Tonga Volcano Eruption Was 1,200 Times More Powerful Than Hiroshima Atomic Bomb; The Most Intense Explosion in 30 Years, NASA Says

ENERGY 01.25.2022 23:33 PM

NASA said the amount of energy released by Tonga Volcano eruption was about comparable to 4 to 18 megatons of TNT.

Spinoff 2022: NASA Showcases Stories of Innovations That Address Challenges and Improves Life on Earth

01.25.2022 21:42 PM

The 2022 Spinoff publication of NASA features 45 companies and start-ups that created technologies to make products and services that boost the economy, and protect and save lives.

NASA Says SpaceX Dragon Ends Trip After Successful Splash Down In Florida Coast

01.25.2022 05:11 AM

SpaceX's improved Dragon cargo spaceship splashed down off the coast of Florida at 4:05 p.m. EST, according to NASA.

Falcon 9 Rocket's Second Stage Will Likely Impact Moon's Equator After 7 Years of Floating Through Space

01.25.2022 03:07 AM

A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off SpaceX's Launch Complex 40 on February 11, 2015 as its first interplanetary mission but its second stage failed to return to Earth and is now on its way towards the Moon.

NASA James Webb Space Telescope Finally Arrives At Final Destination

01.24.2022 21:44 PM

NASA James Webb telescope has arrived at the place in orbit where it will survey the Universe thirty days after its launch.

Space Fitness: ISS Inhabitant Matthias Maurer Posts Video Showing Him Doing Some Exercise Beyond Walking

01.24.2022 09:49 AM

Present International Space Station inhabitant Matthias Maurer recently shared a 360-degree video that shows him performing some exercise on the treadmill, with the harness to guarantee that he does not flow away from the machine in the microgravity condition.

NASA Upgrades To Sentry-II to Track All Hazardous Asteroids, New Version Takes Into Account the Yarkovsky Effect

01.24.2022 02:53 AM

NASA Sentry-II is a computer program that predicts asteroid near-misses and crashes with Earth in the future.

NASA To Pay $1 Million For Those Who Could Feed Future Astronauts With Nutritious Meal For Their Long-Term Missions

01.24.2022 01:06 AM

Under Phase 2 of the Deep Space Food Challenge, NASA is looking for new food systems for future long-term missions.

SpaceX Cargo Dragon Undocked From International Space Station, To Return With 4,900 Pounds of Equipment and Science Samples, Experiments

01.23.2022 23:36 PM

On Sunday morning, SpaceX's autonomous Dragon cargo ship successfully left the International Space Station (ISS) and is on its way back to Earth.

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Captures Stunning Titanic Galaxy 115 Million Light-Years Away

01.23.2022 22:08 PM

Another beautiful image of deep space has been acquired by the Hubble Space Telescope, this time of the faraway galaxy NGC 3318.

NASA James Webb Space Telescope About To Arrive Lagrange Point L2; What To Expect Next?

01.22.2022 23:44 PM

On Monday, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will enter a million-mile parking orbit. On Monday, the NASA James Webb Space Telescope will arrive at its new home, L2, or the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, over 1 million miles distant.

NASA, SpaceX All Set for the Undocking of Cargo Dragon from ISS to Return to Earth, Completing CRS-24 Mission

01.22.2022 20:30 PM

Ground controllers are currently aiming at 10:40 am EST on January 23, for the undocking back to Earth of the Cargo Dragon, Space news reports recently said.

NASA Captures Moderately Strong Solar Flare in the Northeastern Part of the Sun Spotted Friday [Watch Footage]

01.21.2022 23:21 PM

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has captured stunning footage of a solar flare on Friday, which is classified as an M5.5 class flare.

NASA’s Near-Earth Asteroid Scout to be Visited by Spacecraft; The 1st Deep Space Mission of Its Kind

01.21.2022 12:12 PM

The Near-Earth Asteroid Scout of NASA will be visited by a spacecraft by unfolding a solar sail to harness solar radiation for propulsion, making this the first deep-space mission of its kind the agency, space news reports said.

NASA Swift Observatory Gets A Reaction Wheel Failure, How Did It Happen?

01.21.2022 03:32 AM

The NASA Swift Observatory, which is meant to seek for gamma-ray radiation bursts and analyze their relation to black holes, is currently in swift mode after several glitches.

NASA Offers Challenge and Reward In Finding Solution For Waste, Trash Sustainable Reprocessing In Mars and Other Space Missions; How to Join

01.20.2022 00:15 AM

NASA is looking for answers to the challenges presented by space waste. Have you ever wondered how astronauts managed to stay in space for so long without running out of resources or suffocating in their own waste? NASA is also curious about such things - especially when people start living on Mars.

NASA Artemis I Moon Mission: Space Agency Targets Late February for 'Wet Dress Rehearsal' On The Launch Pad

01.19.2022 21:27 PM

NASA's Artemis program's first moonbound rocket and spacecraft are slated to have a "wet dress rehearsal" on the launch pad in February.

NASA Executed Plan of Cleaning Perseverance Rover Weeks After Martian Pebbles Got Stuck While Collecting Samples

01.19.2022 08:21 AM

NASA team operating the Perseverance rover awaits the results of how the clean-up went after the rover was unable to shut close the lid after some pebbles got stuck on its throat while collecting its sixth Red Planet rock sample late last month.

Lunar Rover Missions: Will NASA, Other Countries Set Foot On Moon By 2022?

01.18.2022 20:45 PM

NASA has set 2022 as the year for two lunar landers and one small robot to return to the moon's surface.

NASA Mars Curiosity Rover Finds Carbon On Red Planet; What Does It Mean?

01.17.2022 21:54 PM

NASA Curiosity rover on Mars has discovered unique carbon on the planet that requires a "proper" explanation.

NASA Telescope Finds Exoplanet That Changes Seasons in Just 3 Days

01.17.2022 20:10 PM

The Spitzer Space Telescope of NASA has discovered an exoplanet with a one-day summer and two-day winter.