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The Sombrero galaxy, named for its resemblance to the Mexican hat, is about 30 million light-years from Earth. Nov 26, 2024 Space station crew gets medical evaluation after record 235-day mission The Crew Dragon splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico a month later than planned, setting a Spac...
There are new NASA satellite sensors now in orbit that are much better calibrated than AVHRR and specifically designed to measure the Earth's vegetation. Even as they improve upon the quality of the measurements, these sensors -- such as the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS), ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 is a recently discovered near-Earth object (NEO) currently being closely monitored by… Space Blue Ghost Is About to Land on the Moon in a Record-Breaking Mission February 22, 2025 Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 is set to touch down on the Moon’s Mare Crisium… Spa...
These chemicals — much like ones found in smoke and soot on Earth — reside within an earlygalaxythat formed whenthe universewas about 10% of its current age. The chemicals were spotted in a galaxy known as SPT0418-47 more than 12 billion light-years from Earth. ...
News The International Space Station occasionally has to dodge pieces of debris floating in space. Photo: NASA To see a satellite image of the field of space debris that floats around the earth is like looking at fleas swarming an unfortunate dog. About a half-million pieces of debris are th...
NASA Selects SES Government Solutions to Support Near-Earth Communications Share Future NASA missions could rely on SES’s multi-orbit expertise and proven non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) innovation Reston, Va. 10 May 2022 – SES Government Solutions (SES GS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of S...
If all goes to plan, the lander will reach lunar orbit four to five days from now, touch down 1.5 to three days after that, and operate on the lunar surface for about 10 Earth days. The lander's main scientific package is called PRIME-1 (short for ...
Starliner astronaut and space station commander Sunita Williams discusses her extended flight with CBS News co-anchor John Dickerson in a space-to-ground interview.CBS News NASA is finalizing plans to bring Williams and Wilmore back to Earth, along with their two space station crewmates, Crew 9...