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Human Landing System Program
Artemis
Artemis 3
Artemis 4
Humans in Space
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA is working with U.S. industry to develop the human landing systems that will safely carry astronauts from lunar orbit to the surface of the Moon and back throughout the agency’s Artemis campaign. For Artemis III, the first crewed return to the lunar surface in over 50 years, NASA is working with SpaceX to develop […]
Posted November 20, 2024
Barry E. Wilmore
Charles O. Hobaugh
International Space Station (ISS)
Leland D. Melvin
Michael J. Foreman
Nicole P. Stott
Robert L. Satcher Jr.
STS-129
The STS-129 crew members pose for a portrait following a joint news conference with the Expedition 21 crew members on Nov. 24, 2009. Astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh, Mike Foreman, Leland Melvin, Robert L. Satcher Jr., Randy Bresnik, Butch Wilmore, and Nicole Stott launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 16, 2009, aboard […]
Posted November 20, 2024
Langley Research Center
Media are invited to learn about a unique series of flight tests happening in Virginia in partnership between NASA and GE Aerospace that aim to help the aviation industry better understand contrails and their impact on the Earth’s climate. Contrails are the lines of clouds that can be created by high-flying aircraft, but they may […]
Posted November 20, 2024
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
General
Hubble Space Telescope
Marshall Space Flight Center
Nebulae
Neutron Stars
Pulsars
Stars
The Universe
X-ray Binaries
Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a “flame-throwing guitar” has now been spotted moving through space. Astronomers have captured movies of this extreme cosmic object using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope.
Posted November 20, 2024
Exoplanet Detection Methods
Exoplanet Discoveries
Exoplanet Transits
Exoplanets
Neptune-Like Exoplanets
Radial Velocity
Super-Earth Exoplanets
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
The Discovery A huge planet with a long name – IRAS 04125+2902 b – is really just a baby: only 3 million years old. And because such infant worlds are usually hidden inside obscuring disks of debris, it is the youngest planet so far discovered using the dominant method of planet detection. Key Facts The […]
Posted November 20, 2024
Environmental Management Division (EMD)
General
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Posted November 20, 2024
Ames Research Center
CubeSats
Science Instruments
Small Satellite Missions
Technology for Living in Space
Editor’s Note: This article was updated Nov. 20, 2024 shortly after BioSentinel’s mission marked two years of operation in deep space. Astronauts live in a pretty extreme environment aboard the International Space Station.
Posted November 20, 2024
Comets
Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope
Gamma-Ray Bursts
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
ICON (Ionospheric Connection Explorer)
Parker Solar Probe (PSP)
SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory)
Stars
STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory)
The Sun
Uncategorized
Venus
Volcanoes
Wind Mission
With NASA’s fleet of heliophysics spacecraft, scientists monitor our Sun and investigate its influences throughout the solar system. However, the fleet’s constant watch and often-unique perspectives sometimes create opportunities to make discoveries that no one expected, helping us to solve mysteries about of the solar system and beyond.
Posted November 20, 2024
Earth
People of NASA
From his South Dakota roots to leading NASA’s agricultural program, Brad Doorn’s mission has remained the same: help farmers feed the world.
Posted November 20, 2024
Johnson Space Center
International Space Station (ISS)
International Space Station Division
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
On Nov. 6, 2024, NASA Night brought cosmic excitement to the Toyota Center, where Johnson Space Center employees joined 16,208 fans who interacted with NASA as they watched the Houston Rockets claim victory over the San Antonio Spurs.  Energy soared as International Space Station Program Manager Dana Weigel stepped up to take the first shot.  […]
Posted November 20, 2024
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