The Pic of the Day: Hot-fire test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft launch abort system

Engineers conducted a static hot-fire test of the Orion spacecraft’s Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor at a Northrop Grumman facility on March 20, 2019 in Elkton, Maryland. The 30-second test is one in a series of three tests aimed at qualifying the motor for human spaceflight, to help ensure Orion is ready from liftoff […]

Methane confirmed on Mars may be a strong indicator of life

Ever since humans first looked up at the stars with an awareness that those far off lights were physical bodies, bobbing like islands in the vast sea of space, we’ve wondered if we were not alone. Today, we have more tools at our disposal to enable us to explore the heavens than ever before, but […]

The Pic of the Day: Live fire artillery rocket training in Kuwait

U.S. soldiers assigned to the 65th Field Artillery Brigade and soldiers from the Kuwait Land Forces fire their High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (U.S.) and BM-30 Smerch rocket systems (Kuwait) during a joint live fire exercise on January 8, 2019, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The U.S. and Kuwaiti forces train together frequently to maintain a […]

The Pic of the Day: US tests intercontinental ballistic missile defense system

A test of the nation’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense System was conducted from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on Monday, March 25, 2019 by 30th Space Wing officials, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, and U.S. Northern Command. (Courtesy of the Department of Defense)   See how the Ground-based Midcourse Defense System works below:

The Pic of the Day: Flooding continues to cause devastation across Midwest

Homes and businesses are surrounded by floodwaters on March 20, 2019 in Hamburg, Iowa. Several Midwestern states are battling some of the worst flooding they have experienced in decades as heavy rain and melting snow from the recent “bomb cyclone” has inundated rivers and streams. At least three deaths have been linked to the flooding. […]

DARPA tech lets one pilot control multiple aircraft using only their brain

Ever since the first military drone took to the sky, pilots have wondered if their days in the fight were numbered. Drones, first relied on for reconnaissance, were soon armed and carrying out combat operations that used to fall solely to manned aircraft. Drones have grown to encompass more and more of the U.S. military’s […]

The Pic of the Day: President Trump departs White House via Marine One

Marine One, with President Donald Trump onboard, departs the South Lawn of the White House, March 22, 2019 in Washington, D.C. President Trump is traveling to his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)   Learn more about Marine One below: https://youtu.be/6vprqwo6hjA

The Pic of the Day: Scout sniper sights in on a .50-caliber Special Applications Scoped Rifle

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Nathaniel Lambert sights in behind a .50-caliber Special Applications Scoped Rifle during a simulated strait transit on February 20, 2019. Lieutenant Lambert is the scout sniper platoon commander with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). He’s aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious […]