Ground Segment Testing a Success for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

Testing teams have successfully completed a critical milestone focused on demonstrating that NASA’s James Webb Space…

Defining Radiation Risk to Astronauts

In this image, one of the radiation detectors for the Radi-N2 experiment floats in the space…

Hubble Snaps Close-Up of Celebrity Comet NEOWISE

The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped the closest images yet of the sky’s latest visitor to…

ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/21/2020

Payloads RADI-N2 (Radiation Dosimetry Inside ISS-Neutrons): The crew retrieved the 8 neutron bubble detectors and pouches…

NASA’s Suomi NPP Satellite Highlights California Wildfires at Night

Striking images of the California wildfires are seen in these nighttime satellite images taken by the…

Unveiling Rogue Planets With NASA’s Roman Space Telescope

New simulations show that NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to reveal myriad…

Gravity Assist: Our Sun, Our Life, with Vladimir Airapetian

Vladimir Airapetian, scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, explains what researchers hope to find as…

Hubble Hooks a Supernova Host Galaxy

Galaxy NGC 2442, seen here by the Hubble Space Telescope, is nicknamed the Meathook galaxy owing…

Pristine Space Rock Offers NASA Scientists Peek at Evolution of Life’s Building Blocks

Asuka 12236 is one of the best-preserved meteorites of its kind. And now, NASA scientists have…

New Ground Station Brings Laser Communications Closer To Reality

Optical communications, transmitting data using infrared lasers, has the potential to help NASA return more data…