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Lisa Pace knows a marathon when she sees one. An avid runner, she has participated in five marathons and more than 50 half marathons. Though...

NASA/Nichole AyersA SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Axiom Mission 4 crew docks to the space-facing port of the International Space...

NASA’s Human Lander Challenge marked its second year on June 26, awarding $18,000 in prize money to three university teams for their solutio...

In 1963, Captain Engle was assigned as one of two Air Force test pilots to fly the X-15 Research Rocket aircraft. In 1965, he flew the X-15...

Astrophysics Science Video Producer – Goddard Space Flight CenterGrowing up in Detroit with a camera in her hand, Sophia Roberts — now a...

2 min readHubble Captures an Active Galactic CenterThis Hubble image shows the spiral galaxy UGC 11397.ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. J. Ko...

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NASAFor some people, a passion for space is something that might develop over time, but for Patrick Junen, the desire was there from the...

X-ray: NASA/CXO/UMass/Z. Li & Q.D. Wang, ESA/XMM-Newton; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE, Spitzer, NASA/JPL-Caltech/K. Gordon (U. Az), ESA/H...

6 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)NASA Ames research scientist Kristina Pistone monitors instr...

6 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)An antenna sticks out like whiskers from NASA’s Mars Reconna...

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)Since childhood, Derrick Bailey always had an early fascina...

An artist’s concept of NASA’s Orion spacecraft orbiting the Moon while using laser communications technology through the Orion Artemis II Op...

6 Min ReadNASA’s Chandra Shares a New View of Our Galactic Neighbor...

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers conducts research operations inside the Destiny laboratory module’s Microgravity Science Glovebox aboard the In...

NASA/Bob HinesNASA astronaut Bob Hines took this picture of the waning crescent moon on May 8, 2022, as the International Space Station f...

5 Min ReadWhat Are Asteroids? (Ages 14-18)What are...

6 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)With Voyager 2 in the background, John Casani holds a small...

Editor’s note: This interview was conducted in October 2023. As the International Space Station approaches 25 years of continuous human...

6 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)In addition to drilling rock core samples, the science team...

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Axiom Mission 4 crew launches atop the Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the Int...

NASA astronaut Zena Cardman inspects her spacesuit’s wrist mirror at the NASA Johnson Space Center photo studio on March 22, 2024.NASA/Josh...

June 24, 2025NASA’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, has pause...

Ozone high in the stratosphere protects us from the Sun’s ultraviolet light. But ozone near the ground is a pollutant that harms people and...

NASA/Kevin O’BrienDemonstration Motor-1 (DM-1) is the first full-scale ground test of the evolved five-segment solid rocket motor of NASA...