"What Is NASA, Alex?" New Trebek Video Promotes NASA In Your Life
The king of quiz shows, Alex Trebek, is helping answer the question, "How does NASA affect our daily lives?" The host of the long-running syndicated program "Jeopardy" is featured in a new public service announcement released Wednesday. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, Yesterday, 0:00
NASA, NSBRI Select 29 Proposals To Support Crew Health On Missions
NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) of Houston will fund 29 proposals to help investigate questions about astronaut health and performance on future deep space exploration missions. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, Yesterday, 0:00
SpaceX Launches NASA Demonstration Mission to Space Station
The second demonstration mission for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program is under way as SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lifted off Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 3:44 a.m. EDT. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 22 May 2012, 0:00
NASA Administrator to Address Media after SpaceX Launch
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will address media representatives at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:00 a.m. EDT following Tuesday's SpaceX NASA demonstration flight launch to the International Space Station. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 22 May 2012, 0:00
Statement by John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, On Launch of Falcon 9 Rocket and Dragon Spacecraft
Following Tuesday's launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, issued the following statement. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 22 May 2012, 0:00
SpaceX Dragon Transports Student Experiments to Space Station
The SpaceX Dragon capsule, which on Tuesday became the first commercially developed and built spacecraft to launch to the International Space Station, is carrying among its cargo a suite of 15 science experiments designed by students. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 22 May 2012, 0:00
Station Crew To Take Questions About Commercial Spacecraft
International Space Station crew members will answer questions from reporters following the scheduled hatch opening of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 22 May 2012, 0:00
New NASA App 2.0 Released For iPhone, iPod Touch
NASA released Monday an updated version of the free NASA App for iPhone and iPod touch. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 21 May 2012, 0:00
NASA Invites Media To Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition
More than 50 teams of undergraduate and graduate students from eight countries will come to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida May 21-26 to take part in the third annual Lunabotics Mining Competition. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 18 May 2012, 0:00
NASA Chief Technologist To Attend Cleveland Manufacturing Event
NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck will join agency and Ohio officials to name nine small and medium-sized Ohio manufacturers that will receive NASA assistance to solve technical problems with new or existing products. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 18 May 2012, 0:00
NASA Announces 2012 Space Technology Research Fellowship Grants
NASA has selected the 2012 class of Space Technology Research Fellows. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 17 May 2012, 0:00
NASA Administrator to Deliver Commencement Address at University of Maryland Eastern Shore
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will provide the commencement address to the 2012 graduating class of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne, Md., on Friday, May 18, at 10 a.m. EDT. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 17 May 2012, 0:00
NASA Lends Galaxy Evolution Explorer to Caltech
NASA is lending the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, where the spacecraft will continue its exploration of the cosmos. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 16 May 2012, 0:00
Updated Coverage for NASA/Spacex Launch and Mission to Station
The second SpaceX demonstration launch for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) is scheduled for liftoff on Saturday, May 19. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 16 May 2012, 0:00
NASA's Deputy Administrator to Discuss Future of Commercial Spaceflight with Industry Representatives
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will participate in a teleconference on Thursday, May 17, at 2 p.m. EDT with representatives of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation to brief journalists on the future of human commercial spaceflight. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 16 May 2012, 0:00
NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 16 May 2012, 0:00
NASA Modifies Launch Service Contract To Add Falcon 9 Rocket
NASA has announced a modification of its NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., to add an additional configuration of the Falcon 9 rocket to its fleet. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 14 May 2012, 0:00
Expedition 31 Trio Blasts Off for International Space Station
The Soyuz spacecraft launched at 10:01 p.m. CDT. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 14 May 2012, 0:00
NASA $1.5 Million Robot Competition Rolls Onto WPI Campus June 14-17
Autonomous robots created by 11 teams of engineers from across the country will compete for a NASA prize purse of $1.5 million on the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), in Worcester, Mass., June 14 -17. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 11 May 2012, 0:00
Updated Coverage for NASA/SpaceX Launch and Mission to Station
The second SpaceX demonstration launch for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) has been rescheduled for a liftoff on Saturday, May 19. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 11 May 2012, 0:00
NASA Dawn Spacecraft Reveals Secrets of Large Asteroid
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has provided researchers with the first orbital analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta, yielding new insights into its creation and relation to the terrestrial planets and Earth's moon. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 10 May 2012, 0:00
NASA Mars Spacecraft Detects Large Changes in Martian Sand Dunes
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revealed that movement in sand dune fields on the Red Planet occurs on a surprisingly large scale, about the same as in dune fields on Earth. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 9 May 2012, 0:00
NASA Awards Engineering And Science Services And Skills Augmentation Services Contract
NASA has selected Jacobs Technology, Inc., of Tullahoma, Tenn., for its Engineering and Science Services and Skills Augmentation contract at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 9 May 2012, 0:00
Overfed Black Holes Shut Down Galactic Star-Making
The Herschel Space Observatory has shown galaxies with the most powerful, active black holes at their cores produce fewer stars than galaxies with less active black holes. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 9 May 2012, 0:00
NASA's Spitzer Sees the Light of Alien "Super Earth"
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a "super-Earth" planet beyond our solar system for the first time. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 8 May 2012, 0:00
NASA Commercial Partner SpaceX Completes Crew Accommodations Milestone
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has finished an important evaluation of a propotype Dragon spacecraft designed to carry people into orbit. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 8 May 2012, 0:00
Next Soyuz Space Station Crew Prepares For Launch
The next residents of the International Space Station are making final preparations for a May 14 launch and NASA Television will provide live coverage of launch and docking. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 8 May 2012, 0:00
Astronaut Dan Burbank Returns to Earth, Available for Interviews
Just back from his command of the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Dan Burbank will be available for live satellite interviews from 6-7 a.m. CDT on Thursday, May 10. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 7 May 2012, 0:00
NASA to Hold News Conference on Asteroid Mission Results
NASA will host a news conference on Thursday, May 10, at 2 p.m. EDT to present a new analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta using data from the agency’s Dawn spacecraft. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 7 May 2012, 0:00
NASA Issues Statement on New SpaceX Launch Date
In response to today's SpaceX announcement finalizing a new target date for the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, NASA issued the following statement from William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations at the agency's Headquarters in Washington. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 4 May 2012, 0:00
NASA Announces 2012 Summer Of Innovation Project
NASA's third annual Summer of Innovation (SOI) project is underway. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 4 May 2012, 0:00
Dancing Droplets Rock Out On Space Station
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA has taught more than half a million internet viewers how microgravity affects scientific principles by using everyday objects on the International Space Station. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 4 May 2012, 0:00
NASA's Commercial Crew Partner Boeing Completes Parachute Test
The Boeing Company successfully completed the second parachute drop test for its Crew Space Transportation (CST) spacecraft Wednesday, part of its effort to develop commercial crew transportation capabilities that could ferry U.S. astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit (LEO) and the International Space Station. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 3 May 2012, 0:00
Black Hole Caught Red-Handed in a Stellar Homicide
Astronomers have gathered the most direct evidence yet of a supermassive black hole shredding a star that wandered too close. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 2 May 2012, 0:00
NASA.gov Wins Two 2012 Webby Awards
NASA's website, www.nasa.gov, has won awards in two categories as the best government site in the 16th Annual Webby Awards, the leading international honor for the world's best websites. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 1 May 2012, 0:00
NASA Explorer Schools Symposium Showcases Student Research
Students from across the nation will gather at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston May 2-5 for the annual NASA Explorer Schools Symposium. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 1 May 2012, 0:00
NASA TV to Air 2012 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction May 5
NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 2012 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 5. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 30 April 2012, 0:00
NASA'S Chandra Sees Remarkable Outburst from Old Black Hole
An extraordinary outburst produced by a black hole in a nearby galaxy has provided direct evidence for a population of old, volatile stellar black holes. Read more...
NASA Breaking News, 30 April 2012, 0:00