534 days, 2 hours, 49 minutes and counting. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson flew through the standing…
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NASA’s Fleet of Satellites Keep an Eye on Earth
NASA's fleet of 18 Earth science missions in space, supported by aircraft, ships and ground observations,…
Expedition 51 Launch to the International Space Station
The Soyuz MS-04 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, April 20, 2017…
The Arrhythmic Beating of a Black Hole Heart
At the center of the Centaurus galaxy cluster, there is a large elliptical galaxy called NGC…
Liftoff of Orbital ATK Cargo Mission to International Space Station
The Orbital ATK Cygnus pressurized cargo module is carried atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V…
Watercolor World
When imaged at infrared wavelengths that pierce the planet’s upper haze layer, the high-speed winds of…
Hubble Sees Starbursts in Virgo
Starburst galaxies contain regions where stars are forming at such a breakneck rate that the galaxy…
Illustration of Cassini Spacecraft Diving Through Plume of ‘Ocean World’ Enceladus
This illustration shows NASA's Cassini spacecraft diving through the plume of Saturn's moon Enceladus, in 2015.…
New Full-hemisphere Views of Earth at Night
NASA scientists are releasing new global maps of Earth at night, providing the clearest yet composite…
New Technique For Designing and Manufacturing Heat Shields Under Study
Through NASA's Space Technology Research Fellowship (NSTRF) program, a fresh approach to designing and manufacturing heat-thwarting…