The International Space Station deployed this small satellite for the NanoRacks-Remove Debris investigation, designed to demonstrate…
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First Light Data for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe
Just over a month into its mission, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has returned first-light data from…
Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor Examines Her Eyes
Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor examines her eye with a Funduscope.
ICESat-2 Lifts Off to Study Earth’s Changing Ice
A Delta II rocket launches with NASA's ICESat-2 onboard, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, from Vandenberg Air…
Juno Captures Elusive ‘Brown Barge’
A long, brown oval known as a "brown barge" in Jupiter's South Equatorial Belt is captured…
Success! Final Orion Parachute Tests Completed
NASA completed the final test to qualify Orion’s parachute system for flights with astronauts, an important…
Staring Down Hurricane Florence
Ever stared down the gaping eye of a category 4 hurricane? It's chilling, even from space.
Hurricane Florence Viewed from the Space Station
Astronaut Ricky Arnold, from aboard the International Space Station, shared this image of Hurricane Florence on…
Bright Spots On Ceres
Bright surface features on the dwarf planet Ceres known as faculae were first discovered by NASA's…
‘Snow Swamp’ on Canada’s Lowell Glacier
Over a mere four days this summer, snow from the previous winter melted into a pond…