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Orion Spacecraft Arrives in Ohio for Testing on This Week @NASA – November 29, 2019

Our Artemis I spacecraft is delivered for some critical testing, a big step for our Commercial Crew program, and a possible connection between dust storms and water loss on Mars … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! This video is available for download from NASA’s Image and […]

Apollo 8: Around The Moon and Back

50 years ago, three NASA astronauts embarked on a journey that would take them “Round the moon and back”. The Apollo 8 mission proved the performance of the command and service module. This historic mission launched on December 21, 1968 to demonstrate a lunar trajectory and was the first crewed launch of the Saturn V […]

Celebrating Apollo as We Push Forward to the Moon

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon missions, we prepare to take the next giant leap, with sustainable lunar missions that pave the way for eventual journeys beyond. This video is available for download from NASA’s Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2019_0205_Celebrating_Apollo_as_We_Push_Forward_to_the_Moon.html

The First Graduating Class of Artemis Astronauts on This Week @NASA – January 10, 2020

The first graduating class of Artemis astronauts, getting ready to Green Run our SLS rocket, and intriguing discoveries in our solar system – and beyond … 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_2019_0110_The%20First%20Graduating%20Class%20of%20Artemis%20Astronauts%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20January%2010,%202020

New Findings From NASA’s Dawn Mission at Dwarf Planet Ceres

More than 300 bright spots have been located on the surface of Ceres. Scientists with NASA’s Dawn mission say the bright material indicates the dwarf planet is an active, evolving world. More: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/bright-areas-on-ceres-suggest-geologic-activity

New Findings From NASA's Dawn Mission at Dwarf Planet Ceres

More than 300 bright spots have been located on the surface of Ceres. Scientists with NASA’s Dawn mission say the bright material indicates the dwarf planet is an active, evolving world. More: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/bright-areas-on-ceres-suggest-geologic-activity

NASA Remembers Legendary Flight Director Chris Kraft

Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., who died July 22, 2019, created the concept of NASA’s Mission Control and developed its organization, operational procedures and culture, then made it a critical element of the success of the nation’s human spaceflight programs. “America has truly lost a national treasure today with the passing of one of NASA’s earliest […]

NASA’s Moon to Mars Plans, Artemis Lunar Program Gets Fast Tracked in 2019

Setting a bold goal in human space exploration with the Artemis program while celebrating Apollo’s historic first steps onto the Moon, and kicking off the 20th year of humans continuously living and working in space. Here’s a look back at those things and plenty more awesomeness that happened this year at NASA. News release: https://www.nasa.gov/2019 […]

Legacy of NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope: More Planets Than Stars

After 9 years in space collecting data that revealed our night sky to be filled with trillions of hidden planets, NASA is ending the Kepler space telescope’s science operations. Kepler discovered over 2,600 planets, some of which could be promising places for life. https://go.nasa.gov/2P2umV1

Our Five Year Plan to Return Humans to the Moon on This Week @NASA – April 12, 2019

The plan to put humans on the Moon by 2024, wrapping up a series of spacewalks on the space station, and an historic first look at a black hole … 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 […]