Private Space Plane Builders Pick Texas for Test Site

13 years ago

A rocket-building company that is designing a suborbital space plane for paid trips to the edge of space  will be…

Virgin Galactic has Successful Glide Test of Space Ship Two

13 years ago

Virgin Galactic   had a successful drop test if its passenger-carrying suborbital space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo (SS2) on June 26, 2012. They…

Cassini Spacecraft Changes Orbit for New View of Saturn’s Rings

13 years ago

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has recently resumed the kind of orbits that allow for spectacular views of Saturn's rings. This view,…

Coverage Set for Next International Space Station Crew Launch

13 years ago

HOUSTON -- NASA Television will provide extensive coverage of prelaunch, launch and docking activities of the next trio of crew…

Solar Flare, Xray blast and CME from Sunspot AR1515

13 years ago

July 8, 2012: Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from  07/2100Z to 08/2100Z show  Solar activity was high. Region…

Hi Res Mars Panorama from Rovers Fifth Martian Winter

13 years ago

'Greeley Panorama' from Opportunity's Fifth Martian Winter This full-circle scene combines 817 images taken by the panoramic camera (Pancam) on…

A Good Reason to Wake Up at Dawn

13 years ago

Summer is a good time to relax, sleep late, enjoy a break from school or work. Waking before sunrise is…

Physicists Get Closer Than Ever to finding the Higgs boson

13 years ago

Scientists in America have found strong hints that the rumored Higgs boson particle is real. "This is a very exciting…

NASA Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson Leaves Agency

13 years ago

HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson has left the space agency. Robinson ends his 36-year NASA career as a veteran…

Hubble, Swift Detect First-Ever Changes In An Exoplanet Atmosphere

13 years ago

WASHINGTON -- An international team of astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has made an unparalleled observation, detecting…