Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) stands as the most extensive and sensitive telecommunications system dedicated to space, operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Spanning ...
As NASA gets closer to returning humans to the Moon, the space agency is also looking at ways of providing shelter for future astronauts on the lunar surface for long-term missions. One idea that ...
The next year is crucial for the future of NASA and its plans to extend human activity in low-Earth orbit. For the first time in decades, the US space agency faces the not-too-distant prospect of ...
When people think of NASA, they often envision rovers on Mars, astronauts floating aboard the International Space Station, or probes venturing to the far reaches of our solar system. However, what ...
What is the moon phase today? Today, Oct. 8, 2024, the moon is 6 days old and is in the Waxing Crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 26% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in ...