NASA’s skywatching tips for January include a parade of planets
What’s Up: January 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA has just shared its recommendations on what to look out for in the night sky during the first month of 2025.…
NASA’s exciting 2024 began with a crash that ended a historic mission
NASA had a busy 2024, overseeing space station operations, monitoring a slew of ongoing missions, preparing for upcoming Artemis lunar flights, and much more besides. It also began the year…
It survived! NASA’s Parker Solar Probe just phoned home
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has phoned home, providing the eagerly anticipated confirmation that it managed to survive its close pass of the sun earlier this week. “Following its record-breaking closest…
This astronaut took an astonishing number of photos during his 2024 mission
If Matthew Dominick ever offers to show you his travel photos, just confirm with him first that he’s edited them down from the half a million pictures that he took…
When will we know if NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived ‘touching’ the sun?
On December 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe attempted to “touch” the sun and emerge unscathed. The closest approach ever made by a human-made object to our nearest star saw the…
ISS astronauts enjoy a microgravity holiday with Brussels sprouts and more
Holiday celebrations for astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are pretty similar to how they are on Earth, except for two main factors: the absence of gravity, and a…
Watch NASA’s SLS rocket taking one small step toward Artemis II moon mission
Artemis II Core Stage Moves to High Bay 2 Although it won’t be blasting off until mid-2026 at the earliest, preparations are already well underway for the launch of NASA’s…
This is the coolest video you’ll see of a SpaceX Dragon capsule heading home
International Space Station (ISS) astronaut Don Pettit has shared an unusual video (below) showing the latest departure of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. In reality, it takes a considerable period of…
Relive Orion’s historic homecoming exactly two years ago
It was two years ago on December 11 when NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean west of Mexico’s Baja California in a mission that effectively marked the…
Astronaut’s photos from ISS make clouds look otherworldly
NASA astronaut Don Pettit has posted another set of stunning shots, this time showing clouds as you’ve never seen them before. Captured from the International Space Station (ISS) some 250…