On Friday, April 27 Enterprise, the first NASA space shuttle was transported atop a 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft from Dulles International Airport, near Washington, D.C. to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Enterprise eventually will be displayed at New York’s Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. Though Enterprise, the first space shuttle orbiter never […]
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The Hubble and Kepler space telescopes found evidence for what could be a giant moon accompanying a gas-giant planet that orbits the star Kepler-1625, located 8,000 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. News release: https://go.nasa.gov/2yc4sCY The moon may be as big as Neptune and it orbits a planet several times more massive than Jupiter. Credit: […]
“What’s a spacewalk like? What do you feel?” As NASA prepares to send the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024 under the #Artemis program, Brad Pitt is playing an astronaut in his latest film, Ad Astra. On Sept. 16 from NASA Headquarters in Washington, the actor spoke to astronaut Nick Hague […]
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency discussed the progress of his mission on the orbital laboratory with students attending a science competition in Edmonton, Alberta during an in-flight event April 9. Hadfield, who is the first Canadian to command the station, is scheduled to return to […]
Our Webb Space Telescope – on the move, new details about the atmospheres of some Earth-sized exoplanets, and another milestone in the transformation of an historic launch pad … 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: […]
“Alien matter” detected by a NASA spacecraft orbiting Earth shows that the chemical make-up of our solar system differs from that of the surrounding galaxy. Researchers discuss the possible meaning of this mismatch in this week’s ScienceCast video. Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more.
A variety of science investigations, along with supplies and equipment, launch to the International Space Station on the 20th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission. Its cargo includes research on water droplet formation, a new external science platform and other cutting-edge investigations. Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/37FlUiU
A variety of science investigations, along with supplies and equipment, launch to the International Space Station on the 20th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission. Its cargo includes research on water droplet formation, a new external science platform and other cutting-edge investigations. Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/37FlUiU