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Psyche Mission
Psyche Asteroid
The Solar System
The first-ever mission to study a metal-rich asteroid, Psyche aims to help scientists learn more about the formation of rocky bodies in our solar system. With a launch readiness date set for Thursday, Oct. 12, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will travel 2.2 billion miles from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to a metal-rich asteroid in […]
Posted October 5, 2023
Learning Resources
Get ready to make the most of these rare events with this curated list of NASA STEM learning resources and related content, including activities, citizen science opportunities, and more.
Posted October 5, 2023
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Science Mission Directorate
Spiral Galaxies
The Universe
Hubble is sharing a brand new galaxy image every day through October 7, 2023! Visit our website daily, or follow along on X, Facebook, and Instagram. New and old stars alike twinkle in the dusty spiral arms of NGC 1087. Located 80 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus, NGC 1087 is a barred spiral […]
Posted October 5, 2023
Psyche Asteroid
Kennedy Space Center
NASA Headquarters
NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for its Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid. Launch is targeted for 10:16 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 12, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Live launch coverage without commentary will begin at 9:15 […]
Posted October 5, 2023
Marshall Space Flight Center
Learning Resources
NASA has announced the 70 teams representing 24 states and Puerto Rico selected to compete in the 2024 Student Launch Challenge. The annual competition – one of NASA’s nine Artemis Student Challenges – requires middle/high school and college/university students to design, build, and fly a high-powered amateur rocket and scientific payload.
Posted October 5, 2023
Ames Research Center
Astrogram
NASA Ames’ Contributions to OSIRIS-REx by Gianine Figliozzi Extraterrestrial rocks and dust – material scooped up from an asteroid – were delivered to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023.
Posted October 5, 2023
General
On Sept. 24, the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule – with samples of rock and dust from asteroid Bennu – made its historic return to Earth, marking the end of NASA’s first sample return mission. The mission is featured in “This Week @ NASA,” a weekly video program broadcast on NASA-TV and posted online. The next […]
Posted October 5, 2023
General
Representatives from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility joined elected officials and other community leaders for a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the opening of a NASA educational display Sept. 26 at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans.
Posted October 4, 2023
Advanced Plant Habitat (APH)
Astronauts
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Raja Chari
Taco Night on the International Space Station had a little kick to it on Nov. 26, 2021. In this image taken by NASA astronaut Kayla Barron, fellow NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 flight engineer Raja Chari smiles as he shows off a taco that includes fresh chile peppers. The peppers were harvested from inside the […]
Posted October 4, 2023
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
El astronauta de la NASA Frank Rubio, de regreso a la Tierra tras batir el récord del vuelo espacial individual más largo de la historia realizado por un estadounidense, participará en una rueda de prensa el viernes 13 de octubre a las 2 p.m. EDT (hora de verano del Este), en el Centro Espacial Johnson […]
Posted October 4, 2023
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