Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency discussed the progress of his flight on the orbital laboratory April 4 with students gathered for a science challenge competition in Fall River, Nova Scotia. Hadfield, who is the first Canadian commander of the complex, is scheduled to return to […]
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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 […]
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launched aboard an Atlas V rocket on an Orbital Flight Test at 6:36 a.m. EST, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. The spacecraft had an off-nominal orbit insertion, but was placed in a safe orbit and configuration and landed at White Sands, New Mexico on Dec. 22. Watch the landing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPzNHeX7OYM
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launched aboard an Atlas V rocket on an Orbital Flight Test at 6:36 a.m. EST, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. The spacecraft had an off-nominal orbit insertion, but was placed in a safe orbit and configuration and landed at White Sands, New Mexico on Dec. 22. Watch the landing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPzNHeX7OYM
Neil A. Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 mission to land on the Moon, reflects on the successful mission and his experience in lunar exploration. For more information on the Apollo Program, visit https://www.nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th/
Neil A. Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 mission to land on the Moon, reflects on the successful mission and his experience in lunar exploration. For more information on the Apollo Program, visit https://www.nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th/
Our greatest adventures remain ahead of us as our #Artemis program will send the first woman and next man to the Moon in five years! Join us at 6 p.m. EDT for a new episode of NASA in Silicon Valley Live to learn about our plans to explore the lunar surface and eventually send humans […]
A resupply mission wraps up at the space station, a new name for an Earth-observing satellite, and preparing for an unprecedented peek at the Sun … 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_0131_TWAN_Resupply%20Mission%20Wraps%20Up%20at%20The%20Space%20Station%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20January%2031,%202020
The latest opportunity for payload delivery services to the Moon, new partnerships to help advance the commercial space business, and a “hat trick” for one of …
A critical test for our Commercial Crew Program, spacewalkers focus on upgrades aboard the space station, and paying tribute to one of our Great Observatories …