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A Saturnian Summer

NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), and the OPAL Team NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of Saturn and its colossal rings on July 4, 2020, during summer in the gas giant’s northern hemisphere. Two of Saturn’s icy moons are also clearly visible: Mimas at right, [...]

By |2024-07-24T14:16:00-04:00July 24th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Rocket On Roll: Core Stage Arrives at Vehicle Assembly Building

After completing its journey from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans aboard the Pegasus barge, teams with Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) transport the agency’s powerful SLS (Space Launch System) core stage to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Photo credit: NASA/Isaac Watson NASA’s SLS (Space Launch [...]

By |2024-07-24T12:45:00-04:00July 24th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

NASA’s Webb Images Cold Exoplanet 12 Light-Years Away

6 Min Read NASA’s Webb Images Cold Exoplanet 12 Light-Years Away This image of the gas-giant exoplanet Epsilon Indi Ab was taken with the coronagraph on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument). A star symbol marks the location of the host star Epsilon Indi A, whose light has been blocked by the [...]

By |2024-07-24T11:00:00-04:00July 24th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Media Invited to Watch NASA Stream 4K Video to Space

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Mechanical Engineer Jeff Pollack finalizes his design for the integration of the laser communications terminal into the PC-12 research aircraft.Credit: NASA/Sara Lowthian NASA invites media to attend a real-time laser communications experiment at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Researchers are testing a [...]

By |2024-07-24T09:58:00-04:00July 24th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Streams First 4K Video from Aircraft to Space Station, Back

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A graphic representation of a laser communications relay between the International Space Station, the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration spacecraft, and the Earth.Credit: NASA/Dave Ryan A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International Space [...]

By |2024-07-24T09:54:00-04:00July 24th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

45 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Enterprise Completes Launch Pad Checkout

On July 23, 1979, space shuttle Enterprise completed its time as a pathfinder vehicle at Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Workers towed it back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). During its four-month stay at KSC, Enterprise validated procedures for the assembly of the space shuttle stack and interfaces [...]

By |2024-07-24T09:49:00-04:00July 24th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Sols 4253-4254: Pit Stop for Contact Science

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions The Solar System The Sun [...]

By |2024-07-23T21:12:00-04:00July 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Sols 4250-4252: So Many Rocks, So Little Time

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions The Solar System The Sun [...]

By |2024-07-23T20:19:00-04:00July 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

10 Things for Mars 10

4 Min Read 10 Things for Mars 10 Both Shadow and Substance: The dramatic image of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity’s shadow was taken on sol 180 (July 26, 2004), by the rover’s front hazard-avoidance camera as the rover moved farther into Endurance Crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars. Credits: NASA/JPL Scientists [...]

By |2024-07-23T17:54:00-04:00July 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |
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