Central Lunar Eclipse
Reddened by scattered sunlight, the Moon in the center is passing through the center of Earth’s dark umbral […]
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Challenger Center, McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Centers Call Astronaut in Space
The Challenger Center and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center will participate in live calls with a NASA astronaut currently […]
Eclipse over the Gulf of Poets
The total phase of the July 27 lunar eclipse lasted for an impressive 103 minutes. That makes it […]
The Iris Nebula in a Field of Dust
What blue flower grows in this field of dark interstellar dust? The Iris Nebula. The striking blue color […]
NASA Selects US Firms to Provide Commercial Suborbital Flight Services
NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program has selected four companies to integrate and fly technology payloads on commercial suborbital reusable […]
Layers of the South Pole of Mars
What lies beneath the layered south pole of Mars? A recent measurement with ground-penetrating radar from ESA’s Mars […]
Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
What wonders lie at the center of our Galaxy? In Jules Verne‘s science fiction classic A Journey to […]
One Night One Telescope One Camera
Taken on the same night, from the same place, with the same telescope and camera, these postcards from […]
NASA Gives $1.4 Million to Help Minority-Serving Colleges Develop New ...
The MUREP Innovations in Space Technology Curriculum (MISTC) awards align with the priorities of the agency’s Space Technology […]
NASA Awards Contract for Earth Science Data Archive Center Support
NASA has awarded a contract to the University of Colorado Boulder for the management and operations of the […]