WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — NASA Space Technology Program researchers will launch and deploy a large inflatable heat shield aboard a rocket travelling at hypersonic speeds this weekend during a technology…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Englewood, Colo., to launch the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP), Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) and Joint Polar Satellite…

WASHINGTON — NASA’s most advanced planetary rover is on a precise course for an early August landing beside a Martian mountain to begin two years of unprecedented scientific detective work….

NASA has released a new video game that celebrates the Aug. 5 landing of its rover on Mars. The “Mars Rover Landing” game is made for the Xbox 360, and uses the systems…

WASHINGTON — NASA has selected six proposals to improve the affordability, reliability and performance of an advanced booster for the Space Launch System (SLS). The awardees will develop engineering demonstrations…

WASHINGTON — Three new crew members are on their way to the International Space Station. NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, Russian Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency…

The Original full scale space shuttle mockup, a merge from a warehouse in Southern California Thursday, July 12. It is to be placed on display. The full size model is…

  Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab have revised their forecast for CME from AR1520 X-flare the cloud’s expected arrival time to 09:17 UT (5:17 am EDT) on Saturday,…