New Insight Into Parker Solar Probe’s Early Observations
A new paper suggests the switchbacks in the solar wind — discovered by Parker Solar Probe during its November 2018 solar flyby — are tied …
Let's Dance with Aliens
A new paper suggests the switchbacks in the solar wind — discovered by Parker Solar Probe during its November 2018 solar flyby — are tied …
Now anyone can virtually “meet” women who have blazed trails in space and related science fields in a new app released through a collaboration between …
By Space Foundation Editorial Team COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 29, 2020) — In partnership with the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force and …
This week in 2001, space shuttle Endeavour, mission STS-100, landed after a successful 11-day mission to the International Space Station. Source:: updates 2
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
By Space Foundation Editorial Team COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 29, 2020) — Space Foundation Chief Operating Officer Shelli Brunswick has been selected as one of …
Mission: Mars 2020 Project Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/NIA and Courtesy Rupani Family Source:: updates
Mission: Mars 2020 Project Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020. Source:: updates 3
NASA hasn’t measured moonquakes since Apollo astronauts deployed a handful of measuring stations at various locations on the lunar surface and discovered unexpectedly that Earth’s …
Mission: Spitzer Space Telescope Instrument: Spitzer Space Telescope Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
Images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope of comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) provide the sharpest views yet of the breakup of the fragile comet. Source:: Goddard …
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is now serving as commander of Expedition 63 alongside Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner until October 2020. Source:: space …
By Bill Keeter Japanese Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) #13: The crew performed photographic documentation of the J-SSOD#13 deployment. The JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer …
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 30, to announce the companies selected to develop modern human landing systems (HLS) …
By Space Foundation Editorial Team New York, April 28, 2020 — The winners of Fast Company’s 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, honoring …
On Nov. 20, 2004, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory took to the skies aboard to uncover the mystery of gamma-ray bursts, the universe’s most powerful …
On April 25, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the cargo bay of space shuttle Discovery. Source:: updates 3
With NASA’s eyes set on returning to the Moon and bringing human launch capabilities home to the U.S., the agency’s partnerships with industry and private …
Metals and glass don’t seem to have anything in common. Source:: space station 2
By Bill Keeter Payloads Space Fibers: The crew performed hardware gather and setup in the Microgravity Science Glovebox for the Space Fibers Reflight mission. Manufacturing …
On Friday, April 24, 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine visited the White House to brief President Trump on NASA’s fight to alleviate COVID-19. Source:: updates …
Statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on the passing of the agency’s sixth administrator, James Beggs, on April 23. Source:: updates 5
By Space Foundation Editorial Team These Volunteer Spotlight articles profile some of the interesting and dedicated people who make Space Foundation programs possible. We could …
By Space Foundation Editorial Team SPARKS, Nev. (April 24, 2020) – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), the global aerospace and national security leader, launched a COVID …
The week of April 20, crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted studies of high-temperature alloy melts and plant growth in space along with …
By Bill Keeter CIR (Combustion Integrated Rack): The crew prepared the CIR to allow ground commanding of the FOMA (Fuel Oxidizer Management Assembly) Calibration. The …
Spaceflight changes much about the human body, including how the heart functions and how cells that create heart tissue behave. Scientists studying these changes on …
NASA is celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope’s 30 years of unlocking the beauty and mystery of space by unveiling a stunning new portrait of a …
The Susquehanna River cuts through the folds of the Valley-and-Ridge province of the Appalachian Mountains in this photograph taken by the crew of the International …
NASA has joined the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) with efforts underway across the country to augment the national response, a few of which were highlighted …
Servicing (refueling, fixing and upgrading) spacecraft helps make spaceflight more sustainable, affordable and resilient. In honor of Hubble’s 30th anniversary in space (April 24, 2020), …
Image Credit: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City and NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
Astronomers may have discovered a new kind of survival story: a star that had a brush with a giant black hole and lived to tell …
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and other agency leaders and experts will host a media video conference at 4:30 p.m. EDT, today, Thursday, April 23, to …
By Bill Keeter Actiwatch Plus: The crew installed four Actiwatch Plus units into the HRF rack USB hub and verified charging and data downlink connection. …
Students participating in NASA internships will have an opportunity next week to talk with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station. Source:: updates 6 …