently on board the space station: NASA’s Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins, and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

‘The Martian’ Director Ridley Scott Discusses NASA’s Journey to Mars

Ridley Scott, director of the 20th Century Fox film “The Martian”, based on author Andy Weir’s book of the same name, reflects on the long-term personal and wide-ranging human fascination with Mars and how NASA’s exploration of the Red Planet is helping to turn science fiction into science fact.

'The Martian' Director Ridley Scott Discusses NASA’s Journey to Mars

Ridley Scott, director of the 20th Century Fox film “The Martian”, based on author Andy Weir’s book of the same name, reflects on the long-term personal and wide-ranging human fascination with Mars and how NASA’s exploration of the Red Planet is helping to turn science fiction into science fact.

Views of Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station – August 31, 2019

Cameras outside the International Space Station captured views August 31 of Hurricane Dorian at 11:28 a.m. Eastern time as it churned over the Atlantic Ocean. The storm, which is moving in a generally westerly direction with winds of 145 miles an hour, may approach Category 5 hurricane status, according to the National Hurricane Center, as […]

NASA Previews ‘Grand Finale’ of Cassini Saturn Mission

NASA held a news conference April 4, at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, to preview the beginning of Cassini’s final mission segment, known as the Grand Finale, which begins in late April. The briefing was shown live on NASA Television and on the agency’s website. Cassini has been orbiting Saturn since […]

Real People Behind NASA’s Hidden Figures

NASA kicked off a yearlong centennial celebration for its Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, with events Dec. 1 highlighting the critical work done by the African American women of Langley’s West Computing Unit, a story told in the book and upcoming movie “Hidden Figures”. During a NASA education event that was streamed to schools […]

Historic Apollo 11 Moonwalk Footage

Starting at 10:38 p.m. EDT on July 20, 2019, NASA TV replayed the historic footage of the #Apollo11 Moonwalk in real time as it happened 50 years ago. Relive our #Apollo50th broadcast: