Gale Crater Selected as Landing Site for Mars Curiosity Rover
NASA’s next Mars rover will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planet’s Gale crater. NASA has selected Gale crater as the landing…
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Space Shuttle Final Landing Marks the End of an Era
Thus was history made: Space Shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Tuesday and made its last return to Earth today. The Shuttle era is…
Read the article →NASA Space Shuttle Program Ends With Final Landing of Atlantis
Wrapping up 30 years of unmatched achievements and blazing a trail for the next era of U.S. human spaceflight, NASA’s storied Space shuttle Program came to…
Read the article →NASA Administrator Commemorates Final Space Shuttle Landing
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued this statement on July 21st about the final landing of the Space shuttle Program: “At today’s final landing of the space…
Read the article →Hubble Space Telescope Discovers New Moon Orbiting Pluto
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon circling Pluto. P4, as it is currently called, is the smallest moon yet found orbiting Pluto,…
Read the article →The Bizarre, Twisted Ring of Dense Gas at the Center of Our Milky Way Galaxy
New observations from the Herschel Space Observatory show a bizarre, twisted ring of dense gas at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Only a few…
Read the article →NASA Creates Tactile Book for the Visually Impaired to Learn About the Moon
NASA has released a new book for visually impaired people to experience the wonders of the moon. Called “Getting a Feel for Lunar Craters,” the 17-page…
Read the article →Studying the Moon With NASA’s Artemis Probes
Two small NASA probes that had been used to study space weather now are orbiting the moon to study its interior and surface composition. The spacecraft,…
Read the article →NASA to Announce Landing Site for Mars Curiosity Rover
NASA and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will host a news conference at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, July 22 to announce the selected landing…
Read the article →Dawn Spacecraft Returns First Close-Up Image of Vesta
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has returned the first close-up image after beginning its orbit around the giant asteroid Vesta. On Friday, July 15, Dawn became the first…
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