June 8, 2021 Spacecraft buzzes Jupiter's mega moon, 1st close-up in years NASA’s Juno spacecraft has provided the first close-ups of Jupiter’s largest moon in two decades.
June 7, 2021 Exclusive: Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt has some ideas for GM's new lunar vehicle U.S. Astronaut Harrison Schmitt was the last passenger to ride in the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the moon and has some thoughts on what the new one being developed by General Motors and Lockheed Martin needs.
June 6, 2021 NASA chief Bill Nelson optimistic about space exploration as private sector, government combine efforts With a storied career in service – both in politics and in the U.S. Army – and experience as a NASA payload specialist, newly appointed administrator Bill Nelson is in a unique position to lead.
June 5, 2021 NASA administrator details missions to moon, Mars, Venus and the agency's efforts on Earth NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has cosmically grand plans for the agency, including a trip to Venus, an advanced look at the Earth using new three-dimensional technology and landing humans on Mars.
June 3, 2021 One of the brightest explosions ever recorded occurs in Earth's 'cosmic backyard' A team of international scientists used the High Energy Stereoscopic System in Namibia to get the best observation yet of one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever recorded.
June 3, 2021 NASA, SpaceX launch groundbreaking experiments to space station NASA and SpaceX have successfully launched the CRS-22 Dragon cargo mission to the International Space Station.
June 2, 2021 Hurricane season: How NASA tracks the dangerous storms With an "above-normal" Atlantic Hurricane Season underway, researchers at NASA have partnered with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other organizations to provide critical forecast data that could potentially save lives.
June 1, 2021 Asteroid the size of Seattle's Space Needle to pass near Earth A "potentially hazardous" asteroid the size of Seattle's Space Needle is expected to pass near Earth on Tuesday.
May 29, 2021 Amazing new image from NASA's Chandra Observatory reveals colorful threads of Milky Way An amazing new view of the Milky Way provided by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals the threads of superheated gas and magnetic fields that weave the cosmic tapestry together.
May 28, 2021 Mars helicopter Ingenuity experiences anomaly on 6th flight, lands safely anyway The Mars Ingenuity Helicopter completed its sixth flight last Saturday – though with a slight hiccup.