Captured at a location called Falbreen, on May 26, 2025, 96 images were stitched together to create this 360-degree view. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS The imaging team of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover…
Category: Planetary Science
NASA races to put nuclear reactors on Moon and Mars
Signed by acting administrator Sean Duffy, the July 31 memo is the latest sign of the agency’s shift towards prioritizing human space exploration over scientific research under President Donald Trump’s…
Marking 13 years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity picks up new skills
This view of tracks trailing NASA’s Curiosity was captured July 26, 2025, as the rover simultaneously relayed data to a Mars orbiter. Combining tasks like this more efficiently uses energy…
Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field
An area of deep space with thousands of galaxies in various shapes and sizes. Most are circles or ovals, with a few spirals. More distant galaxies are smaller, down to…
Bid to relocate US Space Shuttle Discovery faces museum pushback
This picture dated April 20, 2012 provided by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum shows Space Shuttle Discovery in the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Udvar-Hazy Center…
SpaceX delivers four astronauts to the International Space Station just 15 hours after launch
This image made from video provided by NASA and SpaceX shows the docked SpaceX capsule to the International Space Station Saturday Aug. 2, 2025. Credit: NASA and SpaceX via AP…
Astronauts launch to the space station after sidelined by Boeing’s troubled Starliner
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a Crew Dragon capsule lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Credit: AP…
Seismic activity on the moon could pose risk to long-term lunar infrastructure
Apollo 17 Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt samples the boulder at Station 7 located at the base of North Massif in the Taurus-Littrow valley. This large boulder was dislodged by a…
First Australian-made rocket crashes after 14 seconds of flight in a failed attempt to reach orbit
In this photo provided by Gilmour Space Technologies an Eris rocket is launched on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, near Bowen, Australia. Credit: Gilmour Space Technologies The first Australian -made rocket…
