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Departing Venus
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December 18, 2015
MESSENGER Venus departure sequence.
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NASA's SunRISE mission will launch six SmallSats to create a radio telescope to investigate radio waves from the Sun.
SunRISE Poster
Lucy launched on Oct. 16, 2021, but when the spacecraft began to unfurl its solar arrays, it encountered an anomaly.
Lucy's Solar Powered Journey Continues
Instructions for making a paper model of NASA's Psyche spacecraft.
Make Your Own NASA Psyche Mission Spacecraft Paper Model
Instructions for making a paper model of NASA's Psyche spacecraft.
Make Your Own NASA Psyche Mission Spacecraft Paper Model
This time-lapse video shows the space station's Candarm2 maneuvering NASA’s EMIT mission onto the exterior of the station.
EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation) Gets Installed on International Space Station
Bright morning and evening planets, the Moon steals the show from the Perseid meteors, and Cygnus the swan soars overhead.
What's Up: August 2022
As NASA's Juno mission completed its 43rd close flyby of Jupiter on July 5, 2022, its JunoCam captured this striking view of vortices.
NASA's Juno Mission Spies Vortices Near Jupiter's North Pole
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu is a rubble pile of rocks and boulders left over from the formation of the solar system.
Asteroid Bennu's Surprising Surface Revealed by NASA Spacecraft
It’s time to #UnfoldTheUniverse. Watch as the mission team reveals the long-awaited first images from the James Webb Space Telescope.
It's Time to Unfold the Universe
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected a sample of asteroid Bennu and discovered surprising details about its surface.
Asteroid Bennu's Surprising Surface Revealed by NASA Spacecraft
Enjoy planets arcing overhead in the morning, note the "Sirius" origin of summer's "dog days," and find the galaxy's core with the Teapot.
What's Up: July 2022
NASA's spacecraft on Mars are all affected by the winds, which can produce a tiny dust devil or a global dust storm.
How Scientists Study Wind on Mars
This Pride Month, NASA celebrates the significant contributions of LGBTQ+ employees.
Together We Rise
Witness a planetary breakup, spot the globular cluster M13, and meet the harp constellation, Lyra.
What's Up: June 2022
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made a record-breaking 25th flight on April 18, 2022.
NASA"s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Captures Record Flight
This is a model for anyone who wants to see Europa Clipper's major components and science instruments and manipulate the solar-array-radar wings.
Europa Clipper Scale Model - 3D Print
Join the journey as NASA’s Psyche mission team launches in 2022 to explore a unique metallic asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
NASA's Psyche Mission to an Asteroid: Official NASA Trailer
Learn more about the best-known black hole systems in our galaxy and its neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud.
NASA Visualization Rounds Up the Best-Known Black Hole Systems
May 2022 skywatching highlights: Morning planets, a total lunar eclipse, and the second-closest open star cluster, which hangs out near the lion's tail.
What's Up: May 2022
Listen closely to new sounds from Mars recorded by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover.
NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures Puff, Whir, Zap Sounds from Mars
April 2022 skywatching highlights: Two planetary pairings make April mornings special – Mars and Saturn, and Venus and Jupiter. Plus a special "double star" to look for in the Big Dipper.
What's Up: April 2022
Following critical mirror alignment steps, the Web team is confident the observatory will meet or exceed its science goals.
NASA's Webb Reaches Alignment Milestone, Optics Working Successfully
Celebrate Women's History Month with us as we pay tribute to scientists, engineers, astronauts, and leaders who continue to pave the way for future generations of explorers.
Pioneers to New Frontiers: NASA Women Through the Decades
NASA’s Psyche mission is preparing for a 1.5 billion-mile (2.4 billion-kilometer) trip to a metal-rich asteroid with the same name.
NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Prepares for Trip to Asteroid by Testing Solar Arrays
March 2022 skywatching highlights: Saturn with Venus and Mars in the a.m., the Hyades star cluster, and stars with known exoplanets that you can find without a telescope.
What's Up: March 2022
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When NASA’s Orion spacecraft travels beyond the Moon during Artemis I, the spacecraft will carry a host of mementos.
Artemis I Becomes Cultural, Educational Time Capsule for Trip Around Moon
Following Lucy's launch on Oct. 16, 2021, an unexpected challenge surfaced for the first-ever Trojan asteroids mission.
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The huge amount of water vapor hurled into the atmosphere could end up temporarily warming Earth’s surface.
Tonga Eruption Blasted Unprecedented Amount of Water Into Stratosphere
Webb has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star formation and the galaxy’s central black hole.
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