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Scoria Cones on Earth and Mars
2026.03.02
The hill-shaped features are a sign of explosive volcanic activity—a rarity on the Red Planet.
Ash Streams from Klyuchevskaya Sopka
2025.08.15
One of the most active volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula is erupting yet again.
NCCS-Hosted Simulations Enable Exploring Prospects of Detecting Volcanic Signatures on ExoEarths
2024.09.26
The NASA Center for Climate Simulation enabled University of California, Riverside, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center scientists to simulate large igneous province volcanic eruptions on Earth to define the atmosphere of a hypothetical Earth-like exoplanet (or exoEarth) for exploring the possibility of detecting volcanic signatures.
NASA, JAXA Bounce Laser Beam Between Moon’s Surface and Lunar Orbit
2024.07.29
NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) has twice transmitted a laser pulse to a cookie-sized retroreflector aboard JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) SLIM lander on the Moon and received a return signal. As LRO passed 44 miles above SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) during two successive orbits on May 24, 2024, it pinged the lander […]
New Evidence Adds to Findings Hinting at Network of Caves on Moon
2024.07.18
An international team of scientists using data from NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) has discovered evidence of caves beneath the Moon’s surface.
Behind the Scenes of a NASA ‘Moonwalk’ in the Arizona Desert
2024.07.18
How NASA practices moonwalks on Earth, featuring astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas.
15 Years Ago: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Begins Moon Mapping Mission
2024.06.18
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) launched together from Cape Canaveral Air Force, now Space Force, Station on June 18, 2009, atop an Atlas V launch vehicle.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Etched into Collier Trophy, Aerospace History
2024.06.18
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has been immortalized at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington as the latest awardee of the Robert J. Collier Trophy. Bestowed annually by the National Aeronautic Association, the trophy recognizes groundbreaking aerospace achievements.
NASA’s LRO Spots China’s Chang’e 6 Spacecraft on Lunar Far Side
2024.06.14
NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) imaged China’s Chang’e 6 sample return spacecraft on the far side of the Moon on June 7. Chang’e 6 landed on June 1, and when LRO passed over the landing site almost a week later, it acquired an image showing the lander on the rim of an eroded, 55-yard-diameter (about 50 meters) crater.
NASA’s LRO Finds Photo Op as It Zips Past SKorea’s Danuri Moon Orbiter
2024.04.05
NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter), which has been circling and studying the Moon for 15 years, captured several images of Korea Aerospace Research Institute’s Danuri lunar orbiter last month.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Earns Neil Armstrong Space Flight Achievement Award
2024.04.01
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) team received the American Astronomical Society’s Neil Armstrong Space Flight Achievement Award “for exceptional performance and extraordinary perseverance in successfully delivering a sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth.”
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Awarded Collier Trophy
2024.03.26
NASA and the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission team have won the National Aeronautic Association’s (NAA) Robert J. Collier Trophy. NAA awards the trophy annually for what it determines is “the greatest achievement in aerospace and astronautics in America.”
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Awarded Robert Goddard Memorial Trophy
2024.03.25
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx team was selected as the winner of the National Space Club and Foundation’s 2024 Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy for their tremendous work on the first U.S. mission to bring an asteroid sample to Earth.
NASA, Industry Improve Lidars for Exploration, Science
2024.03.19
NASA engineers will test a suite of new laser technologies from an aircraft this summer for Earth science remote sensing. Called lidar, the instruments could also be used to improve models of the Moon’s shape and aid the search for Artemis landing sites.
NASA Invites Media to 61st Annual Goddard Space Science Symposium
2024.03.14
Media are invited to attend the 61st annual Goddard Space Science Symposium (formerly the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium), which will take place March 20-22, 2024, at the Brendan Iribe Center on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. The symposium will also be streamed online.
How NASA Uses Simple Technology to Track Lunar Missions
2024.02.13
NASA is using a simple but effective technology called Laser Retroreflective Arrays (LRAs) to determine the locations of lunar landers more accurately. They will be attached to most of the landers from United States companies as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Service (CLPS) initiative. LRAs are inexpensive, small, and lightweight, allowing future lunar orbiters […]
NASA: Some Icy Exoplanets May Have Habitable Oceans and Geysers
2023.12.13
A NASA study expands the search for life beyond our solar system by indicating that 17 exoplanets (worlds outside our solar system) could have oceans of liquid water, an essential ingredient for life, beneath icy shells. Water from these oceans could occasionally erupt through the ice crust as geysers. The science team calculated the amount […]
International Observe the Moon Night Live Streams
2023.10.20
The next International Observe the Moon Night will take place on October 21, 2023. Watch this space for information about this year's NASA TV broadcast and telescope live streams!
NASA Software Catalog Offers Free Programs for Earth Science, More
2023.08.09
Each year, NASA scientists, engineers, and developers create software packages to manage space missions, test spacecraft, and analyze the petabytes of data produced by agency research satellites. As the agency innovates for the benefit of humanity, many of these programs are now downloadable and free of charge through NASA’s Software Catalog.
NCCS-Hosted Analysis Sheds New Light on Mercury’s South Pole
2023.07.25
Harnessing NASA MESSENGER spacecraft data and NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) cloud computing resources, scientists from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and collaborating organizations have created the first high-resolution topographic map of Mercury’s south pole.
NASA Space Apps Announces 2023 Theme: Explore Open Science Together
2023.07.13
NASA Space Apps, in collaboration with NASA Transform to Open Science (TOPS), is proud to announce the 2023 NASA International Space Apps Challenge theme: “Explore Open Science Together.” This year’s theme celebrates the benefits and successes created through the equitable and open sharing of knowledge and data. Registration is open through Oct 8.
NASA Goddard, National Philharmonic Explore Cosmos Through Imagery, Music Collaboration
2023.05.15
Awe-inspiring NASA visuals combined with the might of a live symphonic orchestra last week in “Cosmic Cycles,” a multimedia collaboration among the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the National Philharmonic, and composer Henry Dehlinger.
VP Harris, South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol to Visit NASA Goddard
2023.04.24
Vice President Kamala Harris and Republic of Korea (ROK) President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Tuesday, April 25, to see firsthand the agency’s climate change work. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Goddard Center Director Makenzie Lystrup will join them on tour.
NASA Study Seeks to Understand Impact Effects on Mars Rocks
2023.02.15
A NASA study describes how rocks could have been “shocked” and changed by meteorite impacts, once frequent on ancient Mars. This will improve our analysis of rock samples returned from the Red Planet.
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