NASA

NASA Tests Ultralight Antennas to Benefit Future National Airspace

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:14:02 +0000

NASA engineers are using one of the world’s lightest solid materials to construct an antenna that could be embedded into the skin of an aircraft, creating a more aerodynamic and reliable communication solution for drones and other future air transportation options.  Developed by NASA, this ultra-lightweight aerogel antenna is designed to enable satellite communications where […]

NASA’s SPHEREx Team To Ring New York Stock Exchange Bell

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 21:16:12 +0000

Members of the team behind NASA’s newest space telescope will ring the New York Stock Exchange closing bell in New York City at 4 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 22. The team helped build, launch, and operates NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) mission to explore […]

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Images Asteroid Donaldjohanson

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:56:57 +0000

In its second asteroid encounter, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft obtained a close look at a uniquely shaped fragment of an asteroid that formed about 150 million years ago. The spacecraft has begun returning images that were collected as it flew approximately 600 miles (960 km) from the asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025. The asteroid was […]

Fuzzy Rings of a Dying Star

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:39:42 +0000

In this photo released on April 14, 2025, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope revealed the gas and dust ejected by a dying star at the heart of NGC 1514. Using mid-infrared data showed the “fuzzy” clumps arranged in tangled patterns, and a network of clearer holes close to the central stars shows where faster material […]

Celebrating Earth as Only NASA Can

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:46:22 +0000

Lee esta historia en español aquí. From the iconic image of Earthrise taken by Apollo 8 crew, to the famous Pale Blue Dot image of Earth snapped by Voyager I spacecraft, to state-of-the-art observations of our planet by new satellites such as PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem), NASA has given us novel ways to see […]

Sols 4515-4517: Silver Linings

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:29:56 +0000

Written by Lucy Thompson, Planetary Geologist at University of New Brunswick Earth planning date: Friday, April 18, 2025 As the APXS operations person today, I was hopeful that we could plan a compositional measurement after brushing one of the bedrock blocks in front of the rover. However, it soon became clear that the rover was not on […]

NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 32nd SpaceX Resupply Station Mission

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 09:14:56 +0000

Following the successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 32nd Commercial Resupply Services mission, new scientific experiments and supplies are bound for the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying approximately 6,700 pounds of cargo to the orbiting laboratory for NASA, lifted off at 4:15 a.m. EDT Monday, on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch […]

NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, Crewmates Complete Space Station Expedition

Sun, 20 Apr 2025 02:57:55 +0000

NASA astronaut Don Pettit returned to Earth Saturday, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, concluding a seven-month science mission aboard the International Space Station. The trio departed the space station at 5:57 p.m. EDT aboard the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft before making a safe, parachute-assisted landing at 9:20 p.m. (6:20 a.m. on Sunday, […]

Hubble Spies Cosmic Pillar in Eagle Nebula

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:31:51 +0000

This newly reprocessed image released on April 18, 2025, provides a new view of an enormous, 9.5-light-year-tall pillar of cold gas and dust. Despite its size, it’s just one small piece of the greater Eagle Nebula, also called Messier 16. The Eagle Nebula is one of many nebulae in the Milky Way that are known […]

NASA to Cover US Spacewalk 93, Hold Preview News Conference

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 17:42:06 +0000

Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated on April 21, 2025, to reflect updated start times for the spacewalk and associated NASA+ broadcast on Thursday, May 1. Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station, conducting U.S. spacewalk 93 on Thursday, May 1, to complete station upgrades. NASA will preview the upcoming spacewalk during […]