Don Pettit: Astronaut, Mr. Science, Space Gardner and Astrophotographer Extraordinaire
After completing 193 days in space as a member of the Expedition 30 and 31 crews, astronaut Don Pettit returned…
Design for a Long Duration, Deep Space Mission Habitat
Caption: The integrated vehicle stack for a deep space human mission concept. Credit: NASA There are all sorts of details…
Space Junk: Ideas for Cleaning up Earth Orbit
Caption: Artist's impression of debris in low earth orbit Credit: ESA Space may be big -- vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big…
- Asteroids
- Astrobiology
- Astronomy
- Dawn
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Mars
- Missions
- NASA
- Science
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- Space Flight
Dawn’s Vestan Endeavour Exceptionally Exciting near End of Year-Long Super Science Survey
Image Caption: Divalia Fossa equatorial trough at Vesta pictured in side by side images showing apparent brightness and topography. The…
A Shimmering, Simmering Sunspot
This quick animation made by astrophotographer Alan Friedman shows a 30-minute view of sunspot 1520, a large region of magnetic…
Virgin Galactic Announces New Satellite Launcher
Caption: Richard Branson at the Farnborough International Airshow showing a model of LauncherOne. Credit: Virgin Galactic. Virgin Galactic’s latest venture…
Hubble Spies Tiny, Ancient ‘Ghost Galaxies’
They're out there; tiny, extremely faint and incredibly ancient dwarf galaxies with so few stars that scientists call them 'ghost…
Fifth Moon Found Around Pluto
This just in! Astronomers working with the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a new moon around distant Pluto, bringing the…
Dark Galaxies Found from the Early Universe
Caption: This deep image shows the region of the sky around the quasar HE0109-3518, near the center of the image.…
The Moon Is Toxic
As our closest neighbor in space, a time-capsule of planetary evolution and the only world outside of Earth that humans…