Space News
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Eleasa Kim: Pioneering CLDP Payload Operations and Cultural Integration
Eleasa Kim, stationed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, leads the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program (CLDP) payload operations at Johnson Space Center, with 18 years of mission support…
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Mission Manager Update: VIPER Rover Approved to Move into Environmental Testing!
Engineers test the VIPER rover’s wheel movement and rotation in a clean room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA/Helen Arase Vargas While NASA’s VIPER team has been focused…
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Sols 4184-4185: Look Near! Look Far!
3 min read Sols 4184-4185: Look Near! Look Far! This image was taken by Left Navigation Camera onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4183 (2024-05-13 02:30:29 UTC). NASA/JPL-Caltech Earth…
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NASA Tests Technology, Practices Artemis Moonwalks in Arizona Desert
NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas push a tool cart loaded with lunar tools through the San Francisco Volcanic Field north of Flagstaff, Arizona, as they practice moonwalking operations…
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NASA’s DC-8 to Fly Low Altitude Over Pocatello, Idaho, for Final Flight
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s DC-8 aircraft. NASA NASA’s DC-8 aircraft will fly at low altitude over Pocatello, Idaho, and surrounding areas during…
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NASA’s DC-8 to Fly Low Altitude Over San Jose, California, for Final Flight
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s DC-8 aircraft. NASA NASA’s DC-8 aircraft will fly at low altitude over San Jose and surrounding areas during…
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NASA’s DC-8 to Fly Low Altitude Over Palmdale, California, for Final Flight
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s DC-8 aircraft. NASA NASA’s DC-8 aircraft will fly at low altitude over Palmdale, California, and surrounding areas during…
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NASA Teammates Recall Favorite Memories Aboard Flying Laboratory
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The NASA DC-8 aircraft lifts off on a flight from U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, at…
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NASA Names Deputy Station Manager, Operations Integration Manager
NASA has selected Dina Contella, left, as the International Space Station Program deputy manager, based at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Contella succeeds Dana Weigel, who became the…
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What Is… Earth’s Atmosphere?
10 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The sun’s last rays illuminate Earth’s atmosphere in this photograph of an orbital sunset from the International Space Station…