NEW MEMBERS ADDED TO THE CAIB

Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) Chairman Admiral Hal Gehman today asked NASA Administrator Sean O¹Keefe to…

NASA PARTNERS WITH USDA ON VARIETY OF PROJECTS

NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe and Agriculture Secretary (USDA) Ann M. Veneman announced the two agencies will…

A LETTER TO AMERICA FROM THE COLUMBIA CREW FAMILIES

“The families of the Space Shuttle Columbia crew are deeply grateful for the generous outpouring of…

NASA ENCOURAGES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ADVISORY COMMITTEES

NASA encourages interested individuals to participate in agency advisory activities. To encourage participation, and to ensure…

CHIPS BEGINS INTERSTELLAR SEARCH

The Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS) satellite is living up to the adage “good things…

NASA ENGINEERS TEST WRIGHT STUFF

It triggers the imagination. What would aviation pioneer Orville Wright think about a reproduction of his…

CASSINI REVEALS MASSIVE JUPITER GAS CLOUD

Using a sensitive new imaging instrument on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, researchers have discovered a large and…

COCOON FOUND INSIDE THE BLACK WIDOW’S WEB

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory image of the mysterious “Black Widow” pulsar reveals the first direct evidence…

REMNANTS OF ANCIENT STARS IN EARTH’S UPPER ATMOSPHERE

NASA researchers believe they have found bits of ancient stars in small particles gathered in the…

ER-2 AIRCRAFT SEARCHES COLUMBIA’S PATH FOR DEBRIS

A NASA high-altitude research aircraft flew over portions of the Space Shuttle Columbia’s flight path Saturday.…