INSIGHT: June 2024 | APPEL Knowledge Services

This image, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the aftermath of DART’s collision with the asteroid Dimorphos at 13,000 miles per hour, blasting more than 2 million pounds of dust and rock off the asteroid, and changing its orbit. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, and Jian-Yang Li (PSI); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

Exercise Focuses on Asteroid Response

June 26, 2024 // by Kevin Wilcox

Representatives from NASA, FEMA, federal agencies and international partners discuss real challenges posed by hypothetical scenario.

The first image taken this year with Hubble’s one-gyroscope pointing method is of NGC 1546, a nearby galaxy in the constellation Dorado. The galaxy’s orientation provides a good view of dust lanes from slightly above and backlit by the galaxy’s core. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, David Thilker (JHU)

Hubble Team Moves to Extend Gyroscopes

June 21, 2024 // by Kevin Wilcox

Pointing method developed decades ago uses full complement of instruments to focus on targets with precision.

In June of 1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin prepare to practice spacewalk techniques, walking over a simulated lunar surface in a facility at what is now NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Photo Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: The ‘Third One Down’

June 11, 2024 // by Kevin Wilcox

In June 1969, NASA charges Apollo 11 with a single, straightforward objective — Perform a manned lunar landing and return.