NASA’s Planetary Defenders Head to the Sundance Film Festival
Trailer for NASA’s upcoming documentary, “Planetary Defenders,” which will take audiences inside the high-stakes world of asteroid hunting and planetary defense. NASA is bringing the...
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NASA Seeks Proposals for Space Biology and Physical Sciences Research
On Dec. 19, 2024, NASA released two amendments to the NASA Research Announcement Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2024 (NNH24ZDA001N) to announce...
Liftoff! NASA Sends Science, Tech to Moon on Firefly, SpaceX Flight
Creating a golden streak in the night sky, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander soars upward after liftoff...
NASA to Host Media Call Highlighting Mars Sample Return Update
Credit: NASA NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Jan....
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to Sun
5 Min Read NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to Sun An artist’s concept showing Parker Solar Probe. Credits: NASA/APL Operations teams...
NASA Selects Companies for Commercial SmallSat Services Award
Credit: NASA NASA has selected eight companies for a new award to help acquire Earth observation data and provide related services for the agency. The...
NASA, ESA Missions Help Scientists Uncover How Solar Wind Gets Energy
5 min read NASA, ESA Missions Help Scientists Uncover How Solar Wind Gets Energy Since the 1960s, astronomers have wondered how the Sun’s supersonic “solar...
NASA G-IV Plane Will Carry Next-Generation Science Instrument
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) In a series of baseline flights beginning on June 24, 2024, the G-IV aircraft...
NASA, Blue Origin Invite Media to New Glenn Launch of Mars Mission
NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) identical dual spacecraft are inspected and processed on dollies in a high bay of the Astrotech...
NASA Shares Asteroid Bennu Sample in Exchange with JAXA
As part of an asteroid sample exchange, NASA has transferred to JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) a portion of the asteroid Bennu sample collected by...
