The Voyager mission was designed to take advantage of a rare geometric arrangement of the outer planets in the late 1970s and the 1980s which allowed for a four-planet tour for a minimum of propellant and trip time. To source
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A Cosmic Tarantula, Caught by NASA’s Webb
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The Crater Farm
Three impact craters are displayed in this three-dimensional perspective view of the surface of Venus taken NASA’s Magellan, the first deep space probe launched by a space shuttle. To source
Lacerta’s Star Outshines a Galaxy
A little-studied star, TYC 3203-450-1, upstages a galaxy in this Hubble Telescope image from December 2017. To source
A Peek Into Jupiter’s Inner Life
Auroras and hazes glow in this composite image of Jupiter taken by the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). To source
Early Morning Artemis I
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, as the Artemis I launch teams loaded more than 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellants including liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. To source
Apollo 15 Catches Earth on the Horizon
This view of the crescent Earth over the Moon’s horizon was taken during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. To source
NASA T-38s Soar Over Artemis I
T-38 planes are a fixture of astronaut training, making pilots and mission specialists think quicky in changing situations. To source
Milky Way Time Lapse
This time lapse of the Milky Way Galaxy taken from the International Space Station (ISS) also captured a lightning strike on Earth so bright that it lights up the space station’s solar panels. To source
La NASA invita a la prensa a la primera prueba de defensa planetaria
La misión Prueba de redireccionamiento del asteroide doble (DART, por sus siglas en inglés) de la NASA, la primera en el mundo que pone a prueba una tecnología para defender a la Tierra de posibles peligros de asteroides o cometas, impactará con su objetivo, un asteroide que no supone ninguna amenaza para la Tierra, a […]
NASA Invites Media to Witness World’s First Planetary Defense Test
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, will impact its target asteroid—which poses no threat to Earth—at 7:14 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 26. To source
The Historic X-1E Looks Forward
The supersonic X-1E research aircraft was the last of NASA’s experimental X-1 series of aircraft. To source
NASA's Europa Clipper in High Bay 1
The core of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has taken center stage in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. To source