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Designed and built by NASA and its fifteen partner nations, each element of the station launched to orbit one by one over a thirteen-year period via 37 space shuttle flights.

Carbon black, recovered from recycled tires, is similar to graphite, the conductor currently used in batteries.

New images taken by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe may provide another glimpse through the clouds to the Venusian surface.

Wishing all of you happy holidays, wherever they may find you.

Living aboard the International Space Station, dozens of astronauts have had the opportunity to celebrate holidays in space.

NASA’s new robotic arm really knows how to chill out.

MOXIE has proven that oxygen can be extracted from the Martian atmosphere.

The U.S. Postal Service has released a stamp that honors the remarkable achievements of the James Webb Space Telescope.

Breathtaking to look at while dormant, when Alaska’s volcanoes awaken they can pose a serious threat to residents and industry.

Use this app to look at current events like tropical storms, wildfires, or to monitor the Mauna Loa eruptions in near real time.

Located just west of Honolulu, Pearl Harbor is the historic center of events that took place on December 7, 1941.

The size of a microwave oven and weighing just fifty-five pounds, this remarkable craft is the first CubeSat to operate at the Moon.

Sixteen cameras on Orion capture critical mission components as well as dazzling views of Earthrise and new high-resolution images of the Moon.

Climate change could have all kinds of insects dropping like flies.

Instruments on the Solar Orbiter work together to provide an unprecedented view of our star, helping astronomers see much more than meets the eye.

The new Earth System Observatory will create a comprehensive 4D view of Earth from bedrock to atmosphere.

The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test that will provide the foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond.

Launch vehicles have a certain diameter. The size of a spacecraft is limited by this fixed space. But when we go to places like Mars, we’ll need to land larger payloads, so NASA needs a bigger aeroshell.

As NASA leads the way for human exploration, space radiation is one of the biggest hazards crews will face.

Two of NASA’s great observatories captured views of the unique experiment designed to intentionally smash a spacecraft into an asteroid in the hopes of changing the asteroid’s orbit.