Space can be a wondrous place, and we’ve got the pictures to prove it! Take a look at our favorite pictures from space here, and if you’re wondering what happened today in space history don’t miss our On This Day in Space video show here! Honoring with a name (Image credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky) March 3, 2021: Recently, NASA named its headquarters building in honor of Mary W. Jackson, the agency’s first African American female engineer. Here, Artist Tenbeete Solomon (AKA Trap Bob) (on the right) presents her artwork honoring Jackson…
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March — A Good Time to Visit Vesta
Dip into this easy guide to seeing the brightest asteroid, Vesta, and understanding what makes it unique. The post March — A Good Time to Visit Vesta appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Read MoreCelebrating Women’s History Month: Most Recent Female Astronauts
For Women’s History Month, NASA and the International Space Station celebrate the women who conduct science aboard the orbiting lab.
Read MoreStep 2, Station: Space Laboratory as Testbed for Moon, Mars
Aboard the International Space Station, NASA scientists conduct research to help understand and manage the effects of extended stays in space.
Read MoreNASA and the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge
Did you know that NASA’s Kennedy Space Center shares its home with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge?
Read MoreIn photos: NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover mission to the Red Planet
Image 1 of 54 (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Perseverance on Mars NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover landed inside Mars’ Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021, shortly before 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT). The 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater lies about 19 degrees north of the Red Planet’s equator. The rover will study the crater’s geology, hunt for subsurface water ice, and test out its scientific instruments. Image 2 of 54 (Image credit: United Launch Alliance) Mars 2020 mission launch The Mars 2020 mission successfully launched toward the Red Planet on July…
Read MoreJapanese billionaire seeks 8 crewmembers for moon-bound mission on SpaceX’s Starship
March 2, 2021, the dearMoon contest called for applicants to make up its eight-person crew. (Image credit: dearMoon/SpaceX) Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is looking for eight crewmembers for a mission to the moon. Maezawa, a controversial entrepreneur who previously held a “girlfriend contest” for a now-defunct space-bound mission, announced Tuesday (March 2) that his dearMoon project, which aims to fly the “first civilian mission to the moon,” according to the project website, is now looking for eight crewmembers to fly to and around the moon and back on SpaceX’s Starship…
Read MorePerseverance rover: NASA’s Mars car to seek signs of ancient life
NASA’s Perseverance rover isn’t just exploring the Red Planet. The life-hunting robot will also help a little bit of Mars make it to Earth a decade or so from now, if all goes according to plan. Perseverance, the centerpiece of NASA’s $2.7 billion Mars 2020 mission, touched down inside the Red Planet’s Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021. Once it’s fully up and running, the car-sized robot will search for evidence of past microbial life and collect several dozen samples for future return to Earth, among other ambitious tasks. “I…
Read MoreInternational Space Station Images Trace Bird Migrations
The Avian Migration Aerial Surface Space project, or AMASS, takes advantage of thousands of images captured by astronauts to give people an appreciation of the migrations many birds undertake across the planet.
Read MoreKelly Latimer: Dryden’s First Female Research Test Pilot
Kelly J. Latimer was a research pilot in the Flight Crew Branch of NASA’s Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center.
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