NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore our planet’s radiation belts, launched into the predawn skies at 4:05a.m. EDT Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
continue reading…
Browsing Posts in NASA NEWS
NASA “Mohawk Guy” To Host Show On Third Rock Radio
continue reading…
NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission has led to a bonanza of newfound supermassive black holes and extreme galaxies called hot DOGs
continue reading…
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has set off from its landing vicinity on a trek to a science destination about a quarter mile (400 meters) away, where it may begin using its drill.
continue reading…
NASA-funded researchers are making final preparations at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Mass., for an ocean-going campaign.
continue reading…
HOUSTON — NASA Tuesday successfully completed another parachute test of its Orion spacecraft high above the skies of the U.S. Yuma Army Proving Ground in southwestern Arizona. The test examined the maximum pressure Orion’s parachutes might face when returning from exploration missions.
continue reading…
NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered multiple transiting planets orbiting two suns for the first time.
continue reading…
For the first time in history, a recorded song has been beamed back to Earth from another planet.
continue reading…
The extent of the sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean has shrunk.
continue reading…
To welcome space shuttle Endeavour to Southern California, NASA is inviting 40 of its social media followers to a NASA Social Sept. 19-20 at the agency’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base.
continue reading…
