Monthly Archives: Tháng Ba 2020

Inside NASA’s Psyche Mission to Study a Metallic Asteroid

Join NASA Psyche Mission Co-Investigator Dr. Tim McCoy as he takes us on a journey from his first geology class to his current role as Curator-in-Charge of the US National Meteorite Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and his role on the Psyche Mission Science Team. Along the way, McCoy highlights the […]

Inside NASA's Psyche Mission to Study a Metallic Asteroid

Join NASA Psyche Mission Co-Investigator Dr. Tim McCoy as he takes us on a journey from his first geology class to his current role as Curator-in-Charge of the US National Meteorite Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and his role on the Psyche Mission Science Team. Along the way, McCoy highlights the […]

Coming Home from the Space Station

After accepting command of the International Space Station on June 17 from fellow NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, Jeff Williams said farewell to Kopra and his Expedition 47 crewmates, Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos and Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency). The departing crew then climbed into their Soyuz spacecraft for the trip back to Earth. […]

NASA Honors Space Mathematician Katherine Johnson on her 101st Birthday

Aug. 26, 2019 marks the 101st birthday of no longer hidden figure Katherine Johnson. With slide rules and pencils, Katherine, a legendary NASA mathematician – and the other human computers who worked at the agency – helped our nation’s space program get off the ground, but it was their confidence, bravery and commitment to excellence […]

Astronauts Koch and Meir React to International Space Station Mission Updates

Astronaut Jessica Meir is now set to fly to the International Space Station for the first time in September, and Christina Koch, who is currently in space, has her …

SpaceX Dragon Commercial Cargo Ship Speeds to the International Space Station

The sixth SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract launched on Tuesday, April 14, from …

How Do We Prepare a Spacecraft for Launch? Countdown to T-Zero for NASA’s TESS Mission

Revisit the April 18, 2018, launch of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. TESS is already scanning the skies, …

How Do We Prepare a Spacecraft for Launch? Countdown to T-Zero for NASA's TESS Mission

Revisit the April 18, 2018, launch of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. TESS is already scanning the skies, …

Expedition 51-52 Launches to the International Space Station

Expedition 51-52 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA launched on the Russian Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft April 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to begin a six-hour journey to the International Space Station and the start of a four and a half month mission on the outpost.