Forty-five years ago, in December of 1968, the Apollo 8 crew flew from the Earth to…
NASA Scientists and Engineers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards
President Obama named five NASA researchers Monday as recipients of the 2012 Presidential Early Career Award…
Astronauts Complete First in Series of Spacewalks
On Sunday, Dec. 22, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins tweeted this photo of Saturday's spacewalk, saying, "Wow...…
NASA Ames Researcher Receives Presidential Early Career Award
President Obama named five NASA researchers, including Joshua S. Alwood of NASA's Ames Research Center, as…
Space Station Crew Removes Ammonia Pump, Next Spacewalk Set for Tuesday
NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins completed a 5 hour and 28 minute spacewalk Saturday…
NASA Transforms Access to Low-Earth Orbit, Touches Interstellar Space, Makes Unprecedented Discoveries and Develops Cutting-Edge Technologies in 2013
In 2013, NASA helped U.S. commercial companies transform access to low-Earth orbit and the International Space…
Astronauts Prepare for Spacewalks
Expedition 38 crew member Mike Hopkins checks out the spacesuit he will wear outside the International…
Let’s get three dimensional
Almost a million people have watched the YouTube video of ESA’s 3D camera being used in…
Rosetta’s instruments (white background)
The Rosetta orbiter will analyse comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and its environment using a suite of 11 instruments:…