Sounding Rocket Launches CHESS Mission to Study the Matter Between Stars

Sounding Rocket Launches CHESS Mission to Study the Matter Between Stars The Colorado High-resolution Echelle Stellar Spectrograph, or CHESS 4, was successfully launched on a NASA Black Brant IX sounding rocket at 12:47 p.m. EDT, April 16 (4:47 a.m. local, April 17) from the Kwajalein Atoll in The Republic of the Marshall Islands. via NASA https://ift.tt/2HG8gkj

Seasons of Snow Cover in the West

Seasons of Snow Cover in the West Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured this photo while flying over the western United States. The wide field of view stretches from the Sierra Nevada of California to the Columbia Plateau of Oregon and the Snake River Valley of Idaho. Lake Tahoe is nestled on the border of California and Nevada. via NASA https://ift.tt/2qCFhXg

NASA’s TESS Mission Hopes to Find Exoplanets Beyond Our Solar System

NASA’s TESS Mission Hopes to Find Exoplanets Beyond Our Solar System The worlds orbiting other stars are called “exoplanets,” and they come in a wide variety of sizes, from gas giants larger than Jupiter to small, rocky planets about as big around as Earth or Mars. This rocky super-Earth is an illustration of the type of planets future telescopes, like NASA’s TESS, hope to find outside our solar system. via NASA https://ift.tt/2HAq6VW

We Were There: 2018 USA Science and Engineering Festival

We Were There: 2018 USA Science and Engineering Festival Attendees talk with NASA staff at exhibit booths during Sneak Peek Friday at the USA Science and Engineering Festival, Friday, April 6, 2018. At the festival, NASA showcased the future of human space exploration – including the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Hcq20R