2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility commemorated the start of construction of its new Wallops Island causeway bridge during a groundbreaking ceremony at 10 a.m., Monday, April 14, 2025, on the island. NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility commemorated the start of construction of its new Wallops Island [...]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, stands at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 4, 2024, in preparation for the agency’s SpaceX 31st Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station.Credit: SpaceX NASA and SpaceX are targeting 4:15 a.m. EDT, Monday, April 21, [...]
Credit: NASA NASA’s Office of Small Business Programs will host the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for the first time at its monthly webinar for small businesses at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 16. The webinar, currently open for registration, will focus on a new SBA manufacturing initiative and provide information about SBA’s flagship 7(a) [...]
Explore This Section Science Science Activation Exploring the Universe Through… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science 3 min read Exploring the Universe Through Sight, Touch, and Sound For the first time in history, we can explore the universe through a rich blend of senses—seeing, [...]
ESA/Hubble and NASA, A. Nota, P. Massey, E. Sabbi, C. Murray, M. Zamani (ESA/Hubble) This new image, released on April 4, 2025, showcases the dazzling young star cluster NGC 346. Although both the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope have released images of NGC 346 previously, this image includes new data and is the first to [...]
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is 6 days and less than 50 million miles (80 million km) away from its second close encounter with an asteroid; this time, the small main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson. Download high-resolution video and images from NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio. NASA/Dan Gallagher This upcoming event represents a comprehensive “dress rehearsal” for Lucy’s main [...]
This long-duration photograph highlights the Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station with the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft docked to the Rassvet module. Star trails and Earth’s atmospheric glow also are pictured from the orbital outpost as it soared 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean.Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Don Pettit, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin [...]
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Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program begin integrating the launch vehicle stage adapter for the agency’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) Moon rocket to the rocket’s core stage atop the mobile launcher inside the agency’s Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, April 3, 2025. The cone shaped [...]
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