Space News
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FARMing with Data: OpenET Launches new Tool for Farmers and Ranchers
6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Dwane Roth (right), a fourth generation grain farmer in Finney County, Kansas, stands with nephew Zion (left) in one…
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NASA Sets Coverage for Intuitive Machines’ Second Private Moon Landing
Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission lunar lander, Athena, entering lunar orbit on Monday, March 3. Credit: Intuitive Machines Carrying NASA technology demonstrations and science investigations, Intuitive Machines is targeting their Moon…
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March’s Night Sky Notes: Messier Madness
3 Min Read March’s Night Sky Notes: Messier Madness Showing a large portion of M66, this Hubble photo is a composite of images obtained at visible and infrared wavelengths. The…
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NASA Successfully Acquires GPS Signals on Moon
3 Min Read NASA Successfully Acquires GPS Signals on Moon An artist’s concept of the Blue Ghost lunar lander receiving GNSS signals from Earth. Credits: NASA/Dave Ryan NASA and the…
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30 Years Ago: STS-67, the Astro-2 Mission
On March 2, 1995, space shuttle Endeavour launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on its eighth trip into space, on the STS-67 Astro-2 mission. The crew included Commander…
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Blue Ghost Lands on Moon
Carrying a suite of NASA science and technology, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed at 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday, March 2, 2025, near a volcanic feature called…
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X-ray Signal Points to Destroyed Planet, Chandra Finds
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/Univ Mexico/S. Estrada-Dorado et al.; Ultraviolet: NASA/JPL; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI (M. Meixner)/NRAO (T.A. Rector); Infrared: ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand; A planet may have been destroyed by a white…
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University High Knows the Answers at NASA JPL Regional Science Bowl
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A team from University High School of Irvine, California, won the 2025 regional Science Bowl at NASA’s Jet Propulsion…
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NACA Test Pilot Poses with Plane
NASA In this 1957 photo, George Cooper, a test pilot for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or NACA, stands next to a North American F-100, a supersonic fighter tested…
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NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in Ohio, Texas
NASA’s Space X Crew-9 members pose together for a portrait. Credit: NASA Students from Ohio and Texas will have the chance to hear NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station…