One Week from Expedition 34 Launch

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 34 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA conducts a…

Web-Based Forestry Tool Wins Technology Transfer Award

The ForWarn forest monitoring and assessment tool developed by NASA's Stennis Space Center's Applied Science &…

NASA’s Hubble Provides First Census of Galaxies Near Cosmic Dawn

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers announced Dec. 12 they have seen further back in time…

NASA Makes Unprecedented Return to Mars, Advances Commercial Spaceflight and Adds to its Amazing Research and Discoveries in 2012

In 2012, NASA continued to implement America's ambitious space exploration program, landing the most sophisticated rover…

New NASA-Funded Forecast System Helps Transoceanic Flights Avoid Storms

A new NASA-funded prototype system developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) of Boulder,…

First Apollo 17 Moonwalk

Forty years ago today on Dec. 11, 1972, astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander, makes a short…

NASA Ames Celebrates Anniversary of Wind Tunnel

Today, NASA is celebrating the 25th anniversary of one of the largest and most distinctive structures…

Helios-A Solar Probe At Launch Complex

The Helios-A solar probe launched on Dec. 10, 1974 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.…

NASA’s Hubble to Reveal New Findings About the Early Universe

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday, Dec. 12, to discuss the…

NASA Astrobiology Institute Shows How Wide Binary Stars Form

Using computer simulations, scientists from the NASA Astrobiology Institute team at the University of Hawaii are…