Space

High School Students Send Rubber Duck Into Space

A group of middle and high school students know as Earth To Sky Calculus placed a rubber duck on at…

12 years ago

Idea for a X-ray Mirror Inspired by Scotch Tape

Scotch tape is the inspiration behind a completely new kind of x-ray mirror for telescopes. The concept was dreamed up…

12 years ago

Space Station Cargo Ship Docking Attempt To Air On NASA TV

WASHINGTON -- As part of NASA's ongoing live coverage of mission operations aboard the International Space Station, NASA Television will…

12 years ago

Condolences on the Passing of Pioneering Astronaut Sally Ride

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

12 years ago

Successful Tests of Hypersonic Inflatable Heat Shield

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

12 years ago

New Supercomputer Facility Set to Advance Earth Research

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

12 years ago

Telescope Captures Sharpest Images of Sun’s Corona

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

12 years ago

Japan Robotic Cargo Ship to dock with the Space Station

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

12 years ago

NASA Completes Another Successful Orion Parachute Test

HOUSTON -- NASA completed another successful test Wednesday of the Orion crew vehicle's parachutes high above the Arizona desert in…

12 years ago

NASA Hypersonic Inflatable Tech Test Set For Virginia Launch July 21

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- NASA Space Technology Program researchers will launch and deploy a large inflatable heat shield aboard a…

12 years ago