Space News
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Fourth of July Holidays in Space
It may seem remarkable that no American spent the Fourth of July holiday in space for the first 21 years of human spaceflight. Not until 1982 and the 35th U.S.…
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Volunteer Crew to Exit NASA’s Simulated Mars Habitat After 378 Days
The first CHAPEA mission crew members who have been living and working inside NASA’s first simulated yearlong Mars habitat mission pose for a photograph taken on June 25, 2024. (Credits:…
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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Space Telescope Mission
Credits: NASA NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager) mission. The firm-fixed-price contract has a…
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NASA’s ECOSTRESS Maps Burn Risk Across Phoenix Streets
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s ECOSTRESS instrument on June 19 recorded scorching roads and sidewalks across Phoenix where contact with skin could cause…
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Studying Hurricane Beryl from Space
NASA/Matthew Dominick NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this image of Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean on July 1, 2024, while aboard the International Space Station, and posted it to X.…
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Lagniappe for July 2024
6 Min Read Lagniappe for July 2024 Explore the July 2024 issue, featuring NASA Stennis Achieves Primary Success for Historic In-Space Mission, NASA at the Mississippi Comic Convention, NASA Stennis…
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How a NASA Engineer Supports the Commercialization of Space
Chris Barnett-Woods is shown at the E-1 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where NASA Stennis accelerates the exploration and commercialization of space and…
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Interview with Xinchuan Huang
Xinchuan Huang Let’s start with your childhood, where you were born, where you’re from, your young years, your family at the time, what your parents did, and how early it…
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NASA’s Boeing Test Flight Crew to Discuss Starliner Mission from Space
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts (from top) Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module and the Starliner…
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What’s Up: July 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA
What to Look for in July The scorpion’s star clusters, and Mars reveals elusive Uranus Follow the tail of Scorpius to locate star clusters M6 and M7, let Mars guide…