Stunning Video! Dawn – One Year at Asteroid Vesta
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is on its way to Ceres, the largest asteroid to be explored. This asteroid probe is leaving behind a legacy of exploration – by circling asteroid Vesta since July 2011. But now the spacecraft has been gradually leaving its orbit around that...Radar Finds Walls of Lunar Crater May Hold Patchy Ice
The walls of the Moon’s Shackleton crater are likely the site of small patches of ice. Thanks to the Mini-RF radar on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), data collected show that small patches of ice could make up at most 5 to 10 percent of material in walls of...New High-Res Video: Curiosity’s Landing on Mars
If you want to get a feel for touching down on the Red Planet, look at a new movie thanks to NASA’s Curiosity rover mission. The video covers the last two-and-a-half minutes before the rover touches down in Gale Crater. This movie is available courtesy of...CubeSat Thruster: Engine of Creation
A worry about the proliferation of CubeSat satellite launches is adding clutter to an already troublesome amount of Earth-circling debris. If CubeSats were deployed at higher orbits, they would take much longer to degrade, potentially creating space clutter. As more...New Color Photo: Curiosity Sitting On Mars
Thanks to the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) the Curiosity rover was sitting on the surface of Mars. This color-enhanced view of NASA’s Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars was taken by the MRO’s High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) as it flew...Curious “Photo-finish”: Sky Crane’s Demise Documented
After deploying the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars, the Sky Crane performed its own aerial acrobatics – crashing in a planned maneuver far away from the rover’s landing zone. Engineers have reviewed images taken by Curiosity’s Hazard-Avoidance cameras finding...New Public Poll Surveys Sending Human to Mars
As NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover revs up to start rolling, a new poll has looked into public backing of a human mission to Mars. Now Americans are slightly more supportive of sending a human to the Red Planet. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 36...Virtual Reality Tools Available for Mars Explorers – That Means You!
Now that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has reached the red planet, you can keep an eye on the mission in 3D. Best yet…without need for special glasses! But you will need to install the Unity web player in order to begin! To enjoy a virtual experience that allows you to...New Photo Captures Curiosity Rover, Landing Hardware, Parachute
Imagery from orbiting spacecraft has pictured the four main pieces of hardware that arrived on Mars with NASA’s Curiosity rover The hardware has been spotted by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). MRO’s High-Resolution Imaging Science...Space Talk
Gorgeous 1.5 km wide crater on Mars captured by the HiRISE camera aboard a NASA satellite orbiting the red planet 😍#space
Planned for launch in 2028, @NASA's Dragonfly mission will send a rotorcraft to Saturn's moon to search for evidence of habitability. NASA has invited the public to submit their names if they would like it placed on a microchip aboard the rotorcraft. Submit by January 15, 2027.
Your name could fly on Saturn’s largest moon.
NASA’s Dragonfly mission will launch in 2028 to explore the dunes, lakes, and rivers of Saturn’s moon, Titan, and your name can come along! Join the voyage and claim your boarding pass: https://go.nasa.gov/dragonfly-names
My sharpest Saturn image yet! At 44° altitude in excellent seeing, the south equatorial belt, A and B rings, and Cassini Division are clear. Longer exposures captured five moons: Dione, Titan, Rhea, Enceladus and Tethys. #Saturn #Astrophotography #space #ASTRO #planet #sky
The new Hubble photo looks like a medieval man pissing in the snow.
I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.
#space #hubble #astrophotography
