Tag: space
Hilary Swank to portray an astronaut in Netflix mini-series space drama ‘Away’
Swank’s character must leave her family behind to embark upon a dangerous mission in space
Historic first all-female spacewalk postponed due to spacesuit availability
There weren’t enough of the necessary medium-sized space suits on the International Space Station to accommodate all the female astronauts
What we now know about near-Earth asteroid ‘Bennu’
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu, only slightly wider than the height of the Empire State Building, may contain unaltered material from the very beginning of our solar system.
NASA renames critical software facility in honor of ‘Hidden Figures’ Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson died on February 24, 2020. The pioneering NASA mathematician passed away at the tender age of 101.
The NASA facility named in honor of the esteemed NASA mathematician contributes to the safety and success of NASA’s highest-profile missions by assuring that mission software performs correctly.
Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia: NASA honors those we’ve lost
Feb. 7 – ‘Day of Remembrance’ – NASA Pays Tribute to Fallen Heroes
Steve Carell to star in Netflix comedy based on Trump’s ‘Space Force’
On Wednesday, Netflix announced that actor Steve Carell will be returning to the smaller screen and reuniting with “The Office” producers Greg Daniels (The Office (U.S.), King of the Hill, Parks […]
Expedition 57 crew returns to Earth following 197-day space mission
Yesterday, our favorite American space agency released word that three members of the International Space Station’s Expedition 57 crew, including NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, returned to Earth Thursday, safely landing at […]
Voyager 2 leaves earthly neighborhood and enters interstellar space
For the second time in history, a man-made object has reached the space between the stars. According to a December 10 release from NASA, the space agency’s Voyager 2 probe has exited […]
NASA’s InSight Lander arrives on Martian surface to study planet’s deep interior
Today, Mars received its newest robotic resident. NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander successfully touched down on the Red Planet after an almost seven-month, […]
After 11 years, NASA’s Dawn Mission runs out of gas around dwarf planet Ceres
On November 1, NASA reported that the space agency’s Dawn spacecraft has gone silent, ending a historic mission that studied time capsules from the solar system’s earliest chapter. Dawn missed […]
