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At NASA, we’re aeronautical pioneers. From developing the world’s first all-electric airplane to improving air traffic control, we’re making aviation safer and more sustainable. We’re working with the Federal Aviation Administration to expand air transportation, shorten taxi times on the runway, and reduce carbon emissions for greener aviation. https://nasa.gov/aero Credit: NASA #StateOfNASA

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers the State of NASA address for 2023. Learn about our plans to explore the Moon and Mars, monitor and protect the planet, sustain U.S. leadership in aviation and aerospace innovation, drive economic growth and promote equity and diversity within the agency and across the nation, while inspiring the next generation of explorers for the benefit of humanity. To learn more visit: https://www.nasa.gov/news/budget/inde... Credit: NASA

It’s a new era of pioneers, star sailors, and adventurers. The #Artemis Generation will go to the Moon to prepare us for Mars. We are going. https://nasa.gov/artemis Credit: @NASA #StateOfNASA

Sustainable aviation, peering deep into the cosmos with the James Webb Space Telescope, and returning explorers to the Moon under Artemis. At NASA, we build on the amazing legacy our workforce has created to guide us where we want to go. We’re building the STEM pipeline to the future, enabling the #Artemis Generation to go farther than ever before. For 12 years in a row, NASA has been named Best Place to Work in the Federal Government. U.S. citizen? Come see why and check out our job postings: https://nasa.gov/careers https://stem.nasa.gov Credit: NASA #StateOfNASA #NASA

NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft launched from launch pad 39B for the Artemis I mission on November 16. This is an uncrewed flight test that will demonstrate the ability of the SLS rocket to safely carry the Orion spacecraft around the Moon and its return and recovery to Earth for the agency’s Artemis Program.

Nov. 21, 2022 – Earth rises from behind the Moon in this video captured by a camera on one of Orion’s solar array wings. The video was taken at 8:05 a.m. EST on flight day six of the 25.5 day Artemis I mission, shortly after the outbound powered flyby and six minutes after the spacecraft regained connection with NASA’s Deep Space Network.

We don’t yet know what the James Webb Space Telescope will uncover. Will we get answers? Will we have more questions? One thing’s certain: The story of us is a never-ending quest for knowledge. As Carl Sagan said: “We can’t help it.” #UnfoldTheUniverse https://www.jwst.nasa.gov Produced by Lindeman & Associates Voice of Carl Sagan courtesy of Druyan-Sagan Associates, Inc., used with permission Imagery courtesy of NASA and ESA, with Druyan-Sagan Associates, Inc., used with permission

NASA revealed the first five full-color images and spectrographic data from the world's most powerful space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with ESA (European Space Agency), and CSA (Canadian Space Agency). The world got its first look at the full capabilities of the mission at a live event streamed from the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on July 12, 2022. The event showcased these targets: - Carina Nebula: A landscape speckled with glittering stars and cosmic cliffs - Stephan’s Quintet: An enormous mosaic with a visual grouping of five galaxies - Southern Ring Nebula: A nebula with rings of gas and dust for thousands of years in all directions - WASP 96-b: A distinct signature of water in the atmosphere of an exoplanet orbiting a distant Sun-like star - SMACS 0723: The deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date The full set of the telescope’s first full-color images and spectroscopic data are available at: https://nasa.gov/webbfirstimages Full-resolution images can be downloaded at: https://webbtelescope.org Credit: NASA Download Avail Link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-First...) Production Credit: Producer/Editor: Amy Leniarthtt

The James Webb Space Telescope is nearing completion of the first phase of the months-long process of aligning the observatory’s primary mirror using the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument. The team's challenge was twofold: confirm that NIRCam was ready to collect light from celestial objects, and then identify starlight from the same star in each of the 18 primary mirror segments. The result is an image mosaic of 18 randomly organized dots of starlight, the product of Webb's unaligned mirror segments all reflecting light from the same star back at Webb's secondary mirror and into NIRCam's detectors. What looks like a simple image of blurry starlight now becomes the foundation to align and focus the telescope in order for Webb to deliver unprecedented views of the universe this summer. Over the next month or so, the team will gradually adjust the mirror segments until the 18 images become a single star. Music credit: Universal Production Music -Transitions Instrumental by Cotton Niblett Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Producer Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Lead Animator Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Writer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Editor Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Motion Graphics Download this video: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14100

An overview of the instruments onboard the Webb Telescope: the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec), Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), and the Fine Guidance Sensor/Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph. Learn how each instrument will help Webb unfold the universe. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Producer Michael Starobin (KBRwyle): Producer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Producer Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator Chris Meaney (KBRwyle): Animator Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Editor Rich Melnick (KBRwyle): Editor Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Host Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Narrator Download this video at: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14136

On May 16, 2023, NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew past Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, and then the gas giant soon after. Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Slightly larger than Earth’s moon, Io is a world in constant torment. Not only is the biggest planet in the solar system forever pulling at it gravitationally, but so are its Galilean siblings – Europa and the biggest moon in the solar system, Ganymede. The result is that Io is continuously stretched and squeezed, actions linked to the creation of the lava seen erupting from its many volcanoes. This rendering provides a “starship captain” point of view of the flyby, using images from JunoCam. For both targets, Io and Jupiter, raw JunoCam images were reprojected into views similar to the perspective of a consumer camera. The Io flyby and the Jupiter approach movie were rendered separately and composed into a synchronous split-screen video. Launched on Aug. 5, 2011, Juno embarked on a 5-year journey to Jupiter. Its mission: to probe beneath the planet's dense clouds and answer questions about the origin and evolution of Jupiter, our solar system, and giant planets in general across the cosmos. Juno arrived at the gas giant on July 4, 2016, after a 1.7-billion-mile journey, and settled into a 53-day polar orbit stretching from just above Jupiter’s cloud tops to the outer reaches of the Jovian magnetosphere. Now in its extended mission, NASA’s most distant planetary orbiter continues doing flybys of Jupiter and its moons. Visit http://www.nasa.gov/juno & http://missionjuno.swri.edu to learn more. Animation: Koji Kuramura and Gerald Eichstädt Music: Vangelis Producer: Scott J. Bolton Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS

Where are the Moon rocks from the Apollo missions kept? When they’re not being studied by institutions or enjoyed by museumgoers, NASA has a specialized Lunar Sample Curation Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center to store and keep these otherworldly samples safe. Studying these samples helps us learn more about the origin of not only our moon, but our planet. Deputy Apollo Sample Curator (Sept 2019 – Dec 2022) Dr. Juliane Gross explains more about lunar sample curation. Producers: Scott Bednar, Jessica Wilde Editor: David Shelton Link to download this video: https://go.nasa.gov/3QK72Km Credit: NASA

What's going on with the hole in the ozone layer? Thanks to a global effort to regulate ozone-depleting substances, the ozone hole is showing signs of recovery and is projected to return to a healthy level by mid-century. However, at NASA, scientists continue to monitor its progress. @NASAGoddard's Qing Liang explains more. Keep up: https://go.nasa.gov/3DhEBvp Link to download this video: https://images.nasa.gov/details/What's Going on with the Hole in the Ozone Layer_ - Horizontal Video Producers: Scott Bednar, Jessica Wilde Editor: James Lucas Credit: NASA

Where does space begin? Well, it depends. There’s no sharp boundary that marks the end of atmosphere and beginning of space. But no matter where you draw the line in the sand — or the air — Earth’s atmosphere is full of all kinds of interesting stuff. That’s why scientists like Doug Rowland are studying its many layers: https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2919/ea... Link to download this video: https://images.nasa.gov/details/Where... Producers: Scott Bednar, Jessica Wilde Editor: Dan Salazar Credit: NASA

What do Metallica and NASA’s Artemis missions to the Moon have in common? Both love “Fuel” and fire. See footage of the Artemis I launch scored by Metallica’s “Fuel.” Learn more about how NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft will send four astronauts on a lunar flyby around the Moon for NASA’s Artemis II mission: https://nasa.gov/sls Credit: NASA/Brandon Hancock and Sam Lott #Artemis

The 28th SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (CRS-28) is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida this June. The scientific experiments and technology demonstrations carried by the Dragon spacecraft include studies of how plants adapt to stress, measurements of genetic structures called telomeres, and satellite projects designed by students in Canada. Details: https://go.nasa.gov/43zTeW6 Download link: https://images.nasa.gov/details/Scien... Credit: NASA #NASA #SpaceStation #Science

How do we know what Earth's climate was like long ago? If you look closely, there are clues just about everywhere across our globe. Some are easy to see and others are more subtle. NASA climate scientist Dr. Gavin Schmidt explains. Want even more?: https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/20/how-d... Producers: Scott Bednar, Jessica Wilde Editor: Daniel Salazar Credit: NASA

Is NASA mining asteroids? No, we’re not in the business of mining asteroids but we do love to study them. This year, our #PsycheMission launches to a unique metal-rich asteroid to study what appears to be the exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet, one of the building blocks of our solar system. However, the science we gain from missions like this could one day benefit future humans in cosmic mining and resource endeavors. And in September, our OSIRIS-REx mission will deliver an asteroid sample back to Earth. Analysis from the sample may help improve future asteroid missions: https://go.nasa.gov/43PoK2y Explore more: https://nasa.gov/asteroids Link to download this video: https://images.nasa.gov/details/Is%20... Producers: Jessica Wilde, Scott Bednar Editor: James Lucas Credit: NASA

Are there earthquakes on other planets? There sure are, but we don’t call them earthquakes. Instead, “moonquakes” & “marsquakes” are shaking things up in space. Dr. Jacob Richardson of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains more about what otherworldly quakes can teach us about not only the interiors of planetary bodies, but also what's happening inside Earth. Explore more: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-i... Link to download this video: https://images.nasa.gov/details/Are%2... Producers: Jessica Wilde, Scott Bednar Editor: James Lucas Credit: NASA

In this episode, find out how our solar system formed and how it came to be the busy place it is today. Comprehension Question: 1. Approximately how many billions of years ago did our solar system form? Answer Key: 1. 4.6 billion years For a transcript of this video and a fun downloadable poster, visit https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/solar-sys.... Be sure to check out NASA Space Place for a ton of exciting activities, interesting articles, and cool games at https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/.

Have you ever thought about visiting a black hole? We sure hope not. However, if you're absolutely convinced that a black hole is your ideal vacation spot, watch this video before you blast off to learn more about them and (more importantly) how to stay safe. You can also click the link below to download a handy safety brochure, watch short clips to learn different things about black holes, and even get some short glimpses into the lives of black holes and the explorers that want to visit them. Hope you enjoy your trip, and please...stay safe out there. Download the video, brochure, and more here: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13322 Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Chris Smith (USRA): Lead Producer Chris Smith (USRA): Lead Animator Chris Smith (USRA): Lead Writer Travis C. Fischer (USRA): Lead Scientist Jeanette Kazmierczak (University of Maryland College Park): Lead Science Writer

In the dance of our solar system, one planet has moves like no other. Find out how Uranus' tilt puts it in a league all its own.

Four Maryland high school students were inspired by a documentary to find a way to let people know when a potentially hazardous dust storm is incoming. Using National Weather Service forecasts improved by NASA data, their Dust Watch app alerts people about incoming dust storms. Music credit: Discovering New Worlds by Nicolas Montazaud [SACEM] Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio Katy Mersmann (USRA): Lead Producer Ellen T. Gray (ADNET): Lead Writer This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio at: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13284

Something mysterious is going on at the Sun. In defiance of all logic, its atmosphere gets much, much hotter the farther it stretches from the Sun’s blazing surface. Temperatures in the corona — the Sun’s outer atmosphere — spike to 3 million degrees Fahrenheit, while just 1,000 miles below, the underlying surface simmers at a balmy 10,000 F. How the Sun manages this feat is a mystery that dates back nearly 150 years, and remains one of the greatest unanswered questions in astrophysics. Scientists call it the coronal heating problem. Watch the video to learn how astronomers first discovered evidence for this mystery during an eclipse in the 1800s, and what scientists today think could explain it.