Billion-Pixel View of Mars Comes From Curiosity
A billion-pixel view from the surface of Mars, from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, offers armchair explorers a way to examine one part of the Red Planet in great detail.
The first NASA-produced view from the surface of Mars larger than one billion pixels stitches together nearly 900 exposures taken by cameras onboard Curiosity and shows details of the landscape along the rover's route.
Vegetation as Seen by Suomi NPP
Images crafted from a year’s worth of data collected by the Suomi NPP satellite provide a vivid depiction of worldwide vegetation. Suomi NPP, short for National Polar-orbiting Partnership, is a partnership between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The images show the difference between green and arid areas of Earth as seen in data from the Visible-Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite, or VIIRS, instrument aboard Suomi NPP.
NASA Announces Asteroid Grand Challenge
NASA announced Tuesday a Grand Challenge focused on finding all asteroid threats to human populations and knowing what to do about them.
The challenge is a large-scale effort that will use multi-disciplinary collaborations and a variety of partnerships with other government agencies, international partners, industry, academia, and citizen scientists.
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NASA Selects New Astronaut Candidate Class
After an extensive year-and-a-half search, NASA has a new group of potential astronauts who will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system. Eight candidates have been selected to be NASA's newest astronaut trainees.
Space Station Live: 2013 Astronaut ClassChanging the Course of Human Space Exploration
This week marks the anniversary of two significant events in the history of space exploration -- the flight of Valentina Tereshkova 50 years ago on June 16 and of Sally Ride 30 years ago on June 18.
As the first women from their respective countries to fly in space, Tereshkova and Ride helped to usher in an era of equality in human spaceflight. Since their historic flights, 55 women (and counting) have journeyed into space.
