Asteroid That Flew By Is Larger Then We Thought.

13 years ago

The Asteroid we talked about last week, 2012 LZ1, came within 3.3 million miles of the earth on June 14. The flyby did allow astronomers to…

NuSTAR Black Hole Space Telescope Unfolds 33-Foot Mast in Orbit

13 years ago

The NuSTAR black hole telescope unfolded its giant mast in orbit on Thursday, June 21. This is one of the…

NASA Space Launch System Core Stage Moves From Concept to Design

13 years ago

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The nation's space exploration program is taking a critical step forward with a successful major technical review…

LRO finds crater on moon that may have 22 percent surface ice

13 years ago

WASHINGTON -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has returned data that indicate ice may make up as much as…

NASA Administrator To Speak With NEEMO 16 Crew During Underwater ‘Spacewalk’

13 years ago

WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will speak with astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, commander of the 16th NASA Extreme Environment Mission…

NASA’S Pleiades Supercomputer Gets A Little More Oomph

13 years ago

WASHINGTON -- NASA's flagship Pleiades supercomputer just received a boost to help keep pace with the intensive number-crunching requirements of…

Study Finds Ancient Warming Greened Antarctica

13 years ago

WASHINGTON -- A new university-led study with NASA participation finds ancient Antarctica was much warmer and wetter than previously suspected.…

NASA Selects Low Cost, High Science Earth Venture Space System

13 years ago

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected an ocean wind study proposal led by the University of Michigan from among 19 submitted…

China Launches Astronauts to it’s Station, Including First Female

13 years ago

China's Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, powered by a Long March 2F rocket, was shown live on state television from the Jiuquan Satellite…

First Flight Instrument Delivered For James Webb Space Telescope

13 years ago

WASHINGTON -- The first of four instruments to fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has been delivered to…