WISE Captures Key Image Of Comet Mission’s Destination

NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, caught a glimpse of the comet that the agency’s…

SOFIA Observatory Prepares For Early Science Flights

Testing of the entire integrated observatory system and individual subsystems on NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared…

NASA’s LCROSS Wins Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award

NASA's Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, mission has won Popular Mechanics magazine's 2010…

Ames to Test Firefighting Skills on Training Aircraft

Firefighters and first-responders from NASA's Ames Research Center's fire department will hone their skills during training…

Propellant Loading Complete; Payload Install Coming Up

At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, work continues to prepare space shuttle Discovery for…

NASA Extends Space Station Cargo Mission Services Contract

NASA has awarded a $13 million, six-month extension for International Space Station cargo mission services to…

Birth of the Space Age

History changed on Oct. 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I, the world's…

NASA’S WISE Mission Warms Up But Keeps Chugging Along

After completing its primary mission to map the infrared sky, NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or…

NASA’s Kepler Mission Wins 2010 Software Of The Year Award

NASA's Kepler mission Science Operations Center software system was named winner of the 2010 NASA Software…

NASA’s Kepler Mission Wins 2010 Software of Year Award

NASA's Kepler mission Science Operations Center software system was named winner of the 2010 NASA Software…