With seven astronauts and a host of experiments and equipment on board, space shuttle Discovery completed a flawless ascent into orbit Friday night to begin a two-day chase of the International Space Station. With Commander Rick “C.J. ” Sturckow at the controls, the shuttle lifted off on-time at 11:59 p.m. EDT from NASA’s Kennedy Space […]
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NASA’s David Morrison, expert on Earth impact hazards and currently the Senior Scientist at the NASA Lunar Science Institute, speaks on what are the risks to Earth in 2012. He addresses misconceptions related to the year 2012, Earth crossing objects, planetary alignment, and related myths like Nibiru. For more: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html
A NASA Mars Curiosity rover team member gives an update on developments and status of the planetary exploration mission. The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft delivered Curiosity to its target area on Mars at 1:31:45 a.m. EDT on Aug. 6, 2012 which includes the 13.8 minutes needed for confirmation of the touchdown to be radioed to […]
The RS-25 was the main engine of the space shuttle. There will be four RS-25’s used for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. This video is available for …
An idea born in unsettled times becomes a feat of engineering excellence. The most complex machine ever built to bring humans to and from space and …
Expedition 26 NASA Flight Engineer Cady Coleman discusses what daily life is like aboard an orbiting space laboratory on CBS’ news program “The Talk” on January 18, 2011.
Important cargo headed to the space station, installing the thrust behind our return to the Moon, and a devastating wildfire seen from space … 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_1102_Important%20Cargo%20Headed%20to%20the%20Space%20Station%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20November%202,%202019
Our team of scientists is just days away from their research being loaded onto a SpaceX rocket that will carry their experiment to the International Space Station. This week on #NASAExplorers, we are following along with them in the busy days leading up to launch at Kennedy Space Center, as they do all of the […]
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket blasted off Nov. 12 from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to send the company’s Cygnus spacecraft to orbit on the start of a two-day journey to deliver 3 ½ tons of supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station. Dubbed the “SS Gene Cernan” after the late Gemini and […]
A critical test of the “powerhouse” for our Orion spacecraft, Curiosity is still going strong after seven Earth years on Mars, and Hubble’s new portrait of Jupiter … 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_0809_Testing%20Orion%E2%80%99s%20%E2%80%9CPowerhouse%E2%80%9D%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20-%20August%209,%202019.html