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X Marks the Spot: NASA Selects Site for Asteroid Sample Collection

X Marks the Spot: NASA Selects Site for Asteroid Sample Collection

12.12.2019
After a year scoping out asteroid Bennu’s boulder-scattered surface, the team leading NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission has officially selected a sample collection site.
animation of rotation of Bennu in false color

OSIRIS-REx Engineers Pull Off a Daring Rescue of a Monumental Asteroid Mission

12.10.2019
On Oct. 11, the OSIRIS-REx team should have been preparing to point their spacecraft cameras precisely over the asteroid Bennu, but an unexpected communications outage on the ground came at a particularly critical time and threatened to throw the mission off track. Engineers quickly hatched a daring plan to keep OSIRIS-REx on schedule.
Image of Jupiter

NASA Highlights Solar Mission, Jupiter Cyclone at AGU Meeting

12.05.2019
NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), Dec. 9-13 in San Francisco.
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured these views of the Lunar South Pole.

New Research Sheds Light on the Ages of Lunar Ice Deposits

10.10.2019
The discovery of ice deposits in craters scattered across the Moon’s south pole has helped to renew interest in exploring the lunar surface.
This animation illustrates how color and displacement maps are used in 3D animation software to paint and model an object like the Moon.

NASA Goddard Creates CGI Moon Kit as a Form of Visual Storytelling

09.06.2019
A new NASA out-of-this-world animation allows humanity to experience their closest galactic neighbor as never before through an online “CGI Moon kit.”
photo of the Orion crew module for Artemis 1 being lifted by a crane

NASA Science Experiments to be Delivered to Moon by Commercial Landers

09.05.2019
A look at the first NASA science experiments to be conducted from the surface of the Moon since the Apollo era.
image of Bennu's surface

OSIRIS-REx’s Final Four Sample Site Candidates in 3D

08.29.2019
High-resolution maps of the four potential sample sites will allow the OSIRIS-REx team to assess the safety and accessibility of each region.
Images of the four candidate sample collection sites on asteroid Bennu selected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission.

NASA Mission Selects Final Four Site Candidates for Asteroid Sample Return

08.12.2019
The team leading NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission has selected four potential sites for the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft to “tag” its cosmic dance partner.
Image of asteroid Bennu’s boulder-covered surface.

Asteroid’s Features To Be Named After Mythical Birds

08.08.2019
The International Astronomical Union approved the theme “birds and bird-like creatures in mythology” for naming surface features on asteroid Bennu.
Conceptual illustration of permanently shadowed, shallow icy craters near the lunar south pole.

The Moon and Mercury May Have Thick Ice Deposits

08.02.2019
Earth’s Moon and Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, may contain significantly more water ice than previously thought, according to a new analysis of data from NASA’s LRO and MESSENGER spacecraft.
Artist's conception of LRO in orbit over the lunar surface with the Earth in the distance

10 Cool Things LRO is Teaching Us About the Moon

06.24.2019
In honor of LRO’s 10th birthday, we reflect on 10 of the many things the intrepid, orbiting explorer has taught us about the Moon.
artist's conception of LRO in orbit around the moon

NASA Reflects on Legacy of LRO as Moon-Orbiting Mission Reaches 10-Year Anniversary

06.18.2019
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, now marking 10 years in space, has provided the largest volume of data ever collected by a planetary science mission.
photo of LRO launch

10 Years Ago: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Begins Mission to Map the Moon

06.18.2019
10 Years Ago: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Begins Mission to Map the Moon
Brent Garry in simulated spacesuit during Desert RATS field campaign.

Brent Garry, Volcano Cowboy

06.18.2019
Brent Garry explores Earthly volcanoes that resemble places on the Moon and Mars to better understand volcanism throughout the solar system.
Illustration of OSIRIS-REx in orbit around Bennu

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Breaks Another Orbit Record

06.13.2019
On June 12, OSIRIS-REx broke its own world record for the closest orbit of a planetary body by a spacecraft.
Photo of Jacob Richardson

Jacob Richardson - Dividing Time Between Lava Flows From Different Worlds

05.21.2019
Jacob Richardson splits his time between earthly volcanoes and Martian lava flows with Venusian and lunar lava thrown in for good measure.
Photo of details of Bennu's surface

NASA Invites Public to Help Asteroid Mission Choose Sample Site

05.21.2019
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to the asteroid Bennu would like extra pairs of eyes to help choose its sample collection site on the asteroid – and to look for anything else that might be scientifically interesting.
Beresheet Impact Site Spotted

Beresheet Impact Site Spotted

05.15.2019
SpaceIL, a non-profit organization, attempted to land its spacecraft in this ancient volcanic field on the nearside of the Moon. After a smooth initial descent, Beresheet made a hard landing on the surface. As soon as its orbit placed NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter over the landing site on April 22, 2019, LRO imaged Beresheet’s impact site.
Photo of original sign being installed

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Celebrates 60 Years

04.29.2019
On May 1, 1959, the Beltsville Space Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, was renamed NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in honor of Robert H. Goddard, widely considered the father of modern rocketry. Thus began a 60-year boom in science and technological innovation.
Photo of Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong working at an equipment storage area on the lunar module.

NASA Scientist to Discuss “Apollo at 50: The Lasting Effect of Exploration of the Lunar Surface” at Library of Congress Lecture

04.22.2019
The public is invited to a free talk called ‘Apollo at 50: The Lasting Effect of Exploration of the Lunar Surface on Our Current Exploration of the Moon,' with Dr. Noah Petro, Project Scientist for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter or LRO mission.
Photo of the half-illuminated Moon

Moon’s South Pole in NASA’s Landing Sites

04.15.2019
Water is a critical resource for long-term exploration, and that’s one of the main reasons NASA will send astronauts to the Moon’s South Pole by 2024.
Photo of Patrick Whelley

Patrick Whelley - Don't Wake the Volcano

03.19.2019
Patrick Whelley, a planetary geologist and volcanologist, knows better than to wake the volcano.
Image of asteroid Bennu

NASA Mission Reveals Asteroid Has Big Surprises

03.19.2019
A NASA spacecraft that will return a sample of a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu to Earth in 2023 made the first-ever close-up observations of particle plumes erupting from an asteroid’s surface.
Photograph of Robert Goddard at blackboard

NASA Invites Media to 57th Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium

03.15.2019
Media are invited to the 57th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium on March 20-21.
Trio of images acquired by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft showing a wide shot and two close-ups of a region in asteroid Bennu’s northern hemisphere.

A Region of Bennu’s Northern Hemisphere Close Up

03.14.2019
These images were taken on February 25 while the spacecraft was in orbit around Bennu, approximately 1.1 miles (1.8 km) from the asteroid’s northern hemisphere.
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