Pat Slane Selected as Director of Chandra X-ray Center
Dr. Patrick (Pat) Slane of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has been named the next Director of the Chandra X-ray Center …
Let's Dance with Aliens
Dr. Patrick (Pat) Slane of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has been named the next Director of the Chandra X-ray Center …
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: sun
In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has …
By Space Foundation Editorial Team Space Foundation offering “Digital Backpack” of Content, Tools, and Activities COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — August 31, 2020 — As school …
As the International Space Station orbited more than 200 miles above our home planet, the crew caught this glimpse of the sunrise casting long shadows …
Space Station 20th: Two Months to Go to Expedition 1 Source:: space station 2
By Space Foundation Editorial Team Ex-SCS employees find international investors and revitalise the South African space dream with a new company focused on creating microsatellites …
This perspective can help researchers spot features in a hurricane, including those that could indicate whether a hurricane will intensify or weaken. Source:: Goddard
NASA has selected five proposals for concept studies of missions to help improve understanding of the dynamics of the Sun and the constantly changing space …
Scientific investigations conducted during the week of August 24 aboard the International Space Station included studies on DNA damage caused by radiation, fire safety, and …
By Bill Keeter Payloads MSRR/MSL (Materials Science Laboratory) SCA exchange: The crew removed the processed calibration cartridge and inserted the first ESA batch-2b Sample Cartridge …
NASA’s first mission to explore the Trojan asteroids is one step closer to launch. The Discovery Program’s Lucy mission passed a critical milestone and is …
By Space Foundation Editorial Team In this episode: We meet Dr. Giorgio Coraluppi, President of Compunetix, Inc. and subsidiaries, and Michael Hockenberry, Vice President and …
Astronaut Doug “Wheels” Wheelock spent his NASA career expanding knowledge of living and working in space. His new mission is working to determine the best …
This Hubble Space Telescope image depicts a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave, the result of the “death” of a star 20 times …
Target: Earth Mission: ECOSTRESS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
Kathy Lueders, NASA’s associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, has named Robyn Gatens as acting director of the International Space Station at NASA Headquarters. …
NASA will broadcast a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket full-scale booster test at 2:40 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 2, on NASA Television and the agency’s …
NASA has awarded a contract to HSG LLC of Las Vegas to provide the agency environmental management, environmental health, and medical services. Source:: updates 5 …
Inside NASA’s Pandemic Response Campaigns Source:: Armstrong Flight Center
In a landmark study, scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have mapped the immense halo of gas enveloping the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest large galactic …
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
On Aug. 26, 2020, NASA’s Terra satellite was able to image the two areas in California where the fires have been most active and using …
One kilowatt is about what it takes to heat up some leftovers in a microwave — or to power the largest and most technically advanced …
In this large celestial mosaic taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and published in 2019, there’s a lot to see, including multiple clusters of stars …
NASA Langley produced a series of videos for Virginia Public Media, the PBS TV and NPR radio affiliate for Richmond, Central Virginia and the Shenandoah …
On Monday August 24, housekeeping data from Chandra indicated an anomaly in the High Resolution Camera. The science payload has been turned off while the …
By Bill Keeter Payloads Combustion Integrated Rack/Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (CIR/ACME): The crew replaced the Gas Chromatograph (GC) helium bottle, GC check gas bottle, …
Female pilots are still rare in the aviation industry and that’s also true at NASA. Source:: Armstrong Flight Center
This week in 2009, space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-128, launched to the International Space Station on the 30th mission dedicated to the assembly and maintenance …
As a science writer for NASA’s Earth Observatory, Kathryn Hansen has made a career out of learning new things directly from the experts and then …
What does this Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Spirograph have in common with Women’s Equality Day? Source:: updates 3
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is set to open the ninth annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) at 10 a.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. …
Mission: Spitzer Space Telescope Instrument: Spitzer Space Telescope Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
By Bill Keeter Payloads Spacecraft Atmosphere Monitor (SCRAM): The crew removed the MCA (Major Constituent Analyzer) plug from the SCRAM and powered it up. The …
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
Not so long ago, astronomers mapped a galaxy far, far away using radio waves and found it has a strikingly familiar shape. In the process, …
NASA has assigned astronaut Jeanette Epps to NASA’s Boeing Starliner-1 mission, the first operational crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on a mission to …
A newly discovered, roughly Earth-sized planet orbiting our nearest neighboring star might be habitable, according to a team of astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s …
By Space Foundation Editorial Team This episode features Kevin O’Connell, Director of the Office of Space Commerce at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Mr. O’Connell …