If we find life on the Red Planet, we’ll have astrobiologists like Dr. Kennda Lynch to thank.
Read MoreMonth: February 2021
NASA Updates Coverage of International Space Station Cargo Ship Docking
In response to a winter storm currently affecting NASA personnel and broadcast capabilities in Texas, NASA is adjusting coverage of the arrival and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station.
Read MoreNASA Assigns Astronauts to Agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 Mission to Space Station
NASA has assigned two crew members to launch on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission – the fourth crew rotation flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.
Read MoreSpace Station Science Highlights: Week of February 8, 2021
The week of Feb. 8, crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted a number of scientific investigations including mapping microbes on the station and studying plant growth in space.
Read MoreNASA TV Coverage Set for Next Cargo Launch to Space Station
NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman is targeting 12:36 p.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 20, for the launch of its 15th resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Read MoreBernard Harris: First African American Spacewalker
A physician, flight surgeon, and NASA astronaut, Bernard Harris became the first African American to perform a spacewalk in February 1995, .
Read MoreSpace Station 20th: STS-98 Delivers Destiny to the International Space Station
After more than three months living and working aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Expedition 1 crew of NASA astronaut William P. Shepherd, Yuri P. Gidzenko, and Sergei K. Krikalev of Roscosmos received their second group of visitors.
Read MoreCrystal Clear: Observing Crystal Growth on the Space Station
There are more than 100,000 proteins in the human body. Every structure is different, and each one of them holds important information related to our health.
Read MoreNASA Television to Air Space Station Cargo Ship Launch, Docking
NASA will provide live coverage on NASA Television, the agency’s website, and the NASA app of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station beginning at 11:15 p.m. EST Sunday, Feb. 14.
Read MoreThe Coalsack Nebula
This stunning image captures a small region on the edge of the inky Coalsack Nebula, or Caldwell 99.
Read More