Astronomical News

14 August 2024

• NASA to Provide Crew Flight Test Status Update
  NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14, to provide an update on the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Mission managers continue to evaluate the Starliner...
• NASA Challenge Seeks ‘Cooler’ Solutions for Deep Space Exploration
  NASA’s Human Lander Challenge, or HuLC, is now open and accepting submissions for its second year. As NASA aims to return astronauts to the Moon through its Artemis campaign in preparation for...
• Earth’s Crest Over the Lunar Horizon
  This view of the Earth’s crest over the lunar horizon was taken on July 29, 1971, during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. Astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin...
• Primary Instrument for Roman Space Telescope Arrives at NASA Goddard
  The primary instrument for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a sophisticated camera that will survey the cosmos from the outskirts of our solar system all the way out to the edge of the...