Comet Wirtanen Passes by the Earth
Today Comet Wirtanen passes by the Earth. The kilometer-sized dirty snowball orbits the Sun every 5.4 years, ranging […]
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Geminids and Friends
From a radiant in the constellation of the Twins, the annual Geminid meteor shower rained down on our […]
Swimming on Jupiter
On October 29, the Juno spacecraft once again dove near the turbulent Jovian cloud tops. Its 16th orbital […]
NASA TV to Air International Space Station Crew Landing
Three residents of the International Space Station, including one NASA astronaut, are scheduled to wrap up their stay […]
3D Bennu
Put on your red/blue glasses and float next to asteroid 101955 Bennu. Shaped like a spinning top toy […]
NASA Contracts for Engineering, Technical Support Services
NASA has selected Analytical Mechanics Associates in Hampton, Virginia, and New Horizons Aeronautics in Chantilly, Virginia, to perform […]
NASA Awards Contract for Programmatic, Institutional Assessment Capabilities
NASA has awarded a contract to Booz Allen Hamilton of Houston to provide independent programmatic and institutional assessment […]
M43: Orion Falls
Is there a waterfall in Orion? No, but some of the dust in M43 appears similar to a […]
NASA’s Newly Arrived OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Already Discovers Water on Asteroid
Recently analyzed data from NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has revealed water locked […]
Media Invited to News Conference, Interviews with Next Space Station ...
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Hammock Koch will discuss their upcoming mission to the International Space Station […]