Tag: NASA
Striking images of solar flares that occurred over the last two days
For more on these extraordinary scientific phenomena, see the video accompanying this article.
Record-breaking astronaut Mark Vande Hei returns to Earth aboard Russian spacecraft with cosmonaut crewmembers
… at a time when political tensions between the US and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are at an all-time low
NASA’s Student Lunar Robotics Design Contest winners
Goal: design robot that can dig and move lunar soil to a holding container at a future Artemis Moon base
NASA Mega Moon Rocket arrives at launchpad, rehearsals for moon launch begin
Flight test will pave the way for missions to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon under Artemis program
New report: Sea level to rise 12 inches by 2050
NASA, NOAA & other U.S. agencies project that the rise in ocean height in the next 30 years could equal the total rise seen over the past 100 years
Armageddon test: NASA launching spacecraft in first-ever planetary defense asteroid deflecting test
The space agency will test deflecting an asteroid about 7 million miles away by flying a spacecraft into it, and Bruce Willis will not have to be there
NASA shares first dramatic images of Earth taken from the new Landsat 9 satellite
first stunning images show specific areas of the Earth and provide a wealth of data allowing us to monitor crop health, manage irrigation water, and witness the changing landscapes of our planet
Probe orbiting Jupiter providing colorful 3D view of planet’s atmosphere
The Juno Probe entered Jupiter’s orbit in 2016 and has been utilizing a specialized suite of instruments to record the belts and zones of clouds encircling Jupiter, as well as its polar cyclones and even the “Great Red Spot”
NASA commits $28M to U.S. states, territories historically underfunded in scientific research awards
Space agency focusing on 28 U.S. areas to insure equitable competition in aerospace and aerospace-related research activities
NASA unveils Climate Action Plan
As the world faces rising maintenance and repair costs due to more frequent and extreme weather events …
