The newly upgraded NASA Mobile Operations Facility rests at its primary home at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. The specially outfitted mobile mission control center can travel to any flight testing site
The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 4:25 p.m. EDT on Oct. 2, 2022. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar
We may need to look for “pale yellow dots” instead. An artist’s impression of three kinds of habitable planets: a planet with mostly land; a planet with a good mix of land and sea, like Earth; and an ocean planet
To prepare for the Artemis era of research on the Moon, NASA will conduct two, multi-week field tests near Flagstaff, Arizona with astronauts, engineers, and scientists to practice mission scenarios for Artemis astronauts in a simulated lunar surface environment. The
Are you ready to join ESA’s initiative to support European space companies to create a constellation of lunar satellites that connect and guide missions to the Moon? Creating lasting telecommunications and navigation links with the Moon will enable sustainable space
An illustration of the Mars Orbiter Mission in orbit around Mars. (Image credit: NASA/ISRO/Robert Lea) India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) may have finally reached the end of its operations after eight years spent orbiting the Red Planet. Ground stations operated by
The Mars Society is pleased to announce that Dr. Albert Haldemann, the European Space Agency’s Mars Chief Engineer, will be giving a virtual talk about Europe’s plans for Mars and space exploration during the 25th Annual International Mars Society Convention, scheduled
The chances of life on Enceladus have just risen thanks to a new understanding of the chemistry of the moon’s ocean. An artist’s depiction of plumes at Enceladus. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) The ocean inside Saturn’s moon Enceladus may be enriched with
Researchers looked through historical documents dating back to the fourth century to find total solar eclipses. Ancient records of total solar eclipses, like this one pictured in Casper, Wyoming, have been discovered. (Image credit: ESA/M.P. Ayucar, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)
Portraits of NASA astronauts Scott Tingle and Edward Michael (Mike) Fincke Credits: NASA NASA has added two astronauts to the agency’s Boeing Starliner-1 launch to the International Space Station, the spacecraft’s first mission following completion of its flight tests and