CHALLENGING YEAR AHEAD FOR SPACE STATION

The coming year will be the most challenging ever for construction of the International Space Station.…

NASA AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY

NASA has awarded funding for nine new investigations for technology development of innovative Earth Science remote-sensing…

SPACE STATION CREW SENDS HOLIDAY GREETINGS

From on board the Space Station, the Expedition Six crew — Commander Ken Bowersox, NASA Science…

YOUNG STAR CLUSTER FOUND AGLOW WITH MYSTERIOUS CLOUD

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory discovered a mysterious cloud of high-energy electrons enveloping a young…

CREEPY CRAWLERS MAY UNRAVEL WEB OF PLANETARY MYSTERIES

Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif., created a micro robot reminiscent of the…

ICESat/CHIPSat LAUNCH RESCHEDULED

The launch of NASA’s ICESat and CHIPSat spacecraft, aboard a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle,…

NASA HELPS KICK OFF NATIONAL CENTENNIAL OF FLIGHT CELEBRATION

NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe helped kick-off the Nation’s celebration of the Centennial of Flight today in…

NASA’S EDUCATOR ASTRONAUT ASSIGNED FIRST FLIGHT

NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe today announced that Barbara Morgan, the agency’s first Educator Astronaut, has been…

ASTRONAUTS NAMED FOR FUTURE SPACE STATION MISSIONS

Crews have been assigned to begin training for three International Space Station missions. The missions, scheduled…

MARYLAND SCIENCE CENTER HOSTS MAJOR NASA ANNOUNCEMENT

Media representatives are invited to join NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe for a major announcement Thursday, 2…