NASA’s Mars helicopter takes first flight
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity flew on the Red Planet for the first time on Monday.
Thomas Zurbuchen
NASA approves two missions to explore the sun
The missions will help us understand the Sun and Earth as an interconnected system.
Brooks announces that Alabama rocket launches NASA Solar Orbiter
Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, announced that an Alabama built Atlas V rocket has launched the Solar Orbiter. “Big news! Last night, NASA’s Solar Orbiter was successfully launched atop United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas V rocket,” Rep. Brooks said. “The Atlas V is built at ULA’s Decatur manufacturing facility and last night’s launch was ULA’s 135th … Continued
2020 Mars rover will land near Jezero Crater
Monday, NASA announced that it has chosen Jezero Crater as the landing site for its upcoming Mars 2020 rover mission. The site was selected after a five year search, during which every available detail of more than 60 candidate locations on the Red Planet were scrutinized and debated by the mission team and the planetary … Continued
NASA to retire Kepler Space Telescope
Tuesday, October 30 NASA announced in a statement that after nine years in deep space discovering thousands of alien planets NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has run out of fuel and will be retired from further science operations. Kepler’s nine-year mission collected data that indicates that our sky is filled with billions of hidden planets, more … Continued