Category Archives: Nasa

A Safe Return to Earth for a Record Setting Astronaut on This Week @NASA – February 7, 2020

A record-setting astronaut returns safely to Earth, practicing for the first launch of Artemis, and honoring a member of a legendary group of aviators … 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_0207_A%20Safe%20Return%20to%20Earth%20for%20a%20Record-Setting%20Astronaut%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20February%207,%202020

The Closest Spacecraft to the Sun on This Week @NASA – November 2, 2018

A new record for our mission to the Sun, the end of an era for a prolific planet hunter, and our next mission to Mars is closing in on its destination … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! This video is available for download from NASA’s Image […]

Space Shuttle Endeavour Traveling Through the Streets of Los Angeles

Space Shuttle Endeavour’s two-day trip from Los Angeles International Airport through the streets of Los Angeles to the California Science Center is underway. The planned transport route of NASA’s youngest orbiter takes it past several well-known L.A. landmarks.

Ford Hands Over ISS Command to Hadfield

The reins of the International Space Station were passed from Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford of NASA to Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency …

New Companies Join Growing Ranks of NASA Partners for Artemis Program

NASA has added five American companies — Blue Origin, Ceres Robotics, Sierra Nevada Corporation, SpaceX and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems Inc. — to the …

Departing Space Station Commander Provides Tour of Orbital Laboratory

In her final days as Commander of the International Space Station, Sunita Williams of NASA recorded an extensive tour of the orbital laboratory and downlinked the video on Nov. 18, just hours before she, cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency departed in their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft for […]

International Space Station Expedition 41 Astronaut Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan

Expedition 41 Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and Flight Engineer …

#AskNASA┃ Is the Sun a ball of fire?

Is the Sun a ball of fire? And why does NASA send missions to the Sun? NASA’s Heliophysics Director Nicky Fox explains NASA’s latest solar science findings. The Parker Solar Probe mission is revolutionizing our understanding of the Sun, where changing conditions can propagate out into the solar system, affecting Earth and other worlds. It […]

STS-129 HD Landing

Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts ended an 11-day journey of nearly 4.5 million miles with a 9:44 a.m. EST landing Friday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission, designated STS-129, included three spacewalks and the installation of two platforms to the International Space Station’s truss, or backbone. The platforms […]

Amending the Budget to Support Humans on the Moon in 2024 on This Week @NASA – May 17, 2019

Amending the budget to support humans on the Moon in 2024, what may be causing possible Moonquakes, and a virtual flight over an area of scientific interest 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 Video […]