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NASA astronaut Shannon W. Lucid communicates with the ground support team inside the Core Module of the Russian Mir Space Station in 1996. Lucid, who holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry, spent six months on Mir performing experiments, setting a record for longest female space flight. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Lucid Arrives at Mir
March 3, 2021 // by

Record-setting stay spotlights growing cooperation in space. 

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The Perseverance Rover is lowered to the surface of Mars by the Descent Stage, via nylon cables. A camera aboard the descent stage captured this shot. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Perseverance Team Overcomes Seven Minutes of Terror
February 23, 2021 // by

Rover lands safely on Mars, begins mission that includes sample return work.

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Critical Knowledge inSight: Kjell Lindgren: Reflections on Astronaut Training
February 16, 2021 // by

Astronaut training is critically important to the success and safety of missions.

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This artist's-concept illustration depicts the spacecraft of NASA's Psyche mission near the mission's target, the metal asteroid Psyche. The artwork was created in May 2017 to show the five-panel solar arrays planned for the spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA Mission to Intriguing Metal Asteroid Moves Forward
February 9, 2021 // by

Psyche spacecraft seeks to identify if object in main belt is the core of a past planet.

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The Russian space station Mir as Space Shuttle Discovery pulls closer for the first rendezvous in a program that would eventually include nine docking missions. Credit: NASA/JSC
This Month in NASA History: Discovery Arrives at Mir
February 3, 2021 // by

Mission improved communications and set stage for docking missions to come. 

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In this illustration, NASA's Mars 2020 rover uses its drill to core a rock sample on Mars. Those samples, stored in hermetically sealed tubes, are the first step of the Mars Sample Return Campaign. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA and ESA Partner to Return Core Samples from Mars
January 27, 2021 // by

Intricate, robotic space mission could hold key to decades of scientific discovery.

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Critical Knowledge inSight: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Logistics
Critical Knowledge inSight: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Logistics
January 20, 2021 // by

Involving logistics engineers in development and operations can help save a project time and budget.

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Engineers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley test robotics software on an engineering prototype of NASA’s VIPER rover. Credit: NASA/Dominic Hart
Progress Continues on Rover to Explore for Water Ice on Moon
January 15, 2021 // by

VIPER will map a portion of the lunar surface and drill into suspected pockets of water ice. 

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The Space Shuttle Columbia launches before dawn on January 12, 1986 with a tight-knit crew that deployed a key communications satellite. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Columbia Launches on STS-61-C
January 7, 2021 // by

Tight-knit crew deploys a key communications satellite and performs science missions.

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