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Good morning to our beautiful world, said astronaut Anne McClain from aboard the Space Station on Feb. 21, 2019. To source

Cracks growing across Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf are poised to release an iceberg with an area about twice the size of New York City. It is not yet clear how the remaining ice shelf will respond following the break, posing an uncertain future for scientific infrastructure and a human presence on the shelf that was […]

Eat. Breathe. Do ccience. Sleep later. That’s the motto of Derrick Pitts, NASA Solar System Ambassador. To source

NASA is preparing to explore electric-powered flight with the X-57 Maxwell, a unique all-electric aircraft which features 14 propellers along its wing. To source

This preflight image from Feb. 6, 2019, shows NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson during spacewalk preparations and training inside the Space Station Airlock Mockup at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. To source

NASA’s record-setting Opportunity rover mission on Mars comes to end. To source

Robert Curbeam currently holds the record for the most spacewalks during a single spaceflight. To source

Erosion of the surface reveals several shades of light toned layers, likely sedimentary deposits, as shown in this image taken by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. To source

Mary Jackson began her engineering career in an era in which female engineers of any background were a rarity. To source

Vice President Mike Pence visits the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial after a wreath laying ceremony that was part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. To source

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin salutes after being introduced at the 2019 State of the Union address. To source

The powerful wind from the newly formed star at the heart of the Orion Nebula is creating the bubble and preventing new stars from forming. To source

When SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off on its first operational mission to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Victor Glover will be aboard. To source