Hubble Captures a Monster Merger
This Hubble Picture of the Week features Arp 122, a peculiar galaxy that in fact comprises two galaxies — NGC 6040, the tilted, warped spiral...
Month : January 2024
NASA, Partners to Welcome Private Crew Aboard Space Station
Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3), the third all private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, lifts off at 4:49 p.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 18,...
Monitoring Microorganisms
7 Min Read Monitoring Microorganisms Science in Space January 2024 Crew members on the International Space Station have a lot of company – millions of...
An Aurora in Another Light
NASA/Lauren Dauphin and Wanmei Liang; NOAA The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite sensor on the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite captured this image of the aurora borealis, or...
NASA Sets Briefings for Crew-8, International Space Station Missions
The four crew members representing NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station pose for an official portrait at the agency’s Johnson Space Center...
The Marshall Star for January 17, 2024
28 Min Read The Marshall Star for January 17, 2024 ‘Be King’: Team Redstone Invites All to Honor Civil Rights Icon’s Legacy By Jessica Barnett...
20 Years After Landing: How NASA’s Twin Rovers Changed Mars Science
This month marks the 20th anniversary of Spirit and Opportunity’s landing on Mars, part of a mission whose legacy will extend far into the future....
GUSTO Balloon Mission Maintains Course Circling Antarctic Skies
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) awaits its flight on a scientific balloon...
NASA Study: More Greenland Ice Lost Than Previously Estimated
A new, comprehensive analysis of satellite data finds that majority of glaciers on the landmass have retreated significantly....
NASA X-59 Unveiled During Rollout Ceremony
NASA and Lockheed Martin publicly unveil the X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a ceremony in Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. The...
