Monthly Archives: Tháng Ba 2020

Kepler Makes Discoveries Inside the Habitable Zone

NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the “habitable zone,” the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water. The size of Kepler-62f is now measured, but its mass and composition are not. However, based […]

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Repair Spacewalk #2, Nov. 22, 2019

Astronauts Andrew Morgan of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (ESA) will venture outside the International Space Station starting at …

SpaceX 19th Resupply Launch to the International Space Station

Due to weather, the new launch date is Thursday, Dec. 5 for SpaceX’s 19th resupply mission to the International Space Station. The #Dragon spacecraft will be …

July 12th Daily Briefing for New Horizons/Pluto Mission Pre-Flyby

July 12th daily pre-flyby overview of the New Horizons mission, the spacecraft and its suite of instruments and a summary of Pluto science to date from the Johns …

NASA Dedicates Facility to Mathematician, Presidential Medal Winner

NASA commemorated the many contributions of retired mathematician Katherine Johnson to America’s space program during a building dedication ceremony …

Space Station Crew Members Walk in Space with an Eye to the Future

Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency conducted a spacewalk outside the …