NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting 6:30 a.m. EDT, Thursday, June 26, for the arrival of Axiom Mission 4, the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. Live coverage begins at 4:30 a.m. EDT on NASA+.
This animated orbital-map view shows the route NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has taken since its February 2021 landing at Jezero Crater to July 2024, when it took its “Cheyava Falls” sample. As of October 2024, the rover has driven over 30 kilometers (18.65 miles), and has collected 24 samples of rock and regolith as well as one air sample.
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NASA astronaut Bob Hines took this picture of the waning crescent moon on May 8, 2022, as the International Space Station flew into an orbital sunrise 260 miles above the Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of the United States.
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