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NASA Moon Rocket Stage Passes Simulated Countdown Test
NASA Moon Rocket Stage Passes Simulated Countdown Test

Engineers at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, completed a simulated launch countdown sequence on Oct. 5…

Antares Rocket Launches to the Space Station
Antares Rocket Launches to the Space Station

An Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with the company’s Cygnus spacecraft aboard, launches at 9:16 p.m. EDT, Friday, October 2, 2020,…

Satellite Captures Active Fires in the Western U.S.
Satellite Captures Active Fires in the Western U.S.

Our Aqua satellite captured this composite visible and infrared image on Sep. 29, 2020, which shows that fires and smoke…

NASA’s Aqua Satellite Catches Still Active Fires in the West
NASA’s Aqua Satellite Catches Still Active Fires in the West

NASAs Aqua satellite captures an image of the still active fires that plague the western states in the United States.

NASA “Worm” Logo on SLS Rocket
NASA “Worm” Logo on SLS Rocket

Illustration of SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft on the mobile launcher for Artemis I.

NASA “Worm” Logo on Space Launch System Booster
NASA “Worm” Logo on Space Launch System Booster

The NASA logotype, or “worm” logo, is seen on a booster on the side of NASA’s Space Launch System, which…

“Worm” Logo on the Interstage Segment of the Space Launch System
“Worm” Logo on the Interstage Segment of the Space Launch System

The NASA logotype, or “worm” logo, is seen on the interstage segment of the Space Launch System.

This Week in NASA History: STS-68 Launches – Sept. 30, 1994
This Week in NASA History: STS-68 Launches – Sept. 30, 1994

This week in 1994, space shuttle Endeavour, mission STS-68, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

SOFIA Departs for Scheduled Maintenance
SOFIA Departs for Scheduled Maintenance

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, departed for scheduled maintenance at Lufthansa Technik’s facility in Hamburg, Germany, on Sept.…

Retroreflectors: From Apollo to Mars
Retroreflectors: From Apollo to Mars

When Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, the crew brought devices with them called retroreflectors, which are essentially small arrays…