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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 …

NASA’s #Moon2Mars Update

In an address from Kennedy Space Center on March 11, 2019, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine shares the work underway to return astronauts to the Moon …

NASA's #Moon2Mars Update

In an address from Kennedy Space Center on March 11, 2019, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine shares the work underway to return astronauts to the Moon …

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Repair Spacewalk #1, Nov. 15, 2019

Astronauts Andrew Morgan of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (ESA) will venture outside the International Space Station starting at ~7:05 a.m. EST to begin repairing the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) instrument. This is the first in a series of repair spacewalks – the most complex of this kind since the servicing […]

Views of Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station – September 4, 2019

Cameras outside the International Space Station captured views at 9:48 a.m. Eastern time September 4 of Hurricane Dorian from 260 miles in altitude as it …

Opening the International Space Station for Commercial Business on This Week @NASA – June 7, 2019

The International Space Station is open for commercial business, another space station resupply mission successfully completed, and making a virtual landing …

Supply Spacecraft Heads to the Space Station

The Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo craft launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket March 22, …

LADEE Launches!

LADEE, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer robotic probe launched Friday night atop an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur V rocket. The first deep space mission from Wallops Flight Facility, LADEE will orbit the moon to collect information about its atmosphere and environmental influences on lunar dust. Data from LADEE will help scientists better understand […]