NASA’s Moon to Mars Plans, Artemis Lunar Program Gets Fast Tracked in 2019
In 2019, NASA celebrated the 50th anniversary of the agency’s Apollo 11 Moon landing, the most historic moment in space exploration, while also making significant progress toward putting the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024 under the Artemis program.

December 23, 2019
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A Northern Winter Sky Panorama
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An Annular Solar Eclipse over New Mexico
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The Northern Winter Hexagon
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Morocco's Anti-Atlas Mountains
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A Partial Solar Eclipse Sequence Reflected
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/26/2019
Advanced Nanostep: The crew inserted the Advanced Nano Step Return Bag into MERLIN.  Advanced Nano Step, more formally known as Effects of Impurities on Perfection of Protein Crystals, Partition Functions, and Growth Mechanisms, monitors and records how the incorporation of specific impurity molecules affect the development and quality of protein crystals. The crystals grown on …

December 27, 2019 at 12:00AM
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Astronaut Christina Koch Poised to Make History Again
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A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse
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Cassini Spacecraft Crosses Saturns Ring Plane
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Exploring the Night Sky with Hubble’s Caldwell Catalog
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NASA to Announce New Discoveries at Annual Astronomy Meeting
NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of astrophysics and other space science topics at the 235th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Saturday, Jan. 4, through Wednesday, Jan. 8, in Honolulu.

December 31, 2019
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/30/2019
Bone Densitometer (BD): The crew completed on-board Training for upcoming operations. Approximately the size of a consumer microwave oven, the Bone Densitometer uses X-rays to measure the bone mineral density (and the lean and fat tissue) of mice living aboard the ISS. As a result, researchers hope to develop medical technology that will combat bone …

December 31, 2019 at 12:00AM
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Galactic Pyrotechnics From 23 Million Light Years Away
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NASA TV to Air US Cargo Ship Departure from Space Station
Filled with almost 3,600 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo, a SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is set to leave the International Space Station Sunday, Jan. 5. NASA Television and the agency’s website will broadcast its departure live beginning at 9:15 p.m. EST.

December 31, 2019
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Betelgeuse Imagined
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The Fainting of Betelgeuse
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Media Invited to Preview Snow-Chasing Field Campaign
Media are invited to preview NASA’s most comprehensive airborne study of East Coast snowstorms on Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia.

January 02, 2020
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Glittering Lights of Earth As Seen From the Space Station
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Quadrantids over the Great Wall
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Hubble Sights Galaxy’s Celestial Sequins
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