NASA Approves Heliophysics Missions to Explore Sun, Earth’s Aurora

NASA has approved two heliophysics missions to explore the Sun and the system that drives space…

NASA Television to Air Departure of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus from Space Station

Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Wednesday, Jan.…

ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/29/2020

Payloads Cardinal Heart: The crew performed a periodic cell culture media exchange in the various cell…

Looking Back: Dr. George Carruthers and Apollo 16 Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph

Dr. George Carruthers, right, and William Conway, a project manager at the Naval Research Institute, examine…

Young Students Send Questions to Astronauts Aboard Space Station

Students from across the country will have an opportunity this week to hear from a NASA…

ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/28/2020

Payloads NanoRacks Module-9: The crew performed the 3rd operations of sample tube mixtures. NanoRacks Module-09 is…

Shaping a Spiral Galaxy

Magnetic fields in NGC 1068, or M77, are shown as streamlines over a visible light and…

ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/24/2020

Payloads Cardinal Heart: The crew performed a periodic cell culture media exchange in the various cell…

ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/23/2020

Payloads Bacterial Adhesion and Corrosion: The crew gathered materials and performed the BAC inoculation. Polymicrobial Biofilm…

Apollo 8: Earthrise

This iconic picture shows Earth peeking out from beyond the lunar surface as the first crewed…