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Hubble Sees a Spiral Galaxy Edge-On
1 min readThis NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows NGC 4423, a galaxy that lies about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. In this image, NGC 4423 appears to have…
NASA Sets Science Webinar Coverage for Space Station Resupply Mission
In preparation for NASA’s SpaceX 30th commercial resupply mission, the agency will stream an International Space Station National Lab science webinar at 1 EST Friday, March 8, to discuss the…
Texas Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station
The San Antonio River Authority and students from the Advanced Learning Academy in San Antonio, Texas, will have an opportunity Friday, March 8, to hear from NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara…
Senior Communications Specialist Alana Johnson
“Where I grew up 100% shaped who I am. In fact, my son and I were talking about high schools and how big his is. His high school population is…
20 Years Ago: First Image of Earth from Mars and Other Postcards of Home
On March 8, 2004, the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took the first image of Earth from the surface of another planet. The Earth appearing as nothing more than a bright…
Discovery Alert: a Long Year for a ‘Cold Saturn’
3 min readTwo giant planets comparable to our own system’s Saturn orbit a star not unlike our Sun some 700 light-years away. The outer planet has the longest year –…
NASA Pi Day Challenge Serves Up a Mathematical Marvel
Celebrate one of the world’s most famous numbers with a set of math problems involving real space missions, courtesy of the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. March 14 marks the annual…
NASA Helps Emerging Space Companies ‘Take the Heat’
Things are heating up in the atmosphere, and NASA is helping space start-ups stay cool. NASA has decades of expertise in creating technology that protects spacecraft from the intense…
Apollo 9 Astronaut David Scott’s Spacewalk
Astronaut David R. Scott, command module pilot for the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital mission, stands in the command module’s open hatch during his stand-up spacewalk on March 6, 1969. Astronaut Russell…
NASA’s Network of Small Moon-Bound Rovers Is Ready to Roll
Construction and testing are complete on the CADRE rovers, which will map the lunar surface together as a tech demo to show the promise of multirobot missions. A trio of…