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This image shows the curvature of the Earth from 130,000 feet. It was taken remotely by a camera on EXCITE. The red...
It takes around an hour to fill a 39-million-cubic-foot scientific balloon with helium. The EXCITE telescope is...
This is EXCITE’s moment of release. On August 31, 2024, the EXCITE (EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope) team...
NASA Goddard astrophysicist Kyle Helson looks at EXCITE (EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope) as it dangles from...
NASA Goddard astrophysicist Kyle Helson looks at EXCITE (EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope) as it dangles from...
NASA will launch the Artemis II mission this year, sending four astronauts on an approximately 10-day journey around...
Enceladus appears as a rather bland orb in this far-off snapshot, but the dark markings near its south pole belie...
Engineer Mallory Lefland experienced the tension and relief shared by the team on Mars 2020 Perseverance landing...
The bright streaks visible in these Cassini images taken during Saturn’s August 2009 equinox are exciting evidence...
NASA Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Triton, a moon of Neptune, on August 25, 1989. This frame from a video using...
NASA New Horizons had an exciting flyby encounter with Jupiter in early 2007, and the spacecraft has been rapidly...
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover Project Scientist Ashwin Vasavada gives a tour of the rover's new home in the “clay...
This mosaic image shows the first target NASA Curiosity rover aims to zap ChemCam instrument. ChemCam will be firing...
This Magellan image depicts a stereoscopic pair of an area on Venus with small volcanic domes. Stereoscopic images...
Scientists were excited to discover clear skies on a relatively small planet, about the size of Neptune, using the...
On August 31, 2024, the EXCITE (EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope) team conducted a test flight of their...
2016 was a big year for NASA’s field campaigns studying our changing planet, and 2017 will be just as exciting. New...
This image compilation shows some of the most exciting images taken thus far on the MESSENGER mission. A mural-sized...
The Aerosciences Evaluation and Test Capabilities (AETC) Portfolio implemented the Capability Challenge “Optical...
Last year Operation IceBridge flew for the first time out of McMurdo Station in Antarctica, reaching a new slate of...
A sign at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, reads “GO X-59” ahead of the agency’s...
Learn about the exciting and diverse team that studies precipitation at NASA. Watch interviews with scientists and...
In the final episode featuring astronaut Victor Glover and his daughter, Corinne, they discuss the excitement of...
Space reporters discuss the impact the Space Shuttle Program has had on exploration, national interests and why it's...