NASA Surpasses Test Facility Record With Long-Duration J-2X Powerpack Test

NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., broke its own record on June 8,…

NASA to Host News Teleconference About NuSTAR Launch

NASA will host a news teleconference 3 p.m. EDT June 11 to discuss the upcoming launch…

China’s manned space program set to take off

China may have its own permanent presence in space soon. Analysts are speculating that a launch…

NASA Announces Media Accreditation For August Mars Rover Landing

Media representatives planning to cover the Aug. 5, 2012, landing of the most advanced rover ever…

Smooth moves: how space animates Hollywood

If you’ve been to see Wrath of the Titans, then you’ve watched it in action. A…

NASA Announces 2012 Aeronautics Scholarship Recipients

NASA has selected 25 students to receive the agency's Aeronautics Scholarship for the 2012-2013 school year.

Watch the transit of Venus

Mark your calendars: if the sky is clear on the evening of Tuesday, June 5, you’ll…

Advanced laser technology on the way to space

It’s not only superheroes from long ago in a galaxy far, far away who can harness…

Space Junk: Cleaning up low Earth orbit

Space debris is a growing concern for NASA. Last month NASA issued a report stating that…

NASA’s Kepler Detects Potential Evaporating Planet Candidate

Astronomers may have detected evidence of a possible planet disintegrating under the searing heat of its…