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2 Min Read Roman Commissioning Beauty pass of Roman, coming around from behind with high-gain antenna rotating. Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Conceptual Image Lab Where is Roman? Roman is making its three-month journey from Earth to Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2, or L2. Along the way, Roman is undergoing a process called commissioning, where systems … Read more
NASA/John Kraus NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, transits the Sun during launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 30, 2026. Roman is named after the agency’s first chief astronomer. Roman will survey billions of stars and galaxies with a field of view far larger … Read more
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 31 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. To view this … Read more
1 Min Read NASA Deep Space Network’s New Goldstone Antenna Goes Online PIA26778 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA Deep Space Network’s… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads NASA Deep Space Network’s New Goldstone Antenna Goes Online JPEG (1.26 MB) Description Long shadows are cast by the recently … Read more
2 Min Read Panorama Showcasing the 34-Meter Antennas of the DSN’s Goldstone Complex PIA26777 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Panorama Showcasing the… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads Panorama Showcasing the 34-Meter Antennas of the DSN’s Goldstone Complex JPEG (853.58 KB) Description Five antennas soak in the summer … Read more
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope on board is seen transiting the sun during launch from Launch Complex 39A, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA/John Kraus Now on a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon … Read more
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA has selected four university teams to help the agency transform the future of aviation through projects ranging from high-supersonic propulsion systems to low-noise routes for small aircraft flying through cities. The agency made awards through its University Leadership Initiative, which offers student teams the opportunity to … Read more
William “Bill” Swann, one of the first-generation pilots at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics’ Flight Propulsion Research Laboratory (predecessor to NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland), prepares to board a McDonnell F2H-2B airplane on Nov. 6, 1956. Credit: NASA Many of NASA’s most important aerospace breakthroughs that began in the laboratory were ultimately proven in the … Read more
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Credit: National Institute of Aerospace NASA’s next Gateways to Blue Skies competition invites collegiate teams to imagine innovative new ways aircraft could inspect land-based infrastructure, such as bridges and tunnels, to improve safety, reliability, and costs by 2035 or sooner. Infrastructure is the foundation … Read more
