Our mission to touch the Sun is on its way, Administrator Bridenstine visits NASA spaceflight facilities, and an update on our first-ever asteroid sample return mission … 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-Our%20Journey%20to%20Touch%20the%20Sun%20is%20Underway%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20August%2017,%202018.html
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Actor and writer Wil Wheaton hosts this compelling video showcasing the “Grand Entrance” of NASA’s Curiosity rover at Mars in the most difficult planetary science mission in history.
Actor and writer Wil Wheaton hosts this compelling video showcasing the “Grand Entrance” of NASA’s Curiosity rover at Mars in the most difficult planetary science mission in history.
The simulator at NASA’s Ames Research Center will help the agency develop new software and other tools for landing on the Moon.
The simulator at NASA’s Ames Research Center will help the agency develop new software and other tools for landing on the Moon.
NASA’s Lunar Scientist Sarah Noble answers questions about the Moon and our plans to send humans there with the Artemis program, as we prepare for eventual trips to Mars. Comment with your #AskNASA question and subscribe to learn more from our experts! This video is available for download from NASA’s Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2019_1104_AskNASA
This year, NASA is celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope’s 30 years of unlocking the beauty and mystery of space. Hubble is revolutionizing modern astronomy for scientists, while taking the public on a wondrous journey of exploration and discovery. Hubble’s never-ending, breathtaking celestial snapshots provide a visual shorthand for Hubble’s top scientific achievements. Unlike any space […]
April 29 is the official launch date for space shuttle Endeavour on STS-134. That announcement came at the conclusion of the mission’s Flight Readiness Review, where shuttle managers expressed satisfaction with the preparations for the program’s next-to-last flight. Launch is scheduled for 3:47 p.m. Eastern. Also, developing new ways to low-Earth orbit; putting the freeze […]
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) “Kounotori” H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-5) arrived at the International Space Station Aug. 24 to deliver almost five tons of supplies and scientific experiments to the Expedition 44 crew. The cargo vehicle was launched atop a Japanese H-IIB rocket Aug. 19 from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan.
On March 23, NASA conducted a test of an RS-25 engine at the agency’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Four RS-25’s will help power NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to space. During this test, engineers evaluated the engine’s new controller or “brain”, which communicates with the SLS vehicle. Once test data […]