Editor's note: This article was updated Aug. 20, 2024, to reflect the latest information from NASA's Office of Communications.NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived at the orbiting ...
Space botany and lunar construction techniques once again dominated the science schedule aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The orbital crewmates are helping researchers plan future ...
Locations designed as a maintenance work area and an exercise area on the International Space Station are commonly used by crew members for stowage and body maintenance activities, respectively. ...
Space botany, lunar construction, and science maintenance were the top research tasks at the beginning of the week for the orbital residents living and working aboard the International Space ...
NASA works every day to improve air travel ? and has been doing so since its creation decades ago. On National Aviation Day, NASA and all fans of aviation get the chance to celebrate the innovative ...
With liftoff set for 4 September from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, the Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite is now fully loaded with 133 kg of hydrazine and the tank pressurised with helium up to ...
The first "A" in NASA stands for aeronautics. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is just one of several NASA centers conducting revolutionary research to make flight cleaner, safer, and quieter.But ...
It was in 1939 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the first presidential proclamation designating Aug. 19 ? Orville Wright's birthday ? as a day in which citizens are encouraged to ...
Orville Wright wasn't sure exactly how long his first flight lasted.He and his brother, Wilbur, think it was about 12 seconds, but according to what Orville wrote in his diary of that December day in ...
The unpiloted Progress 89 spacecraft arrived at the aft port of the orbiting laboratory's Zvezda Service module at 1:53 a.m. EDT, Saturday, Aug. 17. The spacecraft launched at 11:20 p.m. Wednesday, ...