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Breaking News-
Viking 1 Begins Journey to Mars
Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:52:19 +0000A Titan-Centaur rocket carrying the Viking 1 spacecraft launches from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Aug. 20, 1975. Viking 1 touched down on the red planet on July 20, 1976, becoming the first truly successful landing on Mars. Viking 1 was the first of a pair of complex deep space probes […]
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Steve Platnick Steps Down from NASA After 34 Years of Service
Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:15:19 +0000Dr. Steven “Steve” Platnick took the NASA Deferred Resignation Program (DRP). His last work day was August 8, 2025. Steve spent more than three decades at, or associated with, NASA. While he began his civil servant career at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in 2002, his Goddard association went back to 1993, first as […]
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NASA, IBM’s ‘Hot’ New AI Model Unlocks Secrets of Sun
Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:03:30 +0000Editor’s Note: This article was updated Aug. 20, 2025, to correct the number of years of training data used and the model accuracy. The original article said the model was trained on 14 years of Solar Dynamics Observatory data and surpassed existing benchmarks by 15%; the model was actually trained on 9 years of data and […]
On the Station-
Moonlight and Our Atmosphere
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:51:32 +0000The Moon’s light is refracted by Earth’s atmosphere in this April 13, 2025, photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited into a sunset 264 miles above the border between Bolivia and Brazil in South America. Understanding the Moon helps us understand other planets, how they have evolved and the processes which have shaped […]
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NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX 33rd Station Resupply Launch, Arrival
Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:50:17 +0000NASA and SpaceX are targeting 2:45 a.m. EDT, Sunday, Aug. 24, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This is the 33rd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for NASA. Filled with more than 5,000 pounds of supplies, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on […]
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Station Nation: Meet Tess Caswell, Extravehicular Activity Flight Controller and Lead Capsule Communicator
Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:38:40 +0000Tess Caswell supports the International Space Station from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston as a capsule communicator, or capcom, and helps plan and train for future spacewalks with the Extravehicular Activity (EVA) team in the Flight Operations Directorate. She is currently on rotation as the Artemis lead capcom, helping to develop training and processes […]
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NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman CRS-23 Station Resupply Launch
Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:51:11 +0000Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. A Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft will launch to the orbital laboratory on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for NASA. The mission is known as NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 23, or Northrop Grumman […]
