Alise Fisher

Jan 25, 2024 | phys.org | Alise Fisher |Alana Johnson

NASA's history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission at the Red Planet after surpassing expectations and making dozens more flights than planned. While the helicopter remains upright and in communication with ground controllers, imagery of its Jan. 18 flight sent to Earth this week indicates one or more of its rotor blades sustained damage during landing and it is no longer capable of flight.

Jun 20, 2023 | nasa.gov | Alise Fisher

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Northrop Grumman Chair, CEO, and President Kathy Warden accept the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) 2022 Robert J. Collier Trophy on June 15.

May 31, 2023 | nasa.gov | Alise Fisher

A delicate tracery of dust and bright star clusters threads across this image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The bright tendrils of gas and stars belong to the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068, whose bright central bar is visible in the upper left of this image - a composite from two of Webb's instruments.

Mar 23, 2023 | nasa.gov | Alise Fisher

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope team has been selected to receive the 2023 Michael Collins Trophy for Lifetime and Current Achievements. This annual award from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum honors outstanding achievements in the fields of aerospace science and technology, and their history.

Feb 24, 2023 | phys.org | Alise Fisher

NASA will launch Israel's first space telescope mission, the Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT). ULTRASAT, an ultraviolet observatory with a large field of view, will investigate the secrets of short-duration events in the universe, such as supernova explosions and mergers of neutron stars.