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Dione and Rhea Ring Transit

By |2025-11-22T15:44:29-05:00November 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Seen to the left of Saturn's banded planetary disk, small icy moons Dione and Rhea are caught passing in front of the gas giant's extensive ring system in this sharp telescopic snapshot. The remarkable image was recorded on November 20, when Saturn's rings were nearly edge-on when viewed from planet [...]

3I/ATLAS: A View from Planet Earth

By |2025-11-21T15:44:25-05:00November 21st, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Now outbound after its perihelion or closest approach to the Sun on October 29, Comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third known interstellar object to pass through our fair Solar System. Its greenish coma and faint tails are seen against a background of stars in the constellation Virgo in this view [...]

Sentinel-6B Launch from Space Launch Complex 4 East; and landing

By |2025-11-17T16:44:37-05:00November 17th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the international Sentinel-6B spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. A collaboration between NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), EUMETSAT (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), [...]

Artemis II Terminal Count Simulation

By |2025-11-14T16:44:11-05:00November 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Members of the Artemis launch team participate in an Artemis II launch countdown simulation inside Firing Room 1 in the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. The simulations go through launch day scenarios to help launch team members test software and make adjustments if needed during [...]

Artemis II Terminal Count Simulation

By |2025-11-14T16:44:10-05:00November 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Members of the Artemis launch team participate in an Artemis II launch countdown simulation inside Firing Room 1 in the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. The simulations go through launch day scenarios to help launch team members test software and make adjustments if needed during [...]

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