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NASA is heading back to the Moon with Artemis II. With available launch windows from February through April, the first crewed flight of the Artemis program will lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Four astronauts will fly aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft and confirm the spacecraft’s systems operate as designed in the deep space environment.

NASA is making steady progress on building the Orion spacecraft, which will take astronauts deeper into space than ever before. Take a look at the latest achievements and milestones in “Orion: From Factory to Flight” as Orion gets ready for its first orbital test flight in 2014.

On March 21, 2022, the number of known exoplanets passed 5,000 according to the NASA Exoplanet Archive. This animation and sonification tracks humanity’s discovery of the planets beyond our solar system over time. Turning NASA data into sounds allows users to hear the pace of discovery, with additional information conveyed by the notes themselves. As

It’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere on Earth, but we’re not the only place with ice and snow! From the frozen polar craters of Mercury to methane frost on the mountains of Pluto, enjoy season’s greetings from around the solar system.

Now that our Perseverance Mars Rover successfully landed on the Red Planet after a nearly seven-month journey, mission experts will talk about the robotic scientist’s touchdown in the most challenging terrain on Mars ever targeted.   Perseverance, which launched July 30, 2020, will search for signs of ancient microbial life, collect carefully selected rock and

On February 18, 2021, the Perseverance Mars Rover will touch down on the Red Planet. The rover will seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and soil) for possible return to Earth. Similar in size to a car, Perseverance is the heaviest rover we’ve ever sent to the