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April 22 is traditionally known as Earth Day, the occasion where we pause as temporary travelers on our 'blue marble' to ...
Auroras are natural light displays that occur when charged particles from the sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field and ...
The New York Stock Exchange celebrated the launch of NASA's newest astrophysics observatory by having the probe's team ring ...
Following a seven-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two Russian ...
Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut, marked his 70th birthday by landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan after 220 days in ...
For 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken photos of celestial objects across the universe. Look back at 10 photos ...
During their mission, Pettit and his crewmates spent 220 days in space, orbiting the Earth 3,520 times and traveling a total ...
A change of command ceremony will take place the day before at 2:40 p.m. ET April 18, which NASA will also livestream. A complete schedule of coverage can be found here. After returning to Earth ...
Don Pettit arrived in Space City on Sunday (April 20), which happened to be his 70th birthday.
Elgin Community College’s Math, Science and Engineering Division will celebrate Earth Day this year with “From Harvard to NASA – Shaping the Future of STEM at ECC,” a day’s worth of ...
NASA's official Earth Day 2025 poster. | Credit: NASA To help commemorate and engage in Earth Day 2025, one fun activity we can all partake in is a special NASA page where participants can ...