1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (186+ words) How do scientists studying space with data from a telescope hundreds of thousands of miles away know that what they are seeing is real? A new NASA project, Artifact InSPECtor, invites you to find out – and by doing so, to…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (122+ words) Mars Science Laboratory Mission Team Members Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 28, 2026 Second, Saturday, Aug. 29, marked 5,000 Martian days (or sols) since Curiosity landed on Mars (that's more than 5,137 Earth days, because…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (272+ words) NASA Hubble Mission Team Goddard Space Flight Center N44 is dominated by two features: a vast central void and a shell of dense, dusty gas. The central void is a ‘superbubble’ spanning roughly 210 by 140 light-years across. The glittering stars at the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (196+ words) Description Five antennas soak in the summer sun at the Deep Space Network’s Goldstone complex near Barstow, California, in August 2026. The recently completed Deep Space Station 23, a 34-meter (114-foot) beam-waveguide antenna, can be seen to the right of the frame…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (211+ words) The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and astrophysics. Roman is set to launch August 30, 2026 at 07:26 am EDT on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (262+ words) NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch at 7:26 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 30. While you wait to watch the launch, brush up on some key facts about this wide-view mission. This summer, everyone was invited to submit…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (262+ words) NASA Science (.gov) NASA’s Roman Telescope Enclosed in SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket FairingTeams inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida encapsulate the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope within the payload…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (198+ words) NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture the silhouette of Phobos, one of the two Martian moons, as it crossed in front of the Sun on Aug. 12, 2026, the 1,948th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The animation…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (74+ words) Mars Science Laboratory Mission Team Members By Allison Dries-Padilla, Missions Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 Curiosity will then continue to climb Mount Sharp; the planned drive distance of 150 feet (47 meters) will take the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (168+ words) Mission managers from NASA, the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and SpaceX conducted a Flight Readiness Review Friday, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Teams provided updates and reviewed the mission’s status before certifying that the mission…...