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NASA Pluto New Horizons July 13 Media Briefing Time Change, Media Center Open
NASA will provide comprehensive television, Internet and social media coverage this week of the agency’s New Horizons spacecraft historic July 14 flyby of Pluto. The time for the flyby preview news briefing on NASA Television Monday, July 13 has moved up 30 minutes, and now will start at 10:30 a.m. EDT. To source
Second Instrument Delivered for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission
An instrument that will explore the surface of a primitive asteroid in search of water and organic materials has arrived at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver for installation onto NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. To source
June 4, 1965, Earth Observations From Gemini IV
This photograph of the Florida Straits and Grand Bahama Bank was taken during the Gemini IV mission during orbit no. 19, on June 4, 1965. The Gemini IV crew conducted scientific experiments, including photography of Earth’s weather and terrain, for the remainder of their four-day mission following Ed White’s historic spacewalk on June 3. To […]
NASA Invests in Future of Aviation with Supersonic Research Projects
Quieter, greener supersonic travel is the focus of eight studies selected by NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project to receive more than $2.3 million in funding for research that may help overcome the remaining barriers to commercial supersonic flight. To source
A Sky View of Earth From Suomi NPP
This composite image of southern Africa and the surrounding oceans was captured by six orbits of the NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership spacecraft on April 9, 2015, by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument. Tropical Cyclone Joalane can be seen over the Indian Ocean. To source
Searching for Water in the Solar System and Beyond
As NASA missions explore our solar system and search for new worlds, they are finding water in surprising places. To source
Curiosity Sees Prominent Mineral Veins on Mount Sharp, Mars
This March 18, 2015 view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows a network of two-tone mineral veins at an area called “Garden City” on lower Mount Sharp. To source
Soyuz Spacecraft Rolled Out For Launch of One-Year Crew
The Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft is seen after is was rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. To source
Vanguard Satellite, 1958
Vanguard 1, the world’s first solar-powered satellite, launched on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) 1958. To source
Launch of Magnetospheric Multiscale Spacecraft Aboard Atlas V Rocket
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft onboard launches from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, March 12, 2015, Florida. To source
Test Firing of Booster for NASA's New Rocket
The largest, most powerful rocket booster ever built successfully fired up Wednesday for a major-milestone ground test in preparation for future missions to help propel NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to deep space destinations, including an asteroid and Mars. To source
Ceres Seen From NASA's Dawn Spacecraft
This image of Ceres was taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on March 1; on March 6, the mission achieved orbit around the previously unexplored world. To source