Dec 16 U.S.-French satellite launched to map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes, rivers By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The predawn launch Friday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California capped a highly successful year for NASA. The satellite will conduct the first global survey of its kind. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch 6:16 What next for space exploration after NASA’s Artemis 1 mission? NASA's Orion spacecraft splashed down Sunday afternoon just off California's Baja Peninsula in the Pacific Ocean. The 26-day Artemis 1 test mission marked a significant step toward returning astronauts to the moon. Miles O'Brien joins Geoff Bennett to discuss the… Continue watching
Dec 11 WATCH: NASA holds press conference after successful end of Artemis 1 mission By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that should clear the way for astronauts on the next lunar flyby. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 6:53 Space historian examines parallels of NASA’s last moon landing and the Artemis mission By Miles O'Brien The nearly month-long Artemis 1 mission to the Moon is slated to end on Sunday with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. On that very day 50 years ago, Dec. 11, 1972, the last Apollo astronauts set foot on the… Continue watching
Dec 09 WATCH: Artemis 1’s Orion spacecraft splashes down after moon flyby By Bella Isaacs-Thomas Sunday is marks the end of Orion's nearly four-week trip around the moon and back. Continue reading
Dec 06 How the James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning images of space By Bella Isaacs-Thomas Here's what makes Webb images so exceptional, plus how this telescope differs compared to its predecessor — the Hubble Space Telescope. Continue reading
Dec 05 NASA’s Orion capsule flies over Apollo landing sites, heads home By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA's Orion capsule is on its way home from the moon to wrap up a three-week test flight. The capsule and its test dummies came within 80 miles of the far side of the moon Monday. Continue reading
Nov 30 NASA cancels plans for costly greenhouse gas monitoring satellite By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press NASA is canceling a planned satellite that was going to intensely monitor greenhouse gases over the Americas because it got too costly and complicated. Continue reading
Nov 28 WATCH: NASA gives update on Artemis 1 moon mission after almost 2 weeks in space By Associated Press NASA held an Artemis I mission status briefing Monday to preview Orion's distant retrograde orbit departure on Dec. 1 and recovery assets preparations for Dec. 11 splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Continue reading
Nov 25 NASA’s Orion capsule enters lunar orbit By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press It will remain in this broad but stable orbit for nearly a week, before heading home. As of Friday, the capsule was 238,000 miles from Earth and is expected to reach a maximum distance of almost 270,000 miles in a… Continue reading