NASA Awards Contract for Engineering, Trades Support Services

NASA has selected Aerie Aerospace LLC of Huntsville, Alabama to provide engineering technicians and trades support…

NASA to Test Emergency Locator Transmitters by Crashing Airplane

Using a Cessna 172 dropped from a height of 100 feet, NASA’s Search and Rescue Mission…

A Hubble Cosmic Couple

Here we see the spectacular cosmic pairing of the star Hen 2-427 — more commonly known…

NASA Holds Media Opportunities to Discuss Rising Sea Levels

In a series of media opportunities Wednesday, Aug. 26 through Friday, Aug. 28, NASA experts will…

Curiosity Low-Angle Self-Portrait at ‘Buckskin’ Drilling Site on Mount Sharp

This low-angle self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle above the "Buckskin" rock target,…

Drilling for Data: Simulating the Search for Life on Mars

Drilling for Data: Simulating the Search for Life on Mars

Testing on Deck

In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt designated August 19 as National Aviation Day in honor of…

NASA Begins to Build Satellite Mission to Improve Hurricane Forecasting

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina formed in the Atlantic, construction of NASA’s next-generation hurricane-observing satellite mission…

NASA Ames Celebrates Employee’s 90th Birthday, Rich Aviation History

Founded in 1939 as the second laboratory for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), what…

Send Your Name to Mars on NASA’s Next Red Planet Mission

Mars enthusiasts around the world can participate in NASA’s journey to Mars by adding their names…