On 24 June 2014 the spacecraft ATV-5 was prepared for integration on the Ariane 5 launcher…
Exit wound
Technology image of the week: How hypervelocity space debris would tear through the Kevlar-Nextel fabric protecting…
New NASA Model Gives Glimpse into the Invisible World of Electric Asteroids
Space flows with electric activity that is not visible to our eyes. NASA is developing plans…
NASA Sets New Dates, Media Coverage for Saucer-Shaped Test Vehicle Flight
NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project plans to fly its rocket-powered, saucer-shaped landing technology test vehicle…
Orion’s Belt Rises Through the Atmosphere
On June 23, 2014, Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman captured this image which connects Earth…
NASA Launches Earth Science Challenges with OpenNEX Cloud Data
NASA is launching two challenges to give the public an opportunity to create innovative ways to…
Perseus galaxy cluster
A new study of the Perseus galaxy cluster, shown in this image, and others using Chandra…
ATV shielding after impact test
An exit hole through Kevlar–Nextel fabric after hypervelocity testing of the multilayer shielding for ESA’s ATV…
ATV shielding after impact test
An exit hole through Kevlar–Nextel fabric after hypervelocity testing of the multilayer shielding for ESA’s ATV…
Balloons keep IXV prototype afloat
On the 23 June 2014 a prototype of the suborbital IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle was recovered…