Space Launch System Passes Major Agency Review, Moves to Preliminary Design

12 years ago

WASHINGTON -- The rocket that will launch humans farther into space than ever before passed a major NASA review Wednesday.…

Condolences on the Passing of Pioneering Astronaut Sally Ride

12 years ago

WASHINGTON -- In a space agency filled with trailblazers, Sally K. Ride was a pioneer of a different sort. The…

Satellites See Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt

12 years ago

WASHINGTON -- For several days this month, Greenland's surface ice cover melted over a larger area than at any time…

Sun Erupts a 7.6 Million Mile per hour Coronal Mass Ejection from Sunspot 1520

12 years ago

Sunspot 1520 may have turned away from earth but it is still very active. On July 23rd it erupted a…

Successful Tests of Hypersonic Inflatable Heat Shield

12 years ago

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- A large inflatable heat shield developed by NASA's Space Technology Program has successfully survived a trip…

The Longest Continuous View of Earth From Space Hits 40

12 years ago

WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Interior Department Monday marked the 40th anniversary of the Landsat program, the world's longest-running Earth-observing…

New Supercomputer Facility Set to Advance Earth Research

12 years ago

WASHINGTON -- NASA soon will open a new chapter of discovery using enhanced Landsat Earth-observing data in a state-of-the-art, high-performance…

Mars Science Lab Curiosity Worth the Cost?

12 years ago

The fact that we are about to land the largest most complex and powerful rovers ever to land on mars…

Telescope Captures Sharpest Images of Sun’s Corona

12 years ago

WASHINGTON -- A telescope launched July 11 aboard a NASA sounding rocket has captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of…

Japan Robotic Cargo Ship to dock with the Space Station

12 years ago

Japan is launching a new unmanned cargo spaseship that will be delivering goods to the international space station.   The…