Space News
-
NASA’s Lola Fatoyinbo Receives Royal Geographical Society Prize
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) During a research trip to Fiji, Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo poses in a cluster of coastal mangroves, just one of…
-
60 Years Ago: Gemini 1 Flies a Successful Uncrewed Test Flight
On April 8, 1964, Gemini 1 successfully completed the first uncrewed test flight of the Gemini spacecraft and its Titan II booster. The three-orbit mission proved the structural integrity of…
-
From NASA’s First Astronaut Class to Artemis II: The Importance of Military Jet Pilot Experience
6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The original Mercury astronauts at the McDonnell Aircraft Corp. in May 1959. The astronauts are left to right: M.…
-
NASA Names Finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge
3 Min Read NASA Names Finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge A word cloud generated from student essay entries. Credits: NASA/Dave Lam NASA has selected the nine finalists of…
-
NASA’s New Hubble E-Book Spotlights Universe’s Best-Kept Dark Secrets
5 min read NASA’s New Hubble E-Book Spotlights Universe’s Best-Kept Dark Secrets This e-book is part of a series called Hubble Focus, which presents some of Hubble’s recent cosmic discoveries.…
-
NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return from Space Station
Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara gives a thumbs up inside the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft after she, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya, landed in a…
-
NASA Leadership Spotlights Space Sustainability at Space Symposium
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy gives keynote remarks during the 37th Space Symposium, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and…
-
NASA Langley Team to Study Weather During Eclipse Using Uncrewed Vehicles
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A six-person team of researchers from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, will travel to Fort Drum, N.Y.,…
-
NASA Selects University Teams to Compete in 2024 RASC-AL Competition
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Fourteen undergraduate and graduate teams from across the country were selected as finalists to compete in one of NASA’s…
-
Astronauts Protect Their Eyes with Eclipse Glasses
NASA/Aubrey Gemignani While visiting NASA Headquarters in Washington on March 19, 2024, astronauts Stephen Bowen, left, Frank Rubio, Warren Hoburg, and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, right, posed…