Former astronaut Al Worden, command module pilot on the Apollo 15 lunar landing, passed away March…
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Alligators and Rockets: Sharing the Kennedy Space Center
An alligator lurks in a marshy waterway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center…
Test Version of Orion Capsule Recovered in the Pacific Ocean
With the USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) in the distance, helicopters from the HSC-23 squadron…
PIA23801: Massive Beauty
Target: Jupiter Mission: Juno Instrument: JunoCam Image Credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSSImage processing by Kevin Gill, ©…
Next Space Station Crew Takes a Break From Training
Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA (left) and Anatoly Ivanishin (center) and Ivan Vagner of…
Michun North: My Everyday Extraordinary Is Helping Launch America into Space
Michun North is a program analyst, who helps manage finances for the Commercial Crew Program. …
Apollo 9 Takes the Lunar Module for a Test Drive
When Apollo 9 in March 1969 human spaceflight, it was the second crewed mission and the…
A Slice of Polar Layer Cake
The Martian ice cap is like a cake with every layer telling a story. In this…
PIA23756: Salta Province, Argentina
Target: Earth Mission: Terra Instrument: ASTER Image Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team…
Image of a Supermoon
A supermoon occurs when the Moon’s orbit is closet (perigee) to Earth. Click here…