Tag: NASA
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lands on the Moon, captures first lunar image after delivering scientific payload
This is the first Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) delivery for Firefly Aerospace, and their first Moon landing
Hubble Space Telescope captures image of supernova from distant galaxy
… with help from ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System)
Scientists studying strange activity at black hole 270 million light-years away in the constellation Draco
“In a galaxy far, far away . . .”
Parker Solar Probe survives historic closest pass ever to the Sun
(Cover photo: Artist’s concept showing Parker Solar Probe. Image credit: NASA/APL) On December 27, NASA’s Operations teams confirmed that their mission to “touch” the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach […]
NASA funds ‘Firefly Aerospace’ to deliver high-tech experiments to lunar surface
Firefly’s first lunar delivery is scheduled to launch no earlier than mid-January 2025
NASA’s plans for sustaining human presence in ‘Low Earth Orbit’
The agency released its final goals and objectives for low Earth orbit, defining the long-term approach toward advancing microgravity science, technology, and exploration for the benefit of all . .
Artemis moon missions delayed
NASA shares Orion heat shield findings, updates Artemis II & Artemis III moon missions
Newly discovered ‘supermassive black hole’ rapidly gobbling up its home galaxy
Astronomers Find Early Fast-Feeding Black Hole Using NASA Telescopes
Tonight! Look up to view August’s Super Moon
(And not just any old Super Moon, but a ‘Supermoon Blue Moon’)
Space telescope helping to defend Earth against incoming asteroids and comets has been decommissioned
This concludes more than 10 years of the NEOWISE planetary defense mission
