Green Aviation

CAFE is helping to define the future of Green Aviation. Image credit: CAFE Foundati...

Green Skies Over Santa Rosa

U.S. teams are preparing to test electric, biofueled and hybrid-powered aircraft, vying to be the most…

Deployment Update

SOFIA on Display at Stuttgart, Germany

SOFIA Observatory On First Overseas Deployment

The SOFIA flying observatory highlighted at the DLR German Aerospace Day and featured at the German…

NASA’s Kepler Confirms First Planet Orbiting Two Stars

NASA's Kepler mission has made the first unambiguous detection of a circumbinary planet -- a planet…

NASA to Announce Kepler Discovery at Media Briefing

NASA will host a news briefing at 11 a.m. PDT, Thursday, Sept. 15, to announce a…

NASA Exercises Ames Research Contract Option

NASA has exercised Option Period #2 on the Intelligent Systems Research and Development Support (ISRDS) contract.

NASA Collaborates on Cargo Airship Workshop in Alaska

The Cargo Airships for Northern Operations Workshop in Anchorage, Alaska will kick off Aug. 24, 2011.

NASA Detects Metabolic Precursors in Meteorite Dust

NASA scientists have found organic compounds associated with cellular respiration in carbonaceous meteorites.

NASA Airborne Sensors Help Firefighters Battle Flames

As the summer blazes on, NASA-developed infrared imaging technology will once again be used to support…