Saturday,17 July 2021 (YJC) _ NASA and the European Space Agency have agreed to cooperate on future Earth science missions and related activities in an effort to better understand climate change.
Saturday, 30 January 2021_Two spacewalking astronauts faced down and fixed numerous technical glitches during a busy spacewalk Wednesday (Jan. 27), but couldn't quite finish upgrading a European science platform on the International Space Station (ISS).
Sunday, 17 January 2021_NASA’s Boeing-built deep space exploration rocket, Space Launch System (SLS), is set to fire its behemoth core stage for the first time on Saturday, a crucial test for a years-delayed US government project facing mounting pressure from emerging private sector technology.
Tuesday, 26 October 2020 (YJC)_ The moon’s shadowed, frigid nooks and crannies may hold frozen water in more places and in larger quantities than previously suspected.
Thursday, 22 October 2020_An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts touched down safely on the Kazakhstan steppe on Thursday, completing a 196-day mission that began with the first launch under lockdown conditions.
Monday, 14 September 2020 (YJC)_This NASA Hubble image of red and blue stars shows a globular cluster with stars packed 100 to 1,000 times more closely than in our part of space.
Tuesday, 01 September 2020 _The asteroid early warning system monitored by NASA has posted advance notice of a number of space rocks inbound in the coming days, with one set to travel within just 120,000km of our planet.
Thursday, 30 July 2020_NASA's next-generation Mars rover Perseverance blasted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket on a $2.4 billion mission to search for traces of potential past life on Earth's planetary neighbor.
TEHRAN, Dec 5_NASA’s Curiosity rover has snapped images of clouds rolling through the Martian sky, looking remarkably similar to what you might see on Earth. And 373 miles away, the Insight lander captured its own cloud-gazing adventures.
TEHRAN, oct 22_As it looks to return to the Moon, NASA is open to the idea of international participation, which could mean a non-American setting foot on Earth's natural satellite for the first time in history, global space chiefs said Monday.
TEHRAN, oct 17_Officials and astronauts at NASA recognize the historical significance of Friday's spacewalk to replace battery system hardware -- it is the first to feature an all-female repair team.
TEHRAN, oct 11_NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk presented a united front Thursday on the United States' pursuit to return to human spaceflight.
TEHRAN, Sept 02 -NASA engineers have installed the miniature helicopter on the space agency's Mars 2020 rover. The Mars Helicopter, nicknamed Scout, will be the first aircraft to fly on another planet.
TEHRAN, Jul 25 - NASA has cut down trees on more than 385 acres of Kennedy Space Center in Florida to allow a better view of launch pads where human spaceflight is set to return after a lull of many years.
TEHRAN, Jul 24 - Three massive asteroids are expected to pass by Earth today, with one of the approaching space rocks flying closer to our planet than the Moon, NASA has warned.
TEHRAN, Jul 24 -NASA pioneer and former Johnson Space Center Director Christopher Kraft Jr. -- the man who created the space agency's legendary mission control centers -- died Monday. He was 95.