Perseverance Mars rover Strategic Mission Manager Pauline Hwang, gave remarks during the Perseverance rover initial surface checkout briefing on Feb. 19, 2021, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Perseverance Mars rover landed on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021. A key objective for Persev […]
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience is pictured shortly before undocking from the International Space Station’s Harmony module’s space-facing international docking adapter. Resilience splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, at 2:56 a.m. EDT May 2, 2021, r
NASA conducted its fourth RS-25 single-engine hot fire test of the year on May 20, 2021, a continuation of its seven-part test series to support development and production of engines for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on future missions to the Moon. The engine was fired for more than
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei peers into near-infrared medical-imaging gear, or optical coherence tomography, for detailed views of his retina as part of regularly scheduled eye checks aboard the International Space Station. Astronauts periodically check their eyes because of a phenomenon known as S
Using scientific instruments aboard a self-propelled ocean glider and several airplanes, this first deployment of the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) mission will deploy its suite of water- and air-borne instruments to ensure that they work together to show what’s happening just bel
As an atmospheric scientist, Jie Gong explores ice clouds and other frozen precipitation like snow, floating snow (which is snow in the atmosphere that does not hit the ground) and graupel, or hail. “I work on developing methods to best use satellite data to understand the microphysics of all
In this March 2021 image, Flight Research Inc.’s Bell OH-58C Kiowa helicopter hovered over a helipad after completing an urban air mobility (UAM) approach at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center. The Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign used the helicopter as a representative vehicle to better
This image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases the emission nebula NGC 2313. Emission nebulae are bright, diffuse clouds of ionized gas that emit their own light. The bright star V565 (center of the image) highlights a silvery, fan-shaped veil of gas and dust, while the right ha
NASA’s X-59 requires the use of creative and strategic supersonic technologies to control and soften the jarring sound that hits the ground as the aircraft flies faster than the speed of sound. One of these creative technologies is the placement of the X-59 engine inlet. This visual is a closeup loo
Perseverance entry, descent, and landing lead Allen Chen gives remarks during a NASA Perseverance rover mission landing update Feb. 17, 2021, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Perseverance Mars rover landed on Mars Feb. 18, 2021. A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is ast
