Axiom Mission 4 private astronaut Tibor Kapu (at left) from Hungary loads research samples into a science freezer aboard the International Space Station with assistance from Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).NASA Biomedical research topped the science schedule aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday as the Expedition 73 and [...]
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Photo of the Day If you have looked at the sky and seen a group of stars about the size of the full Moon, that's the Pleiades (M45). Perhaps the most famous star cluster in the sky, its brightest stars can be seen even from the light-polluted cities. But your unaided eye can also [...]
ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Bally, M. Robberto NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a bright variable star, V 372 Orionis, and its companion in this festive image in this image released on Jan. 27, 2023. The pair lie in the Orion Nebula, a colossal region of star formation roughly 1,450 light-years from Earth. V 372 Orionis [...]
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NASA; JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)/Takuya Onishi In this May 23, 2025, image, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim works inside the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft completing cargo operations before it undocked from the International Space Station’s Harmony module several hours later. Kim launched to the International Space Station on April 8, 2025; this is his first [...]
This long-duration photograph was taken from the International Space Station orbiting above the Indian Ocean off the coast of the Indonesian island of Java. City lights and lightning storms streak below stars trailing above Earth’s atmopsheric glow.NASA The Expedition 73 crew kicked off the week studying electrical muscle stimulation and cellular immunity to protect crew [...]
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As humanity prepares to return to the lunar surface, Aaisha Ali is behind the scenes ensuring mission readiness for astronauts set to orbit the Moon during Artemis II. Ali is the Artemis ground control flight lead at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. She makes sure her team has the resources needed for the next [...]
