NASA Practices VIPER Moon Rover Assembly in New Clean Room

NASA’s water-hunting lunar robot, VIPER, has a workspace prepped and ready, where the first activity will…

NASA, Blue Origin Partner to Bring Lunar Gravity Conditions Closer to Earth

At one-sixth that of Earth, the unique gravity of the lunar surface is one of the…

ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/09/2021

Payloads Asian Herb Watering: The crew performed a periodic watering for the plants growing in the…

Switchbacks Science: Explaining Parker Solar Probe’s Magnetic Puzzle

Since they were discovered in the first data returned from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, switchbacks have…

Stacking Complete for Twin Space Launch System Rocket Boosters

Stacking is complete for the twin Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters for NASA’s Artemis…

NASA Data Powers New USDA Soil Moisture Portal

Farmers, researchers, meteorologists and others now have access to high-resolution NASA data on soil moisture, thanks…

Electrical Engineer and NASA Astronaut Joan Higginbotham

At NASA, women – be they scientists, pilots, astronauts and others – help the Agency fulfill…

PIA24419: Pacaya and Fuego Volcanoes, Guatemala

           Target: Earth Mission:  Terra Instrument:  ASTER Image Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team…

NASA’s Perseverance Drives on Mars’ Terrain for First Time

NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover performed its first drive on Mars March 4, covering 21.3 feet…

NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Next Commercial Crew Launch

Media accreditation is now open for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station. …