NASA’s FASTSAT Readies for Shipment to Alaska

NASA successfully completed a comprehensive pre-shipment review of the Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology Satellite (FASTSAT),…

NASA Tweaks Tech Toolbox to Capture Rotor Results

"Smooth" and "quiet" are two words not usually associated with a helicopter ride, but NASA is…

Fundamental Space Biology Mission Selection Narrows

NASA today announced it has selected two candidate proposals to study how life responds and adapts…

Kepler Mission Manager Update, June 4, 2010

May was a busy month for the Kepler Mission.

What Is Consuming Hydrogen and Acetylene on Titan?

Two new papers based on data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft scrutinize the complex chemical activity on…

Supercomputer Doubles Capability, Increases Efficiency

Pleiades, NASA’s supercomputing powerhouse, located at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., placed sixth on the…

New Earth Venture Research Projects Take to the Air

Hurricanes, air quality, and Arctic ecosystems are among the research areas to be investigated during the…

NASA’S Airborne Infrared Observatory Sees the “First Light”

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a joint program by NASA and the German Aerospace…

NASA Ames Scientist Jeff Cuzzi Wins the Kuiper Prize

Jeff Cuzzi, a planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has been named…

NASA’s SOFIA Observatory Obtains ‘First Light’ Imagery

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, successfully obtained its first in-flight, nighttime celestial observations…