2018-08-21 13:00
This time-lapse video shows the precise choreography of NASA's Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) as it studies pulsars and other X-ray sources from its perch aboard the Inte… Read More
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2018-08-20 13:00
Parker Solar Probe (previously Solar Probe, Solar Probe Plus, or Solar Probe+, abbreviated PSP) is a NASA robotic spacecraft en route to probe the outer corona of the Sun. It will approach t… Read More
2018-08-17 13:00
A project jointly funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation is heading west from Seattle, straight for the twilight zone. Using two research vessels, the Export Processes in the Oce… Read More
2018-08-16 13:00
The video is compiled from a series of images taken on July 25 by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. The angular extent of the widest field of view is six degrees. Visible in the ima… Read More
2018-08-15 13:00
Horizons mission time-lapse – Australia and New Zealand.
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2018-08-14 13:00
Housed within the European Columbus Laboratory aboard the International Space Station, the Fluid Science Laboratory is a multi-user facility designed to investigate how fluids and granules b… Read More
2018-08-13 13:00
NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission launched August 11 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mission will be the first to fly directly through the Sun's corona – the haza… Read More
2018-08-10 13:00
Astronomers all over the world are eagerly awaiting the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. The infrared space telescope, which will carry the largest astronomical mirror ever flown in… Read More
2018-08-09 13:00
NASA scientists at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are developing the Electrodynamic Dust Shield to avoid dust problems for astronauts exploring the Moon, Mars and other distant… Read More
2018-08-08 13:00
Known to the crew as an EVA (extravehicular activity), each spacewalk provides a valuable opportunity to carry out repairs, test new equipment and even perform science experiments beyond the… Read More
2018-08-07 13:00
Video from the three onboard cameras from the August 4th launch of Nexø II.
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2018-08-03 13:00
NASA's Cold Atom Lab will produce clouds of ultra-cold atoms aboard the International Space Station to perform quantum physics experiments in microgravity. Atoms are chilled to about one 10… Read More
2018-08-02 13:00
NASA's historic Parker Solar Probe mission will revolutionize our understanding of the Sun, where changing conditions can propagate out into the solar system, affecting Earth and other world… Read More
2018-08-01 13:00
Something mysterious is going on at the Sun. In defiance of all logic, its atmosphere gets much, much hotter the farther it stretches from the Sun's blazing surface.
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2018-07-31 13:00
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the Federal government of the United States responsible for the civilian space pr… Read More
2018-07-26 13:00
Operating between 2009 and 2013, ESA's Planck mission scanned the sky at microwave wavelengths to observe the cosmic microwave background, or CMB, which is the most ancient light emitted in… Read More
2018-07-25 13:00
The hot firing of the development model of the P120C solid fuel rocket motor at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on 16 July 2018, proves the design for use on Vega-C next year and on Aria… Read More
2018-07-23 13:00
New Shepard flew for the ninth time on July 18, 2018. During this mission, known as Mission 9 (M9), the escape motor was fired shortly after booster separation. The Crew Capsule was pushed h… Read More
2018-07-13 13:00
One of the deepest 'swimming pools' in Europe, for three years has been helping preparations for a human return to the Moon. ESA's Neutral Buoyancy Facility at the European Astronaut Centre… Read More
2018-07-12 13:00
This is an animated 3D view of the sky as observed by ESA's Gaia satellite using information from the mission's second data release. The bright band in the left half of the image is the Milk… Read More
2018-07-10 13:00
Near-Earth asteroids are objects in a near-Earth orbit without the tail or coma of a comet. NEAs survive in their orbits for just a few million years. They are eventually eliminated by plane… Read More
2018-07-09 13:00
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope developed in collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency that will be the scientific succe… Read More
2018-07-06 13:00
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope developed in collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency that will be the scientific succe… Read More
2018-07-04 13:00
Hera is the European contribution to an ESA-NASA double-spacecraft mission intended to test whether a kinetic deflection technique can be used to shift the orbit of an asteroid. The target o… Read More
2018-07-03 13:00
SpaceX CRS-15 lifted off on 29 June 2018 at 5:42 a.m. EDT. The Falcon 9 rocket cleared the tower at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, sending a Dragon spacecraft o… Read More
2018-06-29 13:00
This animation is based on data from the second data release of ESA's Gaia satellite, which has measured the positions, parallaxes and motions of more than one billion stars across the sky t… Read More
2018-06-28 13:00
Though close to home, the space immediately around Earth is full of hidden secrets and invisible processes. In a new discovery reported in the journal Nature, scientists working with NASA's… Read More
2018-06-27 13:00
NASA's remotely-piloted Ikhana aircraft, based at the agency's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, successfully flew its first mission in the National Airspace System wi… Read More
2018-06-26 13:00
These are the last images taken by Rosetta's high resolution OSIRIS camera during the mission's final hours at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. As it moved closer towards the surface it scan… Read More
2018-06-25 13:00
The launch lasts less than ten minutes whereby the Soyuz spacecraft is propelled 1640 km and gains 210 km altitude. Every second for nine minutes, the spacecraft accelerates 50 km/h on avera… Read More
2018-06-22 13:00
The second data release of ESA's Gaia mission has produced an extraordinary catalogue of over one and a half billion stars in our galaxy. Based on observations between July 2014 to May 2016… Read More
2018-06-21 13:00
This is an animated view of the 14 099 asteroids in our Solar System, as viewed by ESA's Gaia satellite using information from the mission's second data release. The orbits of the 200 bright… Read More
2018-06-20 13:00
On June 11, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope celebrated a decade of using gamma rays, the highest-energy form of light in the cosmos, to study black holes, neutron stars, and other ext… Read More
2018-06-19 13:00
'Expose-R2' is a miniature photochemistry laboratory that exposes samples to the harsh environment of space. Subjected to the full blast of the Sun's energy as well as vacuum, radiation and… Read More
2018-06-14 13:00
NASA's Curiosity rover has found new evidence preserved in rocks on Mars that suggests the planet could have supported ancient life, as well as new evidence in the Martian atmosphere that re… Read More
2018-06-13 13:00
Two decades of planetary change are available to explore in NASA's Worldview. Detailed views of volcanoes fuming, hurricanes flooding, dams being built, and wildfires sweeping across landsca… Read More
2018-06-12 13:00
Exploration Ground Systems at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida achieved a significant milestone on the path to supporting the agency's first integrated launch of the SLS and Orion spac… Read More
2018-06-11 13:00
After orbiting Earth 34 times to catch up to the International Space Station, the car-sized spacecraft carrying ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chanc… Read More
2018-06-08 13:00
SpotMini autonomously navigates a specified route through an office and lab facility. Before the test, the robot is manually driven through the space so it can build a map of the space using… Read More
2018-06-07 13:00
The Space Storm Hunter, also known as the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor, completed its trip to space in a Dragon cargo vehicle in April 2018. This video shows the different stages of… Read More
2018-06-06 13:00
Soyuz MS-09 is a Soyuz spaceflight planned for June 6, 2018. It will transport three members of the Expedition 56 crew to the International Space Station. The crew will consist of commander… Read More
2018-06-05 13:00
The swirling nature of hurricane clouds are a familiar sight in satellite imagery, but in order to better understand these storms, scientists need to look inside them. In 2014, NASA's remote… Read More
2018-06-01 13:00
The ozone layer protects life on Earth from ultraviolet radiation but it is also a powerful greenhouse gas. Satellites can provide measurements of atmospheric ozone and monitor distribution… Read More
2018-05-31 13:00
Sentinel-3B joined its twin, Sentinel-3A, in orbit. The pairing of identical satellites provides the best coverage and data delivery for Europe’s Copernicus programme – the large… Read More
2018-05-30 13:00
Earth's energy budget is a metaphor for the delicate equilibrium between energy received from the Sun versus energy radiated back out in to space. Research into precise details of Earth's en… Read More
2018-05-29 13:00
The two Voyager space probes were originally conceived as part of the Mariner program, and they were thus initially named Mariner 11 and Mariner 12. They were then moved into a separate prog… Read More
2018-05-28 17:00
Cryptocurrencies are here to stay and it is quite plausible that future human colonists spread across the solar system and beyond will use a decentralized cryptocurrency as opposed to a fiat… Read More
2018-05-28 13:00
The ExoMars rover is a planned robotic Mars rover, part of the international ExoMars programme led by the European Space Agency and the Russian Roscosmos State Corporation.
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2018-05-25 13:00
Orbital ATK's vision for the next step toward human space missions to Mars employs the flight-proven Cygnus advanced maneuvering spacecraft as a human habitat in cislunar space, the region b… Read More
2018-05-24 13:00
The new Cold Atom Lab (CAL) facility could help answer some big questions in modern physics. CAL produces clouds of atoms that are ten billion times colder than deep space. The facility uses… Read More
2018-05-23 13:00
GRACE Follow-On (GRACE-FO) is continuing GRACE’s legacy of tracking Earth’s water movement across the planet. Monitoring changes in ice sheets and glaciers, underground water sto… Read More
2018-05-22 13:00
NASA scientists used GRACE data to identify regional trends of freshwater movement, and combined that information with data from other satellites, climate models and precipitation measuremen… Read More
2018-05-18 13:00
This movie, based on images taken by ESA's Mars Express, showcases the 102 km wide Neukum Crater in the southern hemisphere of Mars. The crater is named for the German physicist and planetar… Read More
2018-05-17 13:00
Stellar explosions forge and distribute materials that make up the world in which we live, and also hold clues to how fast the universe is expanding. By understanding supernovae, scientists… Read More
2018-05-16 13:00
Scientists analyzing the first data from the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) mission have found two stars that revolve around each other every 38 minutes. One of the stars… Read More
2018-05-15 13:00
The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency's Mars 2020 rover mission, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the viability and poten… Read More
2018-05-14 13:00
InSight is a robotic lander designed to study the interior of the planet Mars. The mission launched on 5 May 2018 and is expected to land on the surface of Mars on Elysium Planitia on 26 Nov… Read More
2018-05-11 13:00
NASA's asteroid-hunting NEOWISE survey uses infrared to detect and characterize asteroids and comets. Since the mission was restarted in December 2013, NEOWISE has observed or detected more… Read More
2018-05-10 13:00
Apart from Antarctica, Patagonia is home to the biggest glaciers in the southern hemisphere, but some are retreating faster than anywhere else in the world. This is because the weather is re… Read More
2018-05-09 13:00
Spacecraft in orbit and on Mars's surface have made many exciting discoveries, transforming our understanding of the planet and unveiling clues to the formation of our Solar System, as well… Read More
2018-05-08 13:00
On April 24, 2018, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 28th year in orbit. Even after all these years, Hubble continues to expand humanity's knowledge of the universe. These are a few… Read More
2018-05-07 13:00
NASA's InSight mission launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base for Mars on May 5, 2018—the first interplanetary launch from the West Coast. InSight is expected to land on the Red Plane… Read More
2018-05-04 13:00
Arctic sea ice reached its annual maximum extent on March 17, according to analysis by NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The 2018 extent reached 5.59 million square miles, only… Read More
2018-05-03 13:00
The OmegA rocket is one of Orbital ATK's largest strategic investments. A new, American intermediate-and large-class space launch vehicle, OmegA is capable of launching the full range of nat… Read More
2018-05-02 13:00
Forests are living, ever changing ecosystems, affected by aging, natural disasters and human interventions. Annual maps of the lower-48 United States produced from satellite data illustrate… Read More
2018-05-01 13:00
The New Glenn is a privately funded orbital launch vehicle in development by Blue Origin. It is expected to make its initial test launch in 2020. Design work on the vehicle began in 2012. Th… Read More
2018-04-30 13:00
New Shepard flew again for the eighth time on April 29, 2018, from Blue Origin's West Texas Launch Site. Known as Mission 8 (M8), the mission featured a reflight of the vehicle flown on Miss… Read More
2018-04-19 13:00
NASA’s Juno mission has provided the first view of the dynamo, or engine, powering Jupiter's magnetic field. The new global portrait reveals unexpected irregularities and regions of su… Read More
2018-04-18 13:00
In this animation the viewer is taken low over Jupiter’s north pole to illustrate the 3-D aspects of the region’s central cyclone and the eight cyclones that encircle it. The mov… Read More
2018-04-17 13:00
TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is NASA's newest exoplanet mission. Led by MIT, TESS will find thousands of new planets orbiting nearby stars. During its two year survey, TE… Read More
2018-04-13 13:00
Take a virtual tour of the Moon in all-new 4K resolution, thanks to data provided by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. As the visualization moves around the near side, far side… Read More
2018-04-12 13:00
Psyche is both the name of an asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter — and the name of a NASA space mission to visit that asteroid, led by Arizona State University. Join th… Read More
2018-04-11 13:00
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite - TESS - will fly in an orbit that completes two circuits around Earth every time the Moon orbits once. This special orbit will allow TESS's came… Read More
2018-04-10 13:00
NASA's InSight to Mars will be the first interplanetary launch from America's West Coast. Residents in some of California's coastal communities could get a front row seat when the mission la… Read More
2018-04-05 13:00
Starting next year, scientists will get their first look deep below the surface of Mars. That's when NASA will send the first robotic lander dedicated to exploring the planet's subsurface. I… Read More
2018-04-04 13:00
In 2018, NASA will intensify its focus on one of the most critical but remote parts of our changing planet with the launch of two new satellite missions and an array of airborne campaigns. G… Read More
2018-04-03 13:00
SpaceX CRS-14 begins with an on-time liftoff of the company's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch occurr… Read More
2018-03-30 13:00
Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. Both are small, airless bodies with irregular shapes. Because they lack protective atmospheres and magnetospheres, Phobos and Deimos are directly expos… Read More
2018-03-29 13:00
Scheduled to launch in the mid-2020s, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) will function as Hubble's wide-eyed cousin. While just as sensitive as Hubble's cameras, WFIRST's 300… Read More
2018-03-28 13:00
Global temperatures in 2017 were second only to 2016, which still holds the record for the hottest year; however, 2017 was the warmest year on record that did not start with an El Nino weath… Read More
2018-03-27 13:00
The development of the space capsule which will carry our astronaut up to and above the karman line and into space is progressing.
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2018-03-26 13:00
The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft docked to Poisk module of the International Space Station on March 23, 2018, at 3:40 p.m. EDT while both spacecraft were flying over Serbia.
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2018-03-23 13:00
The "Cueva de los Verdes" lava tube in Lanzarote, Spain, is one of the world's largest volcanic cave complexes with a total length of about 8 km. Geology experts from ESA's Pangaea-X campaig… Read More
2018-03-22 13:00
For hundreds of years, this gaseous giant planet appeared shrouded in colorful bands of clouds extending from dusk to dawn, referred to as zones and belts. The bands were thought to be an ex… Read More
2018-03-21 13:00
NASA's InSight spacecraft arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, to begin final preparations for launch. InSight will be the first mission to look deep beneath the Martian surface… Read More
2018-03-20 13:00
Views of the ULA's Atlas V rocket launch preparations. Atlas V launched the GOES-S weather satellite for NASA and NOAA.
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2018-03-19 13:00
When Falcon Heavy lifted off, it became the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. With the ability to lift into orbit nearly 64 metric tons (141,000 lb)---a mass… Read More
2018-03-09 13:00
These observations of Phobos and Saturn were taken by the Super Resolution Channel of the High Resolution Stereo Camera on Mars Express. The video comprises 30 separate images acquired durin… Read More
2018-03-08 13:00
Against the backdrop of the 1950s Cold War, after the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik, Americans were determined to launch their own Earth-orbiting satellite. Flash back to events… Read More
2018-03-07 13:00
At Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, everything is being prepared to accommodate Europe’s newest launcher, Ariane 6. A new launch pad is under construction and the mobile gantry pro… Read More
2018-03-06 13:00
The first hot firing of Ariane 6’s Vulcain 2.1 main engine was performed in January 2018 at the DLR German Aerospace Center test facility in Lampoldshausen, Germany.
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2018-03-05 13:00
GOES-17 (formerly GOES-S) is the second of the next generation of weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The next satellites of the series… Read More
2018-03-02 13:00
The first task for spacewalkers Mark Vande Hei and Norishige Kanai is to move a Latching End Effector (LEE), or hand, for the Canadian-built robotic arm, Canadarm2, from a payload attachment… Read More
2018-03-01 13:00
The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is one of ten National Aeronautics and Space Administration field centers. Since December 1968, Kennedy Space Center has been NASA's primary launch cen… Read More
2018-02-28 13:00
Even if rovers, balloons, and airplanes continuously move around and near the surface of Mars one day, we should never judge a planet by its cover. Today's desert-like Martian surface likely… Read More
2018-02-27 13:00
The Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25, otherwise known as the Space Shuttle main engine (SSME), is a liquid-fuel cryogenic rocket engine that was used on NASA's Space Shuttle and is planned to be use… Read More
2018-02-26 13:00
Since arriving at Mars in October 2016, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has been aerobraking its way into a close orbit of the Red Planet by using the top of the atmosphere to create drag and… Read More
2018-02-23 13:00
How can you see the atmosphere? By tracking what is carried on the wind. Tiny aerosol particles such as smoke, dust, and sea salt are transported across the globe, making visible weather pa… Read More
2018-02-22 13:00
Atmospheric carbon dioxide is the most important human-made greenhouse gas responsible for global warming. Oceans assist in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere: phytoplankton accumul… Read More
2018-02-21 13:00
Progress MS-08, identified by NASA as Progress 69 or 69P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). Progress MS-8 launched on 13 February… Read More
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