Engineers are using carbon dioxide snow to clean James Webb Space Telescope's mirrors without scratching them.
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Solar Dynamics Observatory Sees ‘Cinco de Mayo’ Solar Flare
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured these images of a significant solar…
Trajectory of Alan Shepard’s Historic Flight
Fifty-four years ago on May 5, 1961 only 23 days after Yuri Gagarin of the then-Soviet…
Mimas Stares Back
The great eye of Saturn's moon Mimas, a 130-kilometer-wide (80-mile) impact crater called Herschel, stares out…
Ten-Engine Electric Plane Prototype Takes Off
A team at NASA's Langley Research Center is developing a concept of a battery-powered plane that…
Overview of MESSENGER Spacecraft’s Impact Region on Mercury
On April 30th, this region of Mercury's surface will have a new crater! Traveling at 3.91…
April 29, 1990, Shuttle Discovery Lands Following Hubble Deployment Mission
On April 29, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery approaches for landing on a concrete runway at…
Astronaut Scott Kelly Speaks at Shuttle Enterprise Dedication Ceremony
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly delivers remarks from onboard the International Space Station during the Space Shuttle…
Unmasking the Secrets of Mercury
To learn more about the minerals and surface processes on Mercury, instruments aboard NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft…
April 25, 1990, Deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope
In this April 25, 1990, photograph taken by the crew of the STS-31 space shuttle mission,…