Tag Archives | space

https___mars.nasa_.gov_msl-raw-images_proj_msl_redops_ods_surface_sol_04367_soas_rdr_ccam_CR0_785166724PRC_F1110708CCAM04366L1

Sols 4368-4369: The Colors of Fall – and Mars

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions The Solar System The Sun […]

Continue Reading
NASA S/N 1124      80.1F

STS-129 Crew Aboard the Space Station

The STS-129 crew members posed for a portrait following a joint news conference on Nov. 24, 2009, with the Expedition 21 crew members (out of frame) on the International Space Station. Pictured (clockwise) from bottom left are astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh, commander; Mike Foreman, Leland Melvin, Robert L. Satcher Jr. and Randy Bresnik, all mission […]

Continue Reading
iss021e032749orig

STS-129 Crew Aboard the Space Station

Pictured (clockwise) from bottom left are astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh, commander; Mike Foreman, Leland Melvin, Robert L. Satcher Jr. and Randy Bresnik, all mission specialists; along with Barry E. “Butch” Wilmore, pilot; and Nicole Stott, mission specialist. NASA The STS-129 crew members pose for a portrait following a joint news conference with the Expedition 21 […]

Continue Reading
unknown

Discovery Alert: A Rare Glimpse of a Newborn Planet

Artist’s concept of a young, newly discovered planet, exposed to observation by a warped debris disk. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt, K. Miller (Caltech/IPAC)   The Discovery A huge planet with a long name – IRAS 04125+2902 b – is really just a baby: only 3 million years old. And because such infant worlds are usually hidden […]

Continue Reading
acd15-0042-011

What is BioSentinel?

llustration of BioSentinel’s spacecraft flying past the Moon. NASA/Daniel Rutter Editor’s Note: This article was updated Nov. 20, 2024 shortly after BioSentinel’s mission marked two years of operation in deep space. Astronauts live in a pretty extreme environment aboard the International Space Station . Orbiting about 250 miles above the Earth in the weightlessness of microgravity, they […]

Continue Reading
AT2021hdr_Swift

5 Surprising NASA Heliophysics Discoveries Not Related to the Sun

5 min read 5 Surprising NASA Heliophysics Discoveries Not Related to the Sun With NASA’s fleet of heliophysics spacecraft, scientists monitor our Sun and investigate its influences throughout the solar system. However, the fleet’s constant watch and often-unique perspectives sometimes create opportunities to make discoveries that no one expected, helping us to solve mysteries about […]

Continue Reading
banner-home-2500x500-v1

NASA’s Brad Doorn Brings Farm Belt Wisdom to Space-Age Agriculture

Earth (ESD) Earth Home Explore Climate Change Science in Action Multimedia Data For Researchers 14 Min Read NASA’s Brad Doorn Brings Farm Belt Wisdom to Space-Age Agriculture This image shows corn cultivation patterns across the U.S. Midwest in 2020, with lands planted in corn marked in yellow. Credits: NASA Earth Observatory/ Lauren Dauphin Bradley Doorn […]

Continue Reading
Fly_around_Ares_Vallis_on_Mars_card_full

Fly around Ares Vallis on Mars

Video: 00:04:30 Explore the immense power of water as ESA’s Mars Express takes us on a flight over curving channels, streamlined islands and muddled ‘chaotic terrain’ on Mars, soaking up rover landing sites along the way. This beautiful flight around the Oxia Palus region of Mars covers a total area of approximately 890 000 km², […]

Continue Reading
Three_views_of_the_Sun_s_surface_card_full

New full Sun views show sunspots, fields and restless plasma

Zoom into Solar Orbiter’s four new Sun images, assembled from high-resolution observations by the spacecraft’s PHI and EUI instruments made on 22 March 2023. The PHI images are the highest-resolution full views of the Sun’s visible surface to date, including maps of the Sun’s messy magnetic field and movement on the surface. These can be […]

Continue Reading

Space, astronomy and science