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

WASHINGTON — An international team of astronomers using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has made an unparalleled observation, detecting significant changes in the atmosphere of a planet located beyond…

ISS STS 135 Fly Around Image.

Trio From International Space Station Lands Safely in Kazakhstan

HOUSTON — Three members of the Expedition 31 crew undocked from the International Space Station and returned safely to Earth Sunday, July 1, wrapping up a mission that lasted six-and-a-half…

NASA’S Orion Arrives At Kennedy, Work Underway For First Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — More than 450 guests at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida welcomed the arrival of the agency’s first space-bound Orion spacecraft Monday, marking a major milestone…

M2-class flare causes R1 radio blackouts

Sunspot AR 1513 hit Earth’s atmosphere with a pulse of X-rays and extreme ultraviolet radiation. The flare also has a coronal hole associated with it. This makes for an interesting…

Evidence of oceans on Saturns moon Titan

NASA’S Cassini Finds Probable Subsurface Ocean on Saturn Moon WASHINGTON — Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have revealed Saturn’s moon Titan likely harbors a layer of liquid water under its…

First Chinese Woman Astronaut returns today.

China’s Shenzhou-9 spacecraft  returned to Earth with its three crew members following a 13-day mission today including China’s first female Astronaut Liu Yang, State television showed images of the capsule…

New NASA Game Lets Players Build and Launch a Virtual Rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — With NASA’s Rocket Science 101, a new game designed for computers and iPad users, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to launch a spacecraft….

Thruster Tests Complete for NASA Partner Boeing’s Crew Capsule

CANOGA PARK, Calif. — Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne has successfully completed a series of tests on a thruster destined for Boeing’s Commercial Space Transportation spacecraft, designated CST-100. Boeing is one…