NASA’s Curiosity rover has begun the journey to Mars after its Atlas V rocket launched successfully from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Nov. 26. Ten instruments aboard MSL will provide new data about whether the area within and around Mars’ Gale Crater could ever have supported microbial life. The Mars Science Laboratory is […]
Monthly Archives: Tháng Ba 2020
For hundreds of years, this gaseous giant planet appeared shrouded in colorful bands of clouds extending from dusk to dawn, referred to as zones and belts. Story: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-juno-findings-jupiter-s-jet-streams-are-unearthly The bands were thought to be an expression of Jovian weather, related to winds blowing eastward and westward at different speeds. This animation illustrates a recent discovery […]
For hundreds of years, this gaseous giant planet appeared shrouded in colorful bands of clouds extending from dusk to dawn, referred to as zones and belts. Story: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-juno-findings-jupiter-s-jet-streams-are-unearthly The bands were thought to be an expression of Jovian weather, related to winds blowing eastward and westward at different speeds. This animation illustrates a recent discovery […]
This NASA documentary celebrates 50 years of extravehicular activity (EVA) or spacewalks that began with the first two EVAs conducted by Russian Alexey Leonov in March 1965 and American astronaut Edward White in June 1965 . The documentary features interviews with NASA Administrator and astronaut, Charles Bolden, NASA Deputy Administrator and spacesuit designer, Dava Newman, […]
The four-member crew of the final space shuttle flight received instruction on the operation of slidewire baskets during emergency exit training as part of the full launch dress rehearsal known as the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test on Launch Pad 39A on June 22 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The test provides astronauts and […]
The four-member crew of the final space shuttle flight received instruction on the operation of slidewire baskets during emergency exit training as part of the full launch dress rehearsal known as the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test on Launch Pad 39A on June 22 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The test provides astronauts and […]
A budget for a new era of space exploration, do you have what it takes to be an astronaut? And Christina Koch reflects on her record-setting mission … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! This video is available for download from NASA’s Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2020_0214_%20A%20Budget%20for%20a%20New%20Era%20of%20Space%20Exploration%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20February%2014,%202020
NASA heliophysicist Alex Young explains how sound connects us with the Sun and all other stars. This piece features low frequency sounds of the Sun. Raw audio (no commentary): https://youtu.be/-I-zdmg_Dno Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/2JR0wLL Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Micheala Sosby (NASA/GSFC): Lead Producer Katie Atkinson (GSFC Interns): Lead Producer C. Alex Young (NASA/GSFC): Narrator […]
Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light years from Earth. The planet was discovered in data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope. More info: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/artificial-intelligence-nasa-data-used-to-discover-eighth-planet-circling-distant-star/index.html The newly-discovered Kepler-90i — a sizzling hot, rocky […]
In the pre-dawn hours of a late October day, a satellite and an airplane joined forces over the frigid Weddell Sea, taking simultaneous measurements of drifting sea ice. It was the culmination of more than a decade of planning, designing and building the best way to measure Earth’s changing ice. #NASAExplorers are constantly pushing the […]