PIA22439: Bedrock on a Crater Floor
by Target: Mars Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument: HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona Source:: updates
Month: April 2018
PIA22438: Exploring Meridiani Planum
Target: Mars Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument: HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona Source:: updates
PIA22437: Colorful Layers in Ariadnes Colles
Target: Mars Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument: HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona Source:: updates
PIA22436: Channeled Southern Highlands
Target: Mars Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument: HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona Source:: updates
NASA Invites Media to Attend ‘NASA Day in Baton Rouge’ Activities May 3
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, invite media to attend NASA Day in Baton Rouge …
Twin Spacecraft to Weigh in on Earth’s Changing Water
A pair of new spacecraft that will observe our planet’s ever-changing water cycle, ice sheets, and crust is in final preparations for a California launch …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/30/2018
By Bill Keeter Japanese Small Satellite Orbital Deployer 8 (J-SSOD#8): Today the crew extended the Slide Table into the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) from the …
Ganymede: A Moon Like No Other
Far across the solar system, where Earth appears merely as a pale blue dot, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft spent eight years orbiting Jupiter. Newly resurrected data …
Old Data, New Tricks: Fresh Results from NASA’s Galileo Spacecraft 20 Years On
Newly analyzed data from the Galileo spacecraft’s flybys of one of Jupiter’s moons two decades ago is yielding fresh insights: The magnetic field around the …
NASA Glenn Events Celebrate Agency’s 60th Anniversary
NASA is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2018. To commemorate the occasion, the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland will hold a full-day tour of …
UFO Over Chile Shoots Off After Being Spotted, Leaving Long White Trail, 2018, Video, UFO Sighting News.
By Scott Waring Date of sighting: Feb 2018 Location of sighting: Parque Do Carmo, Chile This UFO is hiding in the clouds, and decides that …
City Frightened About UFO Last Night, May Be Rocket Launch In China, April 27, 2018, UFO Sighting News.
By Scott Waring Date of sighting: April 27, 2018 Location of sighting: Taiyuan, China News source: https://www.xuehua.us/2018/04/28/太原现ufo？/ These photos were taken over Taiyuan city, China …
NASA Sets Sights on May 5 Launch of InSight Mars Mission
NASA’s next mission to Mars, Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight), is scheduled to launch Saturday, May 5, on a first-ever …
Space Station Science Highlights: Week of April 23, 2018
The Expedition 55 crew members were busy this week as they began prep work for a mid-May spacewalk in addition to many hours of scientific …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/27/2018
By Bill Keeter Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Airlock (JEMAL) Materials ISS Experiment – Flight Facility (MISSE-FF) Operations: The crew extended the JEMAL Slide Table into …
Montana, Vermont Students to Speak with NASA Astronauts on Space Station
Students from Montana and Vermont will talk with astronauts on the International Space Station next week as part of NASA’s Year of Education on Station. …
PIA22379: Bahram Vallis
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
Dividing Line
NASA’s Operation IceBridge successfully collected data over several glaciers, research sites, and some parallel coastal grid lines on April 26, 2018, as part of its …
Hubble Sights Galaxy Stuck in the Middle
This pretty, cloud-like object may not look much like a galaxy but it is in fact something known as a lenticular galaxy. Source:: Goddard
Alien Cube UFO Seen Near Earths Sun In NASA Photo, April 26, 2018, UFO Sighting News.
By Scott Waring Date of discovery: April 26, 2018 Location of discovery: Earths Sun NASA/SOHO camera: LASCO C2, at 02:12 I was looking at the …
Stellar Thief Is the Surviving Companion to a Supernova
This picture is the most compelling evidence that some supernovas originate in double-star systems. Source:: Goddard
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/26/2018
By Bill Keeter NanoRacks Module-66: The crew removed NanoRacks Module-66 from the NanoRacks Platform-1 today for return on the SpaceX-14 vehicle. This investigation examines fibril …
PIA22378: Bamberg Crater
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
Greece and the Aegean and Ionian Seas
This view from above the nation of Turkey looks out across the Aegean Sea, over Greece and onto the Ionian Sea where Sicily and the …
NASA Labels Craters Mickey Mouse Face, On Planet Mercury, April 2018, UFO Sighting News.
By Scott Waring Date of discovery: April 26, 2018 Location of discovery: Planet Mercury NASA photo: https://images.nasa.gov/details-PIA15862.html Here is a face of Mickey Mouse I …
Celebrating National Park Week With a View of Mount Rainier
NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold captured this clear view of Mount Rainier National Park as the International Space Station orbited above, sharing the image with his …
NASA Seeks Research Proposals for Space Technologies to Flight Test
NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate’s Flight Opportunities program is seeking research proposals for promising space technologies that benefit future NASA space exploration missions. Source:: Armstrong …
This Week in NASA History: Hubble Space Telescope Launches – April 24, 1990
This week in 1990, space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-31, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on a five-day mission to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope. …
PIA22431: GRACE-FO Spacecraft (Artist’s Rendering)
Mission: GRACE-FO Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer Spacecraft to Re-enter Over Tropics
Fragments of the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) spacecraft, a NASA mission to observe the time variation of astronomical X-ray sources, are expected to fall …
NASA Frequently Asked Questions: RXTE Spacecraft Re-entry
The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) spacecraft, a NASA mission to observe the time variation of astronomical X-ray sources, is expected to fall to Earth …
NASA Invites Media to Briefing on Next Earth-Observing Mission
NASA will host a media briefing at 1 p.m. EDT Monday, April 30, to discuss the upcoming launch of a mission that will provide unique …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/25/2018
By Bill Keeter Integrated Communications Unit (ICU) R4 Transition: Yesterday, a software patch was loaded for the Ku-Band Command and Data Processer (KCDP) to correct …
US Cargo Spaceship Set for Departure from International Space Station
After delivering more than 5,800 pounds of science investigations and cargo for NASA, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is set to depart the International Space …
PIA22377: Arcadia Planitia Hills
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Could Potentially Detect the First Stars and Black Holes
The first stars in the universe blazed to life about 200 to 400 million years after the big bang. Source:: Goddard
Media Invited to Orbital ATK Cargo Launch from Virginia
Media accreditation now is open for the launch of Orbital ATK’s ninth contracted cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, currently targeted for no …
Giant Alien Glowing Worm flys Through Sky To Enter UFO, Chile, Video, April 23, 2018, UFO Sighting News.
By Scott Waring Date of sighting: April 23, 2018 Location of sighting: Cuarta Region, Chile This video is absolute 100% evidence that aliens exist. Watch …
UFO Sighted Over Pisco, Peru on April 22, 2018, Video, UFO Sighting News.
By Scott Waring Date of sighting: April 22, 2018Location of sighting: Pisco, PeruThe number one most popular moment of every day to catch a UFO …
Back to (Nucleic) Bases – Studying DNA aboard the International Space Station
What do astronauts, microbes, and plants all have in common? Each relies on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) – essentially a computer code for living things – …