132nd mission for United Launch Alliance ABOVE VIDEO: ULA Delta IV NROL-71 Set Launch From Vandenberg Air Force Base. Today’s launch attempt has been scrubbed and detanking of the cryogenic propellants from the launch vehicle is […]
A new crew reached the station Monday faster than a flight from New York to London! The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship launched this week too carryng a ton of science experiments.
Three days after its launch from Florida, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was installed on the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station’s Harmony module at 10:36 a.m. EST.
New images from NASA’s Mars InSight lander show its robotic arm is ready to do some lifting. With a reach of nearly 6 feet (2 meters), the arm will be used to pick up science instruments from the lander’s deck, gently setting them on the Martian surface at Elysium Planitia, the lava plain where InSight touched down on Nov. 26.
The space station’s newest crew members are safely onboard, our first asteroid sample return mission arrives at its destination, and the first sounds from Mars … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
With InSight safely on the surface of Mars, the mission team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, is busy learning more about the spacecraft’s landing site. They knew when InSight landed on Nov. 26 that the spacecraft had touched down on target, a lava plain named Elysium Planitia.
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft completed its 1.2 billion-mile (2 billion-kilometer) journey to arrive at the asteroid Bennu Monday. The spacecraft executed a maneuver that transitioned it from flying toward Bennu to operating around the asteroid.
Liftoff is targeted for 1:16 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
At the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, technicians practice and prepare to stack NASA’s Space Launch System rocket.
Three crew members are adjusting to life on the International Space Station after a successful launch and docking of their Russian Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft Monday.
Three crew members are adjusting to life on the International Space Station after a successful launch and docking of their Russian Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft Monday.
Launch window opens at 1:32 p.m. ET ABOVE VIDEO: The launch window opens at 1:32 p.m. ET VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA – SpaceX is now targeting Monday, December 3, for launch of the Spaceflight SSO-A: […]
NASA InSight spacecraft arrives at Mars after a nearly six month journey, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announces nine American companies who will help us get to the Moon, and the International Space Station’s next crew wraps up prelaunch activities … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
This Hubble Space Telescope mosaic is of a portion of the immense Coma cluster of over 1,000 galaxies, located 300 million light-years from Earth.
The annual “Holidays in Space” celebration at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex returns with a new kinetic light show and breathtaking holiday décor. Just after Thanksgiving, guests will begin to see festive decorations throughout the visitor complex, setting the mood for the new show which begins December 14.
This December brings the Geminids, a comet and a fond farewell. You can see the Geminid meteor shower peak Dec. 13-14, with best viewing from dark sky locations after midnight local time.
George H.W. died at age 94.
In a replay similar to the weekend before Thanksgiving, two rockets on the opposite sides of the world are poised to launch one day after another to replenish the International Space Station with a new crew and cargo.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is expected to rendezvous with asteroid Bennu on Monday after traveling more than 1 billion miles through space.
Watching cement dry in space? It could impact the construction of future lunar or Martian habitats. Plus a new crew and cargo are due at the station next week.
