NASA AND USDA PARTNERSHIP FOR EARTH SCIENCES

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Ann M. Veneman and NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe have launched…

ALLEN FLYNT NAMED AMES DEPUTY CENTER DIRECTOR

G. Allen Flynt has been named deputy director at NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.,…

Mars Express — fastest to the Red Planet

Mars Express is the first example of ESA’s new style of developing scientific missions: faster, smarter…

NASA ANNOUNCES FLUID PHYSICS RESEARCH GRANTS

NASA has selected 30 researchers to receive grants totaling more than $13 million over four years.…

New destination for Rosetta, Europe’s comet chaser

Comet-chasing mission Rosetta will now set its sights on Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. During its meeting on 13-14th…

Arianespace mission and activity updates

Arianespace has announced June 11 as the liftoff date for Flight 161, which will carry the…

LUCKY BREAK MAY LEAD TO SECRET OF ULTIMATE EXPLOSIONS

A chance observation by a NASA satellite, designed to study the sun, may have uncovered one…

SpaceGrid study ends on an optimistic note

Almost two years have gone by since ESA set up the SpaceGrid study to see how…

NASA HELPS SPONSOR CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING COMPETITION

NASA’s Earth Science Enterprise is sponsoring one of this year’s problems at the 26th annual “Odyssey…

NASA NAMES NEW CHIEF OF STAFF

NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe announced today John Schumacher would be appointed the agency Chief of Staff.…