NASA’s Deep Space Network Turns 60 and Prepares for the Future
The agency’s DSN provides critical communications and navigation services to dozens of space missions, and it’s being modernized to support dozens more....
Month : December 2023
Celebrating the Holiday Season in Space
The Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year holidays are joyful events typically spent with family and friends. Astronauts and cosmonauts who find themselves in space during...
Meet the Infrared Telescopes That Paved the Way for NASA’s Webb
The Webb telescope has opened a new window onto the universe, but it builds on missions going back 40 years, including Spitzer and the Infrared...
Artemis II Crew Visits White House
NASA / Bill Ingalls Artemis II crew members (from left) CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and...
NASA Flies Drones Autonomously for Air Taxi Research
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) An Alta-8 small Unmanned Aircraft System testbed vehicle flies above NASA’s Langley Research Center...
NASA Astronauts Test SpaceX Elevator Concept for Artemis Lunar Lander
SpaceX NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Doug “Wheels” Wheelock participated in a recent test of a sub-scale mockup elevator for SpaceX’s Starship human landing system...
As the Arctic Warms, Its Waters Are Emitting Carbon
Runoff from one of North America’s largest rivers is driving intense carbon dioxide emissions in the Arctic Ocean....
Kennedy Space Center Looks Ahead to a Busy Year in 2024
The mobile launcher, carried by the crawler-transporter 2, rolls out from its park site location to Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...
NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman Cygnus Departure from Space Station
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo craft is pictured moments away from being captured by the Canadarm2 robotic arm controlled by NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight...
The Marshall Star for December 20, 2023
32 Min Read The Marshall Star for December 20, 2023 Crew-6 Connects with Marshall Team Members During Visit By Celine Smith One week after the...
