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 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 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…
NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is commemorating its 20th anniversary with an assembly of new images. These images represent the breadth of Chandra’s exploration, demonstrating the variety of objects it studies…
SpaceX Dragon en Route to Space Station with NASA Science, Cargo
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft launches to the International Space Station on a Falcon 9 rocket at 6:01 p.m. EDT July 25, 2019, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape…