NASA Looks to Advance 3D Printing Construction Systems for the Moon and Mars
The process of building landing pads, habitats, and roads on the Moon will likely look different than the common construction site on Earth. Excavation robots, for one, will need to…
NASA’s TESS Creates a Cosmic Vista of the Northern Sky
Familiar stars shine, nebulae glow, and nearby galaxies tantalize in a new panorama of the northern sky assembled from 208 pictures captured by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The…
Hubble Watches Exploding Star Fade Into Oblivion
When a star unleashes as much energy in a matter of days as our Sun does in several billion years, you know it’s not going to remain visible for long.…
Unveiling Rogue Planets With NASA’s Roman Space Telescope
New simulations show that NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to reveal myriad rogue planets – freely floating bodies that drift through our galaxy untethered to a…
NASA Is Developing an All-Electric X-57 X-Plane: A Cleaner Way to Fly
We’re celebrating National Aviation Day! After all, we are the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Aviation and aeronautics are as much a part of our mission as space travel. This…