NASA released a revised version of its Moon to Mars objectives Tuesday, forming a blueprint for shaping exploration throughout the solar system.

The guideposts in the agency’s Moon to Mars exploration approach will help shape NASA’s investments, as well as those of the agency’s industry and international partners, toward the Moon and beyond.

As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the Moon under the Artemis program, the agency has identified thirteen candidate landing regions near the lunar South Pole. Each region contains multiple potential landing sites for Artemis III, which will be the first of the Artemis missions to bring crew to the lunar surface, including the…

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Via President Joe Biden, NASA today released the first historic images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

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NASA today released the first historic images from the James Web Space Telescope, the most powerful telescope ever launched into space.

Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping spent six months aboard the nation’s Tianhe space station module. As you can imagine, keeping her hair clean in microgravity was a part of her stay. In the video below, Yaping demonstrates how astronauts wash their hair in space.

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is in orbit, heading for the International Space Station following launch Thursday of the next-generation spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket on a mission designed to test the end-to-end capabilities of the crew-capable system as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

The month’s long process of aligning the James Webb Telescope’s 18 mirrors has begun and NASA has let us in on the fun. Today NASA released the first 18 images from the massive telescope, one image from each of its 18 primary mirror segments.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team fully deployed its 21-foot, gold-coated primary mirror, successfully completing the final stage of all major spacecraft deployments to prepare for science operations.

The James Webb Space Telescope team has fully deployed the spacecraft’s 70-foot sunshield, a key milestone in preparing it for science operations.

The moon again refuses to cooperate with sky gazers in 2022 making the year a less-than-stellar one for meteor shower fans. Still, we have a few surprises in store including a brand new shoer, the Tau Herculids, which may be visible for the first time in 2022.

Category: Astronomy and Space

NASA released a revised version of its Moon to Mars objectives Tuesday, forming a blueprint for shaping exploration throughout the solar system.

NASA identifies thirteen candidate regions for landing next Americans on Moon

Check out the historic first images from the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful telescope ever launched into space!

NASA released historic first images from the James Webb Space Telescope.

How do astronauts wash their hair in space? Chinese astronaut shows us how she washes her hair aboard the nation’s Tianhe space station.

Starliner Launches to Space Station on Uncrewed Flight Test for NASA.

First images from James Webb Telescope arrive on Earth. Check out the 18 images of starlight and unexpected selfie from the largest telescope ever flown in space.

And there we have it – NASA has seemingly pulled off the impossible as the James Webb Space Telescope completes the historic unfolding of its massive primary mirror.

A major milestone reached – the sunshield has fully deployed on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope – and that’s a really big deal.

A complete list of meteor showers that will peak across the night skies in 2022.

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