200 meteorites on Earth traced to 5 craters on Mars
Astronomers have traced the origins of 200 meteorites to five impact craters in two volcanic regions on Mars, known as Tharsis and Elysium.
NASA Shares Asteroid Bennu Sample in Exchange with JAXA
As part of an asteroid sample exchange, NASA has transferred to JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) a portion of the asteroid Bennu sample collected by the agency’s OSIRIS-REx mission. The…
NASA Astronauts Wilmore, Williams’ Space Station Science Highlights
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts (from top) Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams inside the vestibule between the forward…
Why the 7 worlds of TRAPPIST-1 waltz in peculiar patterns
The complex history of the orbits of the TRAPPIST-1 planets has been revealed, showing how they interacted with the disk of gas and dust that gave birth to them.
Preguntas frecuentes: Estado del retorno de la prueba de vuelo tripulado Boeing de la NASA
10 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Read the article in English here. Los astronautas de la NASA Butch Wilmore y Suni Williams llegaron al laboratorio…
NASA will give a Boeing Starliner update on Aug. 24 and you can watch live
ASA leaders will give an update on Saturday (Aug. 24) to outline their plan on how to return Starliner’s astronaut crew to Earth.
Get a sneak peek at upcoming ‘Avatar Land’ in Disney’s California Adventure Park
A preview of “Avatar Land,” a planned new addition coming to the Disneyland Resort in California.
Hubble Reaches a Lonely Light in the Dark
2 min read Hubble Reaches a Lonely Light in the Dark NASA, ESA, C. Gallart (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias), A. del Pino Molina (Centro de Estudios de Fisica del…
The case for an international space artifacts museum
What do we do with the International Space Station when the facility is retired? That seems to be the question hovering over us right now. NASA’s report on the rationale…
The Cassiopeia constellation is surrounded by celestial treasures. Here’s how to see them
Riding high in the northeast sky as darkness descends is a striking zigzag row of five stars marking the Queen of Ethiopia, Cassiopeia.