New information about what is inside Mars shows the Red Planet has a molten liquid-iron core,…
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…
ERS-2 data used in El Niño animation
A vivid animation based on data from ESA’s ERS-2 satellite shows the onset of the recent…
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…
ESA reschedules Soyuz flights
The European Space Agency (ESA) has agreed to six-month postponements of the Soyuz flights by two…
Envisat celebrates first anniversary in space
One year ago, the largest and most sophisticated Earth observation satellite ever built blazed a fiery…