NASA

At the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Catharine A. Conley has a lofty job title: planetary protection officer. That conjures to mind shades-wearing Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in the “Men in Black” movies.…

In July 1969, NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins successfully attempted the first human Moon landing. As they flew towards the Moon aboard their Columbia spacecraft, a short exchange between Mr Armstrong and…

If you are one of those who are curious by nature, NASA has a YouTube channel full of interesting videos, and among them is a live broadcast of the International Space Station (ISS). Recently, the ISS…

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is just over a month from its July 20 launch date. The rover’s astrobiology mission will search for signs of microscopic life spent on Mars, explore the geology of the Jezero crater…

Once every 53.5 days, NASA’s Juno probe screams over Jupiter’s cloud tops roughly 75 times as fast as a bullet. The spacecraft has used these high-speed flybys, called perijoves, to document the gas giant like…

It sounds like a science fiction script for an upcoming movie about NASA. However, according to several reports, and supposed transcriptions between the command center and the Apollo astronauts on the moon, humanity encountered otherworldly technology…

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is getting ready for its big moment. OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) is at asteroid Bennu, preparing to collect a sample of ancient rock. And collecting that sample…

Scientists think if there is life on Mars it’s likely to be hidden in deep underground caves. This theory is supported by Nasa experts and the US space agency will be sending a new rover…

The Curiosity rover’s extended stay on Mars has proven to be one of NASA’s biggest recent success stories. More than seven years after its arrival at the Bradbury landing site on the Martian surface, Curiosity has just sent back…

We may have lost an Opportunity on Mars, but that isn’t holding Curiosity back. After hanging out at Vera Rubin Ridge on Mount Sharp since 2017, NASA’s Curiosity rover is crawling over the dusty terrain of the Red Planet again…

Performer Lindsey Stirling made an (almost)-out-of-this-world performance within view of the launch pad that could send people to the moon in 2024. The American violinist is famous not only for her music, but also for her…

NASA’s Ames Research Center in California has issued a mandatory policy for employees to work from home after one worker tested positive for the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19. The research center, which is located in Moffett Field in the…

All five remaining instruments on NASA’s venerable Voyager 2 spacecraft are back to gathering science data after power overuse in late January interrupted the probe’s operations. NASA made the announcement yesterday (March 3), over a month after the incident…