Today, astronaut activities are performed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and solar system science at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center near Baltimore. U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón is seen during her visit to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), overlooking the Europa Clipper ...
TheJames Webb Space Telescopehas been in space for nearly 10 months and, despite a micrometeroid issue and a glitch, the telescope's performance is surpassing expectations, mission officials said in anew updatetoday (Oct. 20). That's good news for astronomers given the impressive observations c...
Today, Thorpe is part of a group that is at the forefront of greenhouse gas monitoring at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge. For over 40 years, the Microdevices Laboratory at JPL has developed specialized instruments to measure methane and carbon dioxide with extreme pre...
Some of the significance of the SpaceX launch has been buried in the news cycle. NASA officials had hoped that the launch would be a unifying moment for the country. But the SpaceX Demo-2 mission has taken a backseat tothe global coronavirus pandemicandwidespread U.S. protestsfollowing the...
President-elect Donald Trump's pick for NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman could be the first administrator to fly to space during his tenure. Trump announced the decision earlier today on his social media network Truth Social, and soon afterward, Isaacman accepted his nomination in an X post...
It spent a total of about 20 seconds flying with its engine uncovered and gulping in air. That may seem like a very short flight to most people, but the X-43A team members were elated. Advertisement “What we’ve got today is a data set that dwarfs any other we’ve ever had at the...
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"Today, NASA and the world have lost a pioneer," acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot said. Young is the only U.S. astronaut to go into space as part of the Gemini, Apollo and space shuttle programs, and the first to fly into space six times, said NASA. ...
It's A-OK that Vice President Mike Pence touched a piece of titanium equipment destined for outer space, despite a sign on it that stated, "Critical Space Flight Hardware, Do Not Touch," NASA said today (July 7). Pence reached out and touched the equipment — the forward bay cover for...
"Today one of the major milestones has been reached by this group of outstanding people," said Schmitt. "It's on the way to a flight assignment and, as I understand it from this morning, a few assignments have already been made." As new astronauts, "The Flies" may not be the first...