Meet the scientists who are making big discoveries by studying some very tiny rocks. The women of NASA’s Mid-Atlantic Noble Gas Research Laboratory (MNGRL) are getting ready to analyze never-before-seen Moon samples. These samples, collected by Apollo astronauts and brought back to Earth, have been carefully preserved for half a century so they could be […]
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Thanks to NASA’s Cassini spacecraft and the Deep Space Network, we have evidence that a large underground ocean of water exists on Saturn’s moon …
NASA’s Curiosity rover celebrated the 3-year anniversary of its landing on Mars recently. Since landing, Curiosity has driven nearly seven miles to its current location at Mount Sharp, and found evidence of past conditions suitable for microbial life. To mark the anniversary, NASA is unveiling two new online tools that will bring the Mars experience […]
From low earth orbit aboard the ISS, Expedition 26 crew Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineers Cady Coleman, Oleg Skripochka, Alexander Kaleri, Dmitry …
During a Nov. 2 media event at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Administrator Charlie Bolden was joined by Goddard Center Director Chris Scolese and Senior Project Scientist, Dr. John Mather for an update on the James Webb Space Telescope, including a rare glimpse at the telescope’s primary mirror. Engineers and technicians recently completed a “Center […]
The unpiloted Russian ISS Progress 67 cargo ship launched atop a Soyuz booster June 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a two-day journey to the International Space Station. The new Progress, which is carrying three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the residents of the orbital complex, is scheduled to automatically dock […]
On the International Space Station, Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA floated outside the Quest airlock for a spacewalk to complete half of the work involved to swap out nickel-hydrogen batteries on the station’s truss with new lithium-ion batteries. Kimbrough and Whitson installed adapter plates on the truss and […]
Former NASA astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, died Monday, Jan. 16, following ongoing health issues, according to a statement from his family. “It is with very deep sadness that we share the loss of our beloved husband and father,” said Cernan’s family. “Our family is heartbroken, of course, and […]