NASA Astronaut Breaks American Space Record

In this image from August 2021, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei sits and reads while on the International Space Station.

NASA to Discuss Progress as Webb Telescope’s Mirrors Align

NASA will hold a virtual media briefing at noon EDT Wednesday, March 16, to provide an update on the James Webb Space Telescope’s mirror alignment.

Who Needs Pi?

Today is Pi Day!

Hubble Views an Infant Star’s Outburst

An energetic outburst from an infant star streaks across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Cygnus Cargo Craft at the Space Station

This February 2022 image of Northrop Grummans's Cygnus cargo craft is pictured attached to the International Space Station.

3.6 Billion Years in Pastel Colors

The Pilbara in northwestern Australia exposes some of the oldest rocks on Earth, over 3.6 billion years old.

Mercury is moving from Aquarius to Pisces.

Mercury is moving from Aquarius to Pisces in the next 24 hours. #Mercury #Pisces #Aquarius

The Sky This Week, 2022 March 8 - 15

Orion Through The Trees, imaged 2019 February 16 from Mollusk, Virginia with a Canon EOS Rebel SL2 DSLR. The Moon brightens the evening hours...

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Engineering NASA’s Return to the Moon

These engineers developed and tested Space Launch System software that will tell the rocket how to operate for the first 8 minutes of Artemis during l...

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Launching to Study Pulsating Aurora

The LAMP mission hopes to understand an often overlooked kind of aurora, called a pulsating aurora, and to test a theory on what causes them.