NASA Exercises Option on Engineering Support Contract

NASA has exercised the third option of its Technology, Engineering, and Aerospace Mission Support (TEAMS) 2…

NASA’s Commercial Crew Partners Focus on Testing, Analysis to Advance Designs

NASA’s aerospace industry partners are taking their designs and operational plans for the agency’s Commercial Crew…

Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 Satellite at Launch Pad

The upper levels of the launch gantry, surrounding the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with…

First detection of water vapour

Even when it is still about half way between Jupiter and Mars, some 583 million kilometres…

Saturn’s shadows

It may seem odd to think of planets casting shadows out in the inky blackness of…

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Nobel Laureate Meeting connects with Alexander Gerst

This message from ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst was played during the opening ceremony of the 64th…

Alexander’s view in space

Flying at 28 800 km/h over Earth, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst recorded this video passing over…

NASA’s OCO-2 Satellite on the Launch Pad

The launch gantry surrounding the Delta II rocket with the second Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite onboard…