Telescopes Show the Milky Way’s Black Hole is Ready for a Kick
NASA/CXC/M.Weiss This artist’s illustration depicts the findings of a new study about the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy called Sagittarius A* (abbreviated as...
Month : February 2024
NASA Awards Inaugural Grants to Support Emerging Research Institutions
The agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is collaborating on three of the 11 projects supported by the grants....
Skylab 4 Recovery Ends Program
The crewmen of the third and final manned Skylab mission relax on the USS New Orleans, prime recovery ship for their mission, about an hour...
NASA’s New Experimental Antenna Tracks Deep Space Laser
Capable of receiving both radio frequency and optical signals, the DSN’s hybrid antenna has tracked and decoded the downlink laser from DSOC, aboard NASA’s Psyche...
NASA Launches New Climate Mission to Study Ocean, Atmosphere
NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 1:33 a.m. EST, Feb. 8, 2024, from Space Launch...
First Look: Spaceplane Stacked and Shaken at NASA Test Facility
2 Min Read First Look: Spaceplane Stacked and Shaken at NASA Test Facility Nose-up and bathed in soft blue lights, Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane...
NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX, Intuitive Machines First Moon Mission
The Nova-C lunar lander is encapsulated within the fairing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in preparation for launch, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial...
Nuevos astronautas de Artemis se gradúan y la NASA hará la cobertura
La promoción de candidatos a astronautas de la NASA, fotografiada durante un acto cerca del Centro Espacial Johnson de la NASA en Houston el 7...
First Artemis Moon Crew Trains for Return to Earth
NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman exits the side of a mockup of the Orion spacecraft during a training exercise in the Neutral...
40 Years Ago: STS-41B, the First Flight of the Manned Maneuvering Unit
On Feb. 3, 1984, space shuttle Challenger took off on its fourth flight, STS-41B. Its five-person crew of Commander Vance D. Brand, Pilot Robert L....
