The world’s largest heat shield, measuring 16.5 feet in diameter, has been successfully attached to the…
Month: May 2014
NASA and Industry Complete First Phase to Certify New Crew Transportation Systems
NASA's Commercial Crew Program and industry have completed the first step in the certification process that…
Morpheus Prototype Uses Hazard Detection System to Land Safely in Dark
NASA demonstrated that it can land an unmanned spacecraft on a rugged planetary surface in the…
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst enters the ISS
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst as the hatch opens separating the Soyuz spacecraft and the International Space…
Poyang lake
Image of China’s Poyang lake from the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) on the Sentinel-1A satellite, acquired…
Lake Constance
The freshwater Lake Constance in Central Europe is pictured in this image from the Sentinel-1A satellite.…
Citizen Scientists Successfully Communicate with Spacecraft
A group of citizen scientists has successfully established communication with an inactive NASA spacecraft in an…
A First for NASA’s IRIS: Observing a Gigantic Eruption of Solar Material
NASA's newest solar observatory, IRIS, caught its first coronal mass ejection in extraordinary detail, in better…
The International Space Station is set to light up the night sky
June means long days and short nights for northern hemisphere observers, as we head towards the…
The International Space Station is set to light up the night sky
June means long days and short nights for northern hemisphere observers, as we head towards the…