NASA celebrates 25th anniversary of the ISS with call to crew aboard the station Wednesday, December 6 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- NASA and its astronauts are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the International Space Station being in orbit.The federal space agency broadcast a live conversation between the Expedition 70 crew and NASA Associate Administrator Robert Cabana and Joel Montalbano, space station program... Read More.
NASA reveals contents of OSIRIS-REx capsule containing asteroid sample Wednesday, October 11 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- NASA revealed on Wednesday that "the building blocks of life on Earth" may have been found in an asteroid sample collected from space.The preliminary analysis of the contents of the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security -- Regolith Explorer)... Read More.
What one year in space does to the body as NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returns home Wednesday, September 27 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- After 371 days in space, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is returning to Earth Wednesday.The 47-year-old broke the record for the longest time spent in space by a U.S. astronaut earlier this year after his original six-month mission at the International Space... Read More.
NASA astronaut breaks record for longest trip to space by an American Tuesday, September 12 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A NASA astronaut has broken the record for the longest space mission in U.S. history.Frank Rubio, 47, who has been aboard the International Space Station since September 2022 -- more than 355 days -- broke on Monday the previous record held by... Read More.
NASA releases images showing 33-foot crater left by Russian spacecraft crashing into moon Friday, September 1 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- NASA has released images showing where it believes Russia's failed Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the surface of the moon two weeks ago.NASA said its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) operations team used estimates of the impact point published by Russia's space agency,... Read More.
New York to London in 90 minutes? NASA exploring passenger jet that could do it Monday, August 28 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- From New York City to London in just 90 minutes? NASA is exploring the potential of a supersonic jet that one day could do just that.Transatlantic jetliners currently travel at about 600 miles per hour, according to the federal space agency.... Read More.
NASA asks for help studying Uranus and Neptune as it prepares to capture new images Friday, August 18 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- NASA is asking amateur astronomers to help the agency study the ice giants Uranus and Neptune.Next month, NASA will be observing the two planets via its New Horizons spacecraft, originally designed to explore Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, a disc of... Read More.
NASA says 98% of astronauts’ urine, sweat can be recycled into drinking water Tuesday, June 27 by ABC News(HOUSTON) -- The idea of recycling urine to make clean drinking water might make those with even the strongest stomachs a little queasy, but NASA has managed to do just that.The federal agency announced astronauts aboard the International Space Station have been able to recover... Read More.
Asteroid the size of a bridge expected to pass by Earth, NASA says Monday, June 12 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A "potentially dangerous" asteroid the size of a bridge is expected to pass by Earth Monday, NASA said.The asteroid -- called 1994 XD -- has a span of 1,500 feet, comparable to that of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, according... Read More.
NASA announces four astronauts who will travel around the moon on Artemis II Monday, April 3 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- NASA and the Canadian Space Agency announced Monday the four astronauts who will partake in the next Artemis mission and fly around the moon.The Artemis II team will be made up of three Americans -- Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch and... Read More.
