Astronomical News

14 July 2020

• NASA, ESA to Release First Images from Solar Orbiter Mission
  Scientists from NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) will release the first data captured by Solar Orbiter, the joint ESA/NASA mission to study the Sun, during an online news briefing at 8 a.m. EDT...
• NASA Broadcasts Final Spacewalks to Upgrade Space Station Power System
  NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Robert Behnken will conduct a pair of spacewalks Thursday, July 16, and Tuesday, July 21, to finish a 3.5-year effort to upgrade the International Space Station’s...
• Aviation Scholars to Speak with NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station
  Aviation scholars from across the nation will pose questions next week to NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
• NASA Awards SETI Institute Contract for Planetary Protection Support
  NASA has awarded the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, a contract to support all phases of current and future planetary protection missions to ensure compliance with planetary protection...