Space Shuttle and International Space Station News 2013-04-06 13:07:06

Pioneer 11 Image of Saturn and Its Moon Titan

The Pioneer 11 spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral forty years ago, on April 5, 1973. Pioneer…

Texas Students To Speak Live with Space Station Astronauts

Students from Mary Marek Elementary School in Pearland, Texas, will speak with Expedition 35 crew members…

NASA Selects Explorer Investigations for Formulation

NASA's Astrophysics Explorer Program has selected two missions for launch in 2017: a planet-hunting satellite and…

NASA Commercial Crew Partner Boeing Completes Launch Vehicle Adapter Review

The Boeing Company of Houston, a NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner, has successfully completed a…

NASA Celebrates Four Decades of Plucky Pioneer 11

Forty years ago a small, ambitious spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, heading towards the third-brightest point…

Registration Opens for NASA Night Rover Energy Challenge

Registration is open for teams seeking to compete in the $1.5 million energy storage competition known…

Napo River in Ecuador and Peru

On March 17, 2013, NASA’s Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) acquired synthetic aperture radar…

Hubble Breaks Record in Search for Farthest Supernova

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found the farthest supernova so far of the type used to…

NASA Administrator Statement on Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the first Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer…