
A thin sliver of Mimas is illuminated, the long shadows showing off its many craters, indicators of the moon’s violent…

MetOp-A is Europe’s first polar orbiting satellite dedicated to meteorology. Operating at a much lower altitude than geostationary satellites, MetOp-A…

NISAR is optimized for studying hazards and global environmental change.Launch: 2021Operating Network: Near Space Network

OCO-2 is NASA’s first remote sensing satellite dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide.Launch: July 2014Operating Network: Near Space Network

The Convair F-102A was a delta-wing, single-engine, jet-powered, all-weather interceptor. A preproduction prototype called the YF-102 was built in 1951,…

Officials from Cullman, Alabama, visited NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center on Sept. 3 to present a proclamation designating the week…