Marikje Jorritsma, an intern at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and a master’s student at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, demonstrated JPL-developed programs for Microsoft’s HoloLens headset at an NYU event Nov. 7. Here, she manipulates a technical model of NASA’s Mars 2020 rover. NEW YORK — Visitors from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) […]
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Largest 'Supermoon' Since '48 Will Not Be This Close Again Until 2034 | Video
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Getting to Know the Getz Ice Shelf
As scientists and crew with NASA’s Operation IceBridge mission prepared for a research flight on Nov. 5, 2016, the weather in Punta Arenas, Chile, was cold, wet, and windy. But when they reached their survey site in West Antarctica, skies were clear and winds were calm—a perfect day for scientists to collect data over the […]
What President Trump Means for NASA
What will President Donald Trump mean for NASA? Shown here on May 03, 2016 in New York City. What NASA programs will President-elect Donald Trump support, which will he potentially work to eliminate, and whom will he nominate for NASA’s top leadership position? Two space policy reporters offered their insight on these questions. Brian Berger […]
November's Supermoon Is Closest Since 1948: 5 Surprising Facts
The supermoon of Sept. 27, 2015, rises behind Glastonbury Tor in Glastonbury, England. The “supermoon” of Nov. 14 — dubbed the “Beaver Moon” because it falls at a time of year when American settlers trapped beavers ahead of the winter — will be the biggest full moon observers have seen in the sky since 1948. A […]
UK's Beagle 2 Mars Probe Nearly Aced 2003 Landing, Study Suggests
This image shows real and simulated photos of the United Kingdom’s Beagle 2 lander on the surface of Mars. Real images were captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Europe’s first Mars lander did indeed touch down softly on the Red Planet back in 2003, and likely deployed at least three of its four solar panels, […]
Virtual Milky Way
Operations image of the week: A ghostly image of our Milky Way galaxy derived from satellite orientation data To source
Cool! Milky Way Shines Twice for Skywatcher (Photo)
Kelli Klymenko, a photographer in Sedona, took this image of the Milky Way from Cathedral Rock Trail in Arizona. The Milky Way appears to point right at a Juniper tree in this skywatching image from Sedona, Arizona. Kelli Klymenko , a photographer in Sedona, took the image from Cathedral Rock Trail in Arizona. It’s a […]
NASA Astronaut Honors Veterans From Space Station | Video
By Steve Spaleta | November 10, 2016 04:27pm ET Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough commemorates Veteran’s Day aboard the International Space Station. credit : NASA Watch more ► Shows Skylon SABRE – A True Space Plane | Video Sh… CosMix: The Universe Is Alive With Music Goddard Space Flight Center’s Best Videos NASA Edge NEOs: […]
How to Pee in Space (and What to Do If the Toilet Breaks)
By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor | November 10, 2016 03:50pm ET Credit: NASA Anything but Easy Going to the bathroom in space is anything but an easy procedure. To explain what happens on the International Space Station and the Soyuz spacecraft, Space.com spoke with veteran astronaut Mike Fossum. The three-time space flier has spent time […]
Weightless vibrations
Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Vibrating ceramics in weightlessness to move liquids To source
Letter Raises Questions About SpaceX Fueling Plans and Committee Roles
SpaceX’s plans for launches of crewed Dragon spacecraft would require the crew to board prior to fueling, which has drawn the criticism of a NASA advisory panel. WASHINGTON — Criticism by one NASA advisory committee of SpaceX’s plans to conduct commercial crew missions has also raised questions about the roles and responsibilities of those advisory […]
Wind Carved Rock on Mars
The distinctively fluted surface and elongated hills in this image in Medusae Fossae are caused by wind erosion of a soft fine-grained rock. Called yardangs, these features are aligned with the prevailing wind direction. This wind direction would have dominated for a very long time to carve these large-scale features into the exposed rock. To […]