The World According to Weather Satellites
On April 1, 1960, NASA’s first operational weather satellite, TIROS-1, launched from Cape Canaveral. This multimedia storymap looks at the value and importance of the nation’s weather satellites and game-changing…
Kepler-1649c: Earth-Size, Habitable Zone Planet Hides in Plain Sight
A team of transatlantic scientists, using reanalyzed data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, has discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star’s habitable zone, the area around a star where…
This Week in NASA History: Apollo 16 Launches – April 16, 1972
This week in 1972, Apollo 16 launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Apollo 16 was the second of three science-oriented missions planned for the Apollo Program. The mission included a…
New Spinoff Publication Shares How NASA Innovations Benefit Life on Earth
As NASA pushes the frontiers of science and human exploration, the agency also advances technology to modernize life on Earth, including drones, self-driving cars and other innovations. NASA’s diverse missions…
Rosette Nebula Gives Birth to Stars
This 2010 image from the Herschel Space Observatory shows dust clouds associated with the Rosette Nebula, a stellar nursery about 5,000 light-years from Earth in the Monoceros, or Unicorn, constellation.…