“Johnson Space Center”

A visitor to the Mission Mars exhibition presented by Russia’s Newton Park Interactive Museum of Science together with the children's techno-park Quantorium looks at ears of wheat grown without soil, by the hydroponic method without soil on 10/26/17. (Reuters)

October 2017 Science Images

October 31, 2017

After launching the Iridium-2 mission on June 25, 2017, the first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 is seen here returning and coming in for a landing on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship that was positioned in the Pacific Ocean. (SpaceX, Flickr/Creative Commons)

Science Images – June, 2017

June 30, 2017

Engineers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center on January 24 simulated the extreme vibrating conditions spacesuit-clad astronauts would experience as an Orion spacecraft is launched atop the powerful Space Launch System rocket on its way to deep space destinations. (NASA)

January 2017 Science Images

February 1, 2017

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One capture concept being explored through ESA's e.Deorbit system study for Active Debris Removal - capturing the satellite in a net attached to either a flexible tether - as seen here - or a rigid connection. ((c) ESA)

Fishing in Outer Space for Bigger Junk

March 23, 2015

Going back in time to tackle 21st century problems, the European Space Agency (ESA) has been testing the effectiveness of some old fishing net technology as a way to grab and retrieve larger pieces of debris in space such as inactive satellites or spent rocket boosters. The space agency tested the old fishing net technology, […]

Science Images of the Week

March 29, 2013

NASA Makes it Easier to Spot Space Station

November 5, 2012

NASA is making it easier to spot the International Space Station (ISS) with the naked eye. The US space agency is offering a new service which alerts people a few hours before the space station is visible flying overhead. Enthusiasts who sign up the new service, Spot the Station, will receive notifications via email or […]

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