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Cameras outside the International Space Station captured views August 30 of rapidly intensifying Hurricane Dorian at 12:18 p.m. Eastern time as it churned over the Atlantic Ocean. The storm, which is moving to the northwest, is forecast by the National Hurricane Center to approach the east coast of Florida Monday evening as a likely category […]

After undocking from the International Space Station at 2:32 a.m. EST on Friday, March 8, the SpaceX Crew Dragon completed a deorbit burn to reenter Earth’s atmosphere, deployed parachutes and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean at 8:45 a.m. EST. These are the final milestones of the Demo-1 flight test, in which SpaceX demonstrated systems […]

At approximately 7:49 a.m. on July 14, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is scheduled to be as close as it will get to Pluto, approximately 7,800 miles (12,500 kilometers) above the surface. This historic moment is part of NASA’s coverage of New Horizons’ nine year, three billion mile journey to the Pluto system to gather data […]

SpaceX’s 18th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station lifted off on Thursday, July 25, at 6:01 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, next to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Dragon spacecraft will deliver more than 5,000 pounds of research and supplies to the […]

This Friday, look up to the sky to catch one of the most prolific and reliable meteor showers of the year! The Geminid meteor shower will put on a dazzling display for sky watchers when it peaks Dec. 13 – 14. Despite the nearly-full Moon, you’ll be able to see around 20 to 30 meteors […]

On Sunday, Oct. 6, NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Christina Koch ventured outside the International Space Station for a 7 hour, 1 minute-long spacewalk. The duo exited the station’s Quest airlock in their U.S. spacesuits and began installation of new lithium-ion batteries on the Port-6 truss structure. This was the first in a series of […]

Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo craft launched from Wallops Flight Facility on the Orbital-2 mission — the company’s second operational resupply mission to the International Space Station, under its Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. The Cygnus spacecraft, which is carrying almost 3,300 pounds of supplies — including a host of experiments, […]

The first man on the moon discusses his career as a test pilot and NASA astronaut during his participation in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s annual John Glenn Lecture Series on July 19, 2009,

This time-lapse video taken by NASA astronaut Nick Hague squeezes a 30-minute International Space Station trip over a cloudy Earth into 60 seconds, covering the Pacific to the Atlantic. Learn more about the orbiting laboratory: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

Three space travelers including record-setting astronaut Christina Koch return home from the International Space Station. Christina Koch wrapped up a 328-day extended mission on her first spaceflight, having spent more time in space on a single mission than any other woman. Koch, along with station Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), and Soyuz […]