Happy Holidays from NASA’s Ames Research Center!

Hangar One with festive lighting.

Space Station Crew Removes Ammonia Pump, Next Spacewalk Set for Tuesday

NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins completed a 5 hour and 28 minute spacewalk Saturday…

Astronauts Prepare for Spacewalks

Expedition 38 crew member Mike Hopkins checks out the spacesuit he will wear outside the International…

NASA Transforms Access to Low-Earth Orbit, Touches Interstellar Space, Makes Unprecedented Discoveries and Develops Cutting-Edge Technologies in 2013

In 2013, NASA helped U.S. commercial companies transform access to low-Earth orbit and the International Space…

LADEE Project Scientist Update: Intial Observations of Chang’e 3 Landing

Much of the world was watching the Chang'e 3 landing in northern Mare Imbrium at 13:10…

NASA Releases New Earthrise Simulation Video

On December 24, 1968, the crew of the Apollo 8 spacecraft took one of the iconic…

NASA Extends Deadlines for Student Exploration Design Challenge

NASA is extending deadlines for its Exploration Design Challenge, an educational program connected to Exploration Flight…

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for InSight Mission

NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Centennial, Colo., to launch the Interior Exploration Using…

NASA’s Asteroid Hunter Spacecraft Returns First Images after Reactivation

NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE), a spacecraft that made the most comprehensive survey…

Goldstone’s Antenna Tracks Spacecraft

Late night in the desert: Goldstone's 230-foot (70-meter) antenna tracks spacecraft day and night. This photograph…