The Fourier Transform Spectrometer is being shipped to Virginia from Arizona. Read more…
Articles in category 'Space'
NASA hopes to have commercial operated flights to the International Space Station beginning around 2017. Read more…
A United States Marine Corps helicopter is seen flying through this scene of the full moon and the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, from Arlington National Cemetery. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Read more…
The STIG A-3 rocket flight was designed to test steerable balloon parachutes and other technologies. Read more…
The full moon of February is known as the Snow Moon and Hunger Moon, among other names. Read more…
Europe’s Euclid mission could use funding contributions from NASA. Read more…
On Jan. 27, 2012, a large X-class flare erupted from an active region near the solar west limb. X-class flares are the most powerful of all solar events. Seen here is an image of the flare captured by the X-ray telescope on Hinode. This image shows an emission from plasma heated to greater than eight [...]
Here are some tips on how to best take advantage of your new telescope. Read more…
Vital clues about the devastating ends to the lives of massive stars can be found by studying the aftermath of their explosions. In its more than twelve years of science operations, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has studied many of these supernova remnants sprinkled across the galaxy. The latest example of this important investigation is Chandra’s [...]
A new study of soil on Mars could indicate that the planet’s surface is too hostile to support life. Read more…