Cygnus Cargo Craft at the Space Station

This February 2022 image of Northrop Grummans's Cygnus cargo craft is pictured attached to the International Space Station.

3.6 Billion Years in Pastel Colors

The Pilbara in northwestern Australia exposes some of the oldest rocks on Earth, over 3.6 billion years old.

Mercury is moving from Aquarius to Pisces.

Mercury is moving from Aquarius to Pisces in the next 24 hours. #Mercury #Pisces #Aquarius

The Sky This Week, 2022 March 8 - 15

Orion Through The Trees, imaged 2019 February 16 from Mollusk, Virginia with a Canon EOS Rebel SL2 DSLR. The Moon brightens the evening hours...

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Engineering NASA’s Return to the Moon

These engineers developed and tested Space Launch System software that will tell the rocket how to operate for the first 8 minutes of Artemis during l...

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Launching to Study Pulsating Aurora

The LAMP mission hopes to understand an often overlooked kind of aurora, called a pulsating aurora, and to test a theory on what causes them.

Venus is moving from Capricorn to Aquarius.

Venus is moving from Capricorn to Aquarius in the next 24 hours. #Venus #Aquarius #Capricorn

Mars is moving from Capricorn to Aquarius.

Mars is moving from Capricorn to Aquarius in the next 24 hours. #Mars #Aquarius #Capricorn

Nancy Grace Roman: First Chief Astronomer

In this undated image form the 1960s, Nancy Grace Roman sits in her office in NASA Headquarters. Roman was the first chief astronomer for NASA.

A View of the Red Planet (in Blue)

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover snapped this view of a hill in Mars' Jezero Crater called "Santa Cruz" on April 29, 2021, the 68th Martian day, or sol,...

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