OSIRIS-REx Engineers Pull Off a Daring Rescue of a Monumental Asteroid Mission

On Oct. 11, the OSIRIS-REx team should have been preparing to point their spacecraft cameras precisely…

PIA23517: Side-by-Side: Curiosity and Mars 2020

           Target: Earth Mission:  Mars 2020 Rover Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Click here for original…

PIA23516: Some Differences Between Mars 2020 and Curiosity

           Target: Earth Mission:  Mars 2020 Rover Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Click here for original…

ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/10/2019

Rodent Research-19 (RR-19): The crew performed RR-19 Rodent transfers from the Dragon capsule into the Habitats.…

X-ray Satellite XMM-Newton Celebrates 20 Years in Space

Two decades ago today the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) launched into orbit. A pioneering satellite for…

Earth's Changing Ice

Meltwater lakes form on the surface of Greenland’s Petermann Glacier. Click here for original…

New NASA eBook Reveals Insights of Earth Seen at Night from Space

Earth has many stories to tell, even in the dark of night. Earth at Night, NASA’s…

How to Shape a Spiral Galaxy

New observations from SOFIA are shedding light on how spiral-shaped galaxies, like our own Milky Way,…

Houston, Texas on the Gulf Coast

Houston, Texas is pictured from the International Space Station at an altitude of 257 miles. …

Ice in Motion: Satellites Capture Decades of Change

New time-lapse videos of Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets as seenfrom space, some spanning nearly 50…