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Soyuz Launch Carries Three Space Travelers to the International Space Station

Three space travelers, including NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori from the United Arab Emirates, launched to space at 9:57 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2019, for a nearly six-hour ride to the International Space Station.

Northrop Grumman Antares and Cygnus Launch to the International Space Station

Watch a cargo spacecraft lift off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on a resupply mission to the International Space Station! ? On Sat., Feb. 15 at 3:21 p.m. EST, Northrop Grumman’s 13th commercial resupply services mission launched on a resupply mission to the station. A previous launch attempt on Feb. 9 was scrubbed […]

Clearing Skies for our Rovers on Mars on This Week @NASA – September 7, 2018

An update on our Mars rovers, continued progress for our Moon to Mars effort, and a look back at Dawn – in its twilight … 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_2018_0907_Clearing%20Skies%20for%20our%20Rovers%20on%20Mars%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20September%207,%202018.html

Remembering Space Pioneer Katherine Johnson on This Week @NASA – February 28, 2020

Remembering a NASA pioneer, how Artemis Generation astronauts train, and a critical safety test for Orion … 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_0228_Remembering%20Space%20Pioneer%20Katherine%20Johnson%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20February%2028,%202020

NASA’s Voyager 1 is in Interstellar Space

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has traveled beyond our solar bubble and has entered interstellar space. During a NASA Headquarters briefing, the Voyager team assessing the data determined the craft is in a transitional region immediately outside the solar bubble where some effects from our sun are still evident. New, unexpected data indicate that Voyager 1 […]

NASA's Voyager 1 is in Interstellar Space

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has traveled beyond our solar bubble and has entered interstellar space. During a NASA Headquarters briefing, the Voyager team assessing the data determined the craft is in a transitional region immediately outside the solar bubble where some effects from our sun are still evident. New, unexpected data indicate that Voyager 1 […]

Go Forward to the Moon

NASA is going to the Moon and on to Mars, in a measured, sustainable way. Working with U.S. companies and international partners, NASA will push the boundaries of human exploration forward to the Moon. NASA is working to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon within the next decade to uncover new scientific discoveries […]

Pad Abort Test of Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft, Nov. 4, 2019

TESTING 1…2…3? Boeing put its #Starliner’s launch abort system to the test on Monday, Nov. 4 at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, lifting off at 9:15 a.m. EST. The test demonstrated the spacecraft’s ability to protect Commercial Crew Program astronauts by carrying them safely away from the launch pad in the unlikely […]

Pad Abort Test of Boeing's Starliner Spacecraft, Nov. 4, 2019

TESTING 1…2…3? Boeing put its #Starliner’s launch abort system to the test on Monday, Nov. 4 at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, lifting off at 9:15 a.m. EST. The test demonstrated the spacecraft’s ability to protect Commercial Crew Program astronauts by carrying them safely away from the launch pad in the unlikely […]

Sunset, Nighttime and Sunrise from the International Space Station

Astronaut Ricky Arnold, a member of the Expedition 56 crew on the space station, shared this video of Earth through one recent night and into sunrise and the dawn of a new orbit. Each day, the station travels through 16 sunrises and sunsets. More station facts: https://go.nasa.gov/2ORXpGv