EXPERIMENTS VALIDATE 50-YEAR-OLD HYPOTHESIS

NASA-funded researchers recently obtained the first complete proof of a 50-year-old hypothesis explaining how liquid metals…

HELIOS SOLAR AIRCRAFT MISHAP INVESTIGATION BOARD SELECTED

NASA selected the mishap investigation board to determine the cause of the June 26 loss of…

ODYSSEY ORBITER WATCHES A FROSTY MARS

NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft is revealing new details about the intriguing, dynamic character of the frozen…

ASTRONAUT SHARES EXPERIENCES

Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman to fly in space, has traveled the United States…

ASTRONAUT LIVES CHILDHOOD DREAM

Few NASA astronauts have chalked up more than a decade in space, but Franklin Chang-Diaz says…

NASA SENDS SCIENCE AND MATH TEACHERS “BACK TO SCHOOL”

NASA is launching a major new education initiative. The NASA Explorer Schools Program premieres Monday, June…

NASA BIOTECHNOLOGY ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE

What do an anthrax-killing device, soybeans in space, artificial bone replacement materials, light-emitting diodes for wound…

STUDENT EXPLORERS LAUNCH

Students from around the world will present their research findings at the GLOBE Learning Expedition in…

SOUTH AMERICA SHINES ON SPACE RADAR MAP

Straddling the equator and engaged in a titanic clash of great tectonic plates, South America is…

NASA REVIEWING EDUCATOR ASTRONAUT APPLICATIONS

NASA will review more than 1,600 applications from teachers for the three to six slots in…