Veteran NASA astronaut William S. McArthur Jr., a retired U.S. Army colonel, and Russian Air Force…
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NASA SUCCESSFULLY TESTS ION ENGINE
NASA’s Project Prometheus recently reached an important milestone with the first successful test of an engine…
Space Life Sciences Laboratory Dedicated
The Space Life Sciences (SLS) Laboratory was dedicated in a ceremony hosted by NASA’s Kennedy Space…
“FASTEST MAN ALIVE” RECALLS 50th ANNIVERSARY OF HISTORIC FLIGHT
On Nov. 20, 1953, shortly before the 50th anniversary of powered flight, A. Scott Crossfield piloted…
ISS MARKS FIVE YEARS IN ORBIT
The International Space Station reached the historic five years in space milestone on November 20, 2003.…
VIDEO SERIES ANSWERS KIDS’ QUESTIONS
NASA is launching 28 brand-new 60-second “news breaks” for the Kids Science News Network (KSNN). The…
MOST DISTANT X-RAY JET DISCOVERED
The most distant jet ever observed was discovered in an image of a quasar made by…
LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE TECHNOLOGY BRINGS RELIEF
A nurse holds a strange-looking device, moving it slowly toward a young patient’s face. The note-card-sized…
VISITOR CENTER UNVEILS “ADVENTURES IN FLIGHT”
NASA’s Langley Research Center visitor center in Hampton, Va., is celebrating the centennial of flight by…
ANCIENT RIVERS ON MARS
Newly seen details in a fan-shaped apron of debris on Mars may help settle a decades-long…