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NASA Pays Tribute to Fallen Heroes
NASA will honor members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, including the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, during the agency’s annual Day of Remembrance Thursday, Feb. 7. from NASA Breaking News https://go.nasa.gov/2S1gADv
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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Lucy Mission
NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC (ULS) of Centennial, Colorado, to provide launch services for the agency’s first-ever mission to explore Trojan asteroids. from NASA Breaking News https://go.nasa.gov/2WxV4F9
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It’s Christmas — So What! This Post is NOT for People Who Have Perfect Holidays…and Other Intimations
Some of My Best Holidays Were By Myself But I realize I’m not like most people. I would send the kids off packing with their dad, and proceed to making myself a turkey with dressing, mac n cheese, greens, sweet potato pies….yes, all for me! It was the best time to work because I could…
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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 8’s Launch Into History
Fifty years ago on Dec. 21, 1968, Apollo 8 launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center at 7:51 a.m. ES). from NASA Image of the Day https://go.nasa.gov/2ECT2Nt
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Station Crew Back on Earth After 197-Day Space Mission
Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft shortly after it landed with Expedition 57 crew members. from NASA Image of the Day https://ift.tt/2AaGvh9
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Spacecraft and Falcon 9 Rocket
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket are positioned at the company’s hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ahead of the test targeted for Jan. 17, 2019. from NASA Image of the Day https://ift.tt/2QJ332X
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Testing the Space Launch System
Engineers built a tank identical to the Space Launch System tank that will be flown on Exploration Mission-1, the first flight of Space Launch System and the Orion spacecraft for testing. from NASA Image of the Day https://ift.tt/2QXuyVR
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115 Years of Flight
For most of human history, we mortals have dreamed of taking to the skies. Then, 115 years ago on on December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the impossbile. from NASA Image of the Day https://ift.tt/2S4Bk9j
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Giant Black Hole Powers Cosmic Fountain
Before electricity, water fountains worked by relying on gravity to channel water from a higher elevation to a lower one. In space, awesome gaseous fountains have been discovered in the centers of galaxy clusters. from NASA Image of the Day https://ift.tt/2EjJGWF
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Astronauts Anne McClain and Serena Auñón-Chancellor Work Aboard the Station
NASA astronauts Anne McClain (background) and Serena Auñón-Chancellor are pictured inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory module aboard the International Space Station. from NASA Image of the Day https://ift.tt/2SFSutQ
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Spirit of Apollo – 50th Anniversary of Apollo 8 at the Washington National Cathedral
The Washington National Cathedral is seen lit up with space imagery prior to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Spirit of Apollo event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 8, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. from NASA Image of the Day https://ift.tt/2RWygvR
