“The next mission’s right around the corner,” entry flight director Rick Henfling observed following the crew’s Pacific splashdown Friday.
“The next mission’s right around the corner,” entry flight director Rick Henfling observed following the crew’s Pacific splashdown Friday.
The Lyrid meteor shower has begun! Here’s what to expect as the shooting star display brightens the spring night sky, when it peaks and how to know if you’ve spotted
Engineers love a good practical challenge, especially when it comes to spaceflight. But there’s one particular challenge facing the crewed missions of the near future that scares mission planners above
Credit: NASA The Republic of Latvia will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 9 a.m. EDT Monday, April 20, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman
BOULDER, Colorado – The sun’s volatile outbursts, such as storms, flares and other space weather, can cause serious harm to astronauts like the Artemis 2 crew who recently came home,
A patch of Mars imaged by NASA’s Viking orbiters in 1976 (left) and ESA’s Mars Express orbiter in 2024 (right). The white box outlines a region captured in detail by
A stunning image from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission showcases the vibrant coastal region of Gabon, a country located in Central Africa. Bordered by Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, and
Rock description, contamination discrimination, and in situ microbial detection. a, b, Core sample under visible (a) and UV light (b), showing a crack (red arrowhead) made with a sterile hammer.
A pristine star found to be devoid of almost any elements heavier than hydrogen and helium might be the immediate descendent of one of the first stars in the universe.
Roman Research Nexus With the release of the cloud-hosted Roman Research Nexus, STScI provides astronomers around the world an environment where they can prepare to work with the massive data






