Archives of #NASA

NASA’s Megarocket Launches to the Moon!

Following a successful launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, the agency’s Orion spacecraft is on its way to the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Carrying an uncrewed Orion, SLS lifted off for its flight test debut at 1:47 a.m. EST Wednesday from Launch Pad 39B […]
3 years ago

Friday Find November 4 2022

Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his top space news of the week. This episode we talk about the discovery of the closest black hole to Earth, Mars Insight Lander close to death, new launch date for Artemis I, Blood Moon eclipse coming, Taurid Fireballs and Moon encounters Jupiter. Phew….that’s […]
3 years ago

Meteor Shakes Mars and Creates Crater

NASA’s Insight lander felt the ground shake during the impact while cameras aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the yawning new crater from space. NASA’s InSight lander recorded a magnitude 4 marsquake last Dec. 24, but scientists learned only later the cause of that quake: a meteoroid strike estimated to be one of the biggest […]
3 years ago
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