NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is two days away from making humanity’s first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet.
Read MoreMonth: April 2021
Celebrating Mary W. Jackson’s 100th Birthday
Mary W. Jackson (second from left) seen in 1984 Student Symposium at Langley Research Center.
Read MoreNASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and two Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station Friday, bringing its number of residents to 10 for the coming week.
Read MoreHelicopter on Mars! NASA webcast teaches kids about Ingenuity’s upcoming 1st flight
NASA’s education team hosted a special webcast for students on Thursday (April 8) to talk about the Mars helicopter Ingenuity and its upcoming first flight on the Red Planet. The webcast, hosted by Brandon Rodriguez and Taryn Bailey from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, provided an overview of Ingenuity’s historic mission and answered questions submitted by students. If you missed the live webcast, you can watch a replay on the JPL Education YouTube channel at any time. The 4-lb. (1.8 kilograms) Ingenuity helicopter traveled to the Red…
Read MoreThis Week’s Sky at a Glance, April 9 – 17
Arcturus ascends in the east as Sirius sinks in the southwest. Orion tilts further as the Dipper rides high. And this week Mars threads the horntips of Taurus, closely followed by the crescent Moon. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 9 – 17 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Read MoreSoyuz MS-18 crew launches to station 60 years after first human spaceflight
A three-person crew embarked for the International Space Station on Friday (April 9), launching just three days shy of the 60th anniversary of the first human spaceflight. Cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov of Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei lifted off aboard Russia’s Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft for a three-hour, two-orbit rendezvous with the space station. The Soyuz took flight at 3:42 a.m. EDT (0742 GMT or 12:42 p.m. local time) from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, near where cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin…
Read MoreYou can watch a Soyuz rocket launch a US-Russian crew to the International Space Station early Friday
[embedded content] A Russian Soyuz spacecraft will launch an American astronaut and two cosmonauts to the International Space Station early Friday (April 9) — and you can watch it live online. The Soyuz capsule carrying NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov is scheduled to launch atop a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:42 a.m. EDT (0742 GMT or 12:42 p.m. local time) on Friday for a quick, three-hour ride to the International Space Station. You can watch the action live here at Space.com,…
Read MoreNASA Awards Global Change Research Support Services Contract
NASA has awarded the United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Support Services contract to ICF Incorporated LLC of Fairfax, Virginia.
Read MoreNASA Selects Innovative, Early-Stage Tech Concepts for Continued Study
NASA encourages researchers to develop and study unexpected approaches for traveling through, understanding, and exploring space.
Read MoreBlue Dunes on the Red Planet
A sea of dark dunes, sculpted by the wind into long lines, surrounds Mars’ northern polar cap and covers an area as big as Texas.
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