On Jan. 2, 2004 NASA's Stardust spacecraft made a close flyby of comet Wild 2 (pronounced…
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NASA Opens Online Vote for Next Desert Exploration Site
NASA is inviting the public to choose an area in northern Arizona where explorers will conduct…
Main Engine Heat Shields Installation Today
Technicians are installing the main engine heat shields today as they continue to ready space shuttle…
Dreamy, Young Stars
The Orion Nebula is a 'happening' place where stars are born and this colony of hot,…
Astronauts in the Oval Office
President Barack Obama greets the STS-132 Atlantis crew and International Space Station astronaut T.J. Creamer in…
NASA Simulates Space Exploration at Remote Arctic Crater Site
NASA personnel are among a group of international researchers who are in the Canadian Arctic assessing…
Discovery Preps Continue Through the Weekend
The fuel and oxidizer feed connections on space shuttle Discovery's right Orbital Maneuvering System, or OMS,…
NASA Spacecraft Camera Yields Most Accurate Mars Map Ever
A camera aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map…
Fractured
This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the floor of a large impact crater in…