NASA System Predicts Impact of a Very Small Asteroid Over Germany
The Scout impact assessment system calculated where and when the asteroid 2024 BX1 would impact Earth’s atmosphere, providing a useful demonstration of planetary defense capability. A small asteroid about 3…
NASA to Discuss Science, First Intuitive Machines Artemis Moon Flight
NASA will host a media teleconference at 3:30 EST Wednesday, Jan. 31, to discuss its science and technology demonstrations flying aboard Intuitive Machines’ first flight to the Moon as part…
NASA Selects Winners of Third TechRise Student Challenge
NASA is announcing 60 winning teams for its third TechRise Student Challenge, a nationwide contest to engage students in technology, science, and space exploration. The student teams will work together…
Celebrating Pride: Meet Bob Lutz
At NASA, diversity and inclusion drive workplace creativity, innovation and mission success. For #PrideMonth we’re celebrating the stories of our #LGBTQ community. What is your role at NASA?I’m a computer…
NASA Safety Town Hall
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks during a NASA Safety Town Hall, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Safety Town Hall is…
How NASA Chases and Investigates Bright Cosmic Blips
9 min readStephen Lesage’s phone started vibrating just after halftime on Oct. 9, 2022, while he was watching a soccer game in Atlanta with a friend. When Lesage saw the…
Hubble Spies Side-by-Side Galaxies
1 min readA barred spiral galaxy and a lenticular galaxy come together to create this interacting pair known as Arp 140. The lenticular galaxy, NGC 274, is visible on the right…
NOAA’s GOES-U Arrives in Florida for Processing Ahead of Launch
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U (GOES-U), the fourth and final weather-observing and environmental monitoring satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series, is now in Florida. The satellite landed on Tuesday, Jan.…
NASA Shares Newest Results of Moon to Mars Architecture Concept Review
NASA released on Tuesday the outcomes of its 2023 Moon to Mars Architecture Concept Review, the agency’s process to build a roadmap for exploration of the solar system for the…
Axiom Mission 3 Launches to the International Space Station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3)…