The Sentinel-6A/Jason-CS mission, set to launch in November, will extend long-term observations of global sea level change. Credits: ESA NASA, JANUARY 24, 2020: NASA and its partners on an upcoming mission to extend long-term observations of global sea-level change will announce the renaming of the mission, currently known as Sentinel-6A/Jason-CS, …
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Commander Peggy Whitson is working on the OsteoOmics bone cell study that utilizes the Microgravity Science Glovebox inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory on May 2, 2017. Credits: NASA NASA, JANUARY 24,2020: NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 29, to discuss science investigations and technology …
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks to NASA personnel and others during a wreath laying ceremony as part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the …
The U.S. Cygnus space freighter is pictured as the Canadarm2 robotic arm, guided by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir with fellow Flight Engineer Christina Koch as her back up, reaches out to grapple the 12th resupply ship from Northrop Grumman on November 4, 2019. Credits: NASA NASA, JANUARY 24,2020: More than …
NASA Pays Tribute, Says Goodbye to One of Agency’s Great Observatories Nasa, January 15, 2020: NASA will host a live program at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 22, to celebrate the far-reaching legacy of the agency’s Spitzer Space Telescope – a mission that, after 16 years of amazing discoveries, soon will …
NASA and SpaceX completed a launch escape demonstration of the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 19, 2020. The test began at 10:30 a.m. EST with liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a mission to show the spacecraft’s capability …
NASA and NOAA are two keepers of the world’s temperature data and independently produce a record of Earth’s surface temperatures and changes. Shown here are 2018 global temperature data: higher than average (1951-1980) temperatures are shown in red, lower than normal temperatures are in blue. Credits: NASA Earth Observatory NASA, …
NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir conduct research operations inside the Japanese Kibo lab module’s Life Sciences Glovebox. Credits: NASA NASA, JANUARY 13,2029: Students from Texas will have an opportunity this week to talk with three NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live …
The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is seen after it landed in White Sands, New Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. The landing completes an abbreviated Orbital Flight Test for the company that still meets several mission objectives for NASA’s Commercial Crew program. The Starliner spacecraft launched on a United Launch Alliance …
Editor’s Note: The size of Nightingale crater was corrected Dec. 12, 2019 to be 460 feet (140 meters) wide. NASA,DECEMBER 12,2019:After a year scoping out asteroid Bennu’s boulder-scattered surface, the team leading NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission has officially selected a sample collection site. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, …