A selfie photograph snapped by the Perseverance Mars rover, moments before it landed on the red planet, is being called one of the most iconic images ever taken by NASA in space.
And just like that, the newest iconic NASA photo is born.
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NASA extends Juno mission turning spacecraft towards Jupiter’s moons – Io, Europa, and Ganymede.
Instead of closing the mission after its exploration of Jupiter, NASA engineers will turn the spacecraft towards Jupiter’s moons – Io, Europa, and Ganymede. The new mission will include several close flybys of Jupiter’s moons as well as its system of rings.
2021 – The Year in Space: Here’s what to watch for in this year’s space events.
2021 is going to be more than a merry celebration following the annus horribilis year 2020 – it’s going to be a space party like never seen before. Here are the space events we have to look forward to in 2021.
NASA releases more than 50 new images captured by the legendary Hubble Space Telescope. These images will blow your mind.
On Friday, NASA released move than 50 new images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The collection, called the Caldwell Catalogue, includes exploded stars, star clusters, galaxies, and more. Check out the collection here.
That mysterious object that is approaching Earth tomorrow – it might be a rocket booster from the 1960’s.
2020 SO will fly past the Earth tomorrow at 3:50 AM ET, coming as close as 31.605 miles from our planet. It’s close, but still considered safe. Funny thing though – scientists are not sure what the object is and pretty sure it’s not “natural”.
Check out the NO2 levels in Europe before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Could people working from home save the planet?
NASA has launched several studies that will look at the impact of the pandemic on the planet’s climate. Check out the before and after NO2 tropospheric column models in the graphics below. Wow!
All about NASA’s ambitious Artemis program – how Artemis will take man to the Moon and Mars and back in multiple coordinated stages.
The 250,000 mile trip to the moon is no small feat and the 140-million mile trip to Mars promises to be even tougher. But NASA has a plan formulated to take man to Mars in small steps via a ambitious program called Artemis.
I feel like a kid again. Wednesday’s rocket launch starts groundbreaking new era for US human spaceflight.
It’s going to be a historic event – Wednesday’s launch of a rocket that marks the groundbreaking public-private partnership between the United States and SpaceX. And since we’ve suffered a disappointingly long wait after NASA retired the space shuttle fleet in 2001, well, it’s about time. This week’s mission, formally called SpaceX Demo-2, will launch…
….and here’s the first high-res image of Pluto
In the NASA press conference running right now, they released the first high-res image of Pluto. So without further ado…
North Korea’s new space agency logo says a lot – NADA
It’s one year old and to celebrate the milestone, North Korea has rolled out a new logo for their space program called, and we’re not kidding here – NADA (as in Spanish for “nothing”). Not surprisingly, the logo is almost a direct copy of NASA’s iconic emblem (see below).
