Space & Physics

Welcome to the Mission Support Directorate (MSD)

Welcome to the Mission Support Directorate (MSD)

SIN Apr 9, 2025 0 36

David Mitchell, the Associate Administrator for MSD. Have you ever wondered h...

Sixty Years in Canberra: NASA’s Deep Space Network

Sixty Years in Canberra: NASA’s Deep Space Network

SIN Apr 9, 2025 0 33

Deep Space Station 43 (DSS-43), a 230-foot-wide (70-meter-wide) radio antenna at...

Style Guidelines for ‘The Earth Observer’ Newsletter

Style Guidelines for ‘The Earth Observer’ Newsletter

SIN Apr 9, 2025 0 28

IntroductionEditorial Process for The Earth Observer Types of Articles in The Ea...

Findings from the Field: A Research Symposium for Student Scientists

Findings from the Field: A Research Symposium for Stude...

SIN Apr 9, 2025 0 28

Within the scientific community, peer review has become the process norm for whi...

NASA’s First Flight With Crew Important Step on Long-term Return to the Moon, Missions to Mars

NASA’s First Flight With Crew Important Step on Long-te...

SIN Apr 9, 2025 0 28

The Artemis II test flight will be NASA’s first mission with crew under Artemis....

NASA’s Deep Space Network Starts New Dish, Marks 60 Years in Australia

NASA’s Deep Space Network Starts New Dish, Marks 60 Yea...

SIN Apr 9, 2025 0 25

Canberra joined the global network in 1965 and operates four radio antennas. Now...

The hunt for the birthplace of Indo-European languages

The hunt for the birthplace of Indo-European languages

SIN Apr 9, 2025 0 35

It’s incredibly tricky to pin down the origin of the language that led to the wo...

Eclipses, Science, NASA Firsts: Heliophysics Big Year Highlights

Eclipses, Science, NASA Firsts: Heliophysics Big Year H...

SIN Apr 8, 2025 0 23

One year ago today, a total solar eclipse swept across the United States. The ev...

Ancient rocks boost case for mini ice age linked to fall of Rome

Ancient rocks boost case for mini ice age linked to fal...

SIN Apr 8, 2025 0 43

Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to ev...

NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Students in Florida

NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Students in Flo...

SIN Apr 8, 2025 0 24

Students from Dade City, Florida, will have the chance to connect with NASA astr...

Rethink of fossils hints dinosaurs still thrived before asteroid hit

Rethink of fossils hints dinosaurs still thrived before...

SIN Apr 8, 2025 0 34

The number of dinosaurs may have been stable before the asteroid impact, despite...

How to make great coffee with fewer beans, according to science

How to make great coffee with fewer beans, according to...

SIN Apr 8, 2025 0 34

Physicists have determined that the ideal technique for pour-over coffee can use...

NASA to Kick Off 31st Annual Rover Competition

NASA to Kick Off 31st Annual Rover Competition

SIN Apr 8, 2025 0 21

NASA’s annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge returns Friday, April 11, and Sa...

Meet Alex Olley: Air Force Veteran Powering the Space Station

Meet Alex Olley: Air Force Veteran Powering the Space S...

SIN Apr 8, 2025 0 26

As an Air Force veteran from Spartanburg, South Carolina, Alex Olley now serves ...

Smell-seeking drone uses moth antenna to follow a scent

Smell-seeking drone uses moth antenna to follow a scent

SIN Apr 8, 2025 0 24

A moth antenna can be integrated into the electronics of a drone to create a sme...

NASA Welcomes Bangladesh as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

NASA Welcomes Bangladesh as Newest Artemis Accords Sign...

SIN Apr 8, 2025 0 20

Following a signing ceremony Tuesday in Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka, NASA...

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