Space News
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Webb Follows Neon Signs Toward New Thinking on Planet Formation
Scientists are following neon signs in a search for clues to one planetary system’s future and the past of another – our own solar system. Following up on a peculiar…
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Going for the GUSTO in Antarctica
NASA / Scott Battaion NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility C-130 aircraft, shown in this image from Oct. 28, 2023, delivered the agency’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) payload to McMurdo…
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Trailblazing New Earth Satellite Put to Test in Preparation for Launch
The NISAR satellite enters the thermal vacuum chamber at an ISRO facility in Bengaluru on Oct. 19. It emerged three weeks later having met all requirements of its performance under…
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Joshua Abel: Delivering Roman’s Optical Telescope Assembly On Time, On Target
5 min read Joshua Abel: Delivering Roman’s Optical Telescope Assembly On Time, On Target Joshua Abel’s job as lead systems engineer for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Optical Telescope…
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Atención, oyentes de pódcasts: La NASA ya está disponible en Spotify
Desde entrevistas con astronautas e ingenieros hasta historias que te transportan a través de la galaxia, los podcasts de la NASA te permiten experimentar la emoción de la exploración espacial…
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NASA Wallops to Support Sounding Rocket Launches
This June 2021 aerial photograph shows the coastal launch range at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. The Atlantic Ocean is at the right side of this image,…
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Rocket Exhaust on the Moon: NASA Supercomputers Reveal Surface Effects
4 min read Rocket Exhaust on the Moon: NASA Supercomputers Reveal Surface Effects To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5…
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Attention Podcast Listeners: NASA Now Available on Spotify
From interviews with astronauts and engineers to stories that take you on a tour of the galaxy, NASA’s podcasts let you experience the thrill of space exploration without ever leaving…
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How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Chronicle the Active Cosmos
This animation shows a possible layout of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s High Latitude Time-Domain Survey tiling pattern. The observing program will be designed by a community process, but…
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Webb Telescope’s Marcia Rieke Awarded Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal
4 min read Webb Telescope’s Marcia Rieke Awarded Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal Dr. Marcia Rieke, principal investigator for the Near-Infrared Camera on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the…