NASA Announces Call for Next Phase of Commercial Lunar Payload Services
Commercial landers will carry NASA-provided science and technology payloads to the lunar surface, paving the way for NASA astronauts to land on the Moon by 2024. Credits: NASA NASA has…
First of Two Van Allen Probes Spacecraft Ceases Operations
On July 19, 2019, at 1:27 p.m. EDT, mission operators sent a shutdown command to one of two Van Allen Probes spacecraft, known as spacecraft B, from the Johns Hopkins…
NASA Announces US Industry Partnerships to Advance Moon, Mars Technology
Illustration of a human landing system and crew on the lunar surface with Earth near the horizon. Credits: NASA As NASA prepares to land humans on the Moon by 2024…
NASA’s TESS Mission Scores ‘Hat Trick’ With 3 New Worlds
NASA’s newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), has discovered three new worlds — one slightly larger than Earth and two of a type not found in our…
NASA Effort Digitizes Moon Rock, Making 3D Sample Available Beyond Researchers
When Neil Armstrong became the first human to stand on the Moon, he had a three-dimensional view that allowed him to select samples to bring home to Earth. Now, scientists…