Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency, discussed life and research aboard the orbital outpost with the British Broadcasting Corporation’s Channel 4, during an in-flight question and answer session Dec. 15. Cristoforetti arrived on the station in late November and is scheduled to remain in orbit […]
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Watch SpaceX’s March 6, 2020, launch of its 20th resupply mission to the International Space Station, carrying 4,300 pounds of science investigations and supplies. Liftoff was at 11:50 p.m. EST. The Dragon arrived at the space station on Monday, March 9.
Former astronaut Edgar Mitchell (USN Capt. Ret.), who became the sixth man to walk on the moon during the Apollo 14 mission to the highlands of Fra Mauro, died on Feb. 4 in West Palm Beach, Florida at the age of 85. Mitchell’s death occurred on the eve of the 45th anniversary of his landing […]
Highlights of the launch of space shuttle Atlantis from NASAs Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on May 14, 2010 to begin the STS-132 mission to the International Space Station. Video includes views of the liftoff from multiple cameras in and around launch pad 39A.
The Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo craft that launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida March 22 arrived at the International Space Station March 26 carrying almost 7,500 pounds of food, supplies and science experiments for the six crew members aboard the orbital outpost.
A new name for our next Mars rover, a new space station resupply mission, and how you can join the Artemis Generation … 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_0307_A%20New%20Name%20for%20Our%20Next%20Mars%20Rover%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20March%207,%202020
A look inside the life, science and adventure of being an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station
On Friday, April 27 Enterprise, the first NASA space shuttle was transported atop a 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft from Dulles International Airport, near Washington, D.C. to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Enterprise eventually will be displayed at New York’s Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. Though Enterprise, the first space shuttle orbiter never […]
The Hubble and Kepler space telescopes found evidence for what could be a giant moon accompanying a gas-giant planet that orbits the star Kepler-1625, located 8,000 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. News release: https://go.nasa.gov/2yc4sCY The moon may be as big as Neptune and it orbits a planet several times more massive than Jupiter. Credit: […]
“What’s a spacewalk like? What do you feel?” As NASA prepares to send the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024 under the #Artemis program, Brad Pitt is playing an astronaut in his latest film, Ad Astra. On Sept. 16 from NASA Headquarters in Washington, the actor spoke to astronaut Nick Hague […]