NASA has selected nine space technologies to test on low-gravity-simulating aircraft, high-altitude balloons or suborbital rockets.…
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NASA Air Traffic Management Demonstration Goes Live in Charlotte
Begun Sept. 29, ATD-2 is a three-year field demonstration of software solutions to better manage air…
The Scientific Quest to Explain Kepler’s Most Enigmatic Find
Some 1,500 light years from Earth, a mystery of stellar proportions is playing out. The world…
Global Airborne Mission to Make Ozone Hole Detour
NASA's Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) mission, an airborne field campaign to study atmospheric gases and pollution worldwide…
Catching the Shadow of a Neptunian Moon
Researchers on the flying observatory SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, are preparing for a…
Solving the Mystery of Pluto’s Giant Blades of Ice
NASA’s New Horizons mission revolutionized our knowledge of Pluto when it flew past that distant world…
From Silicon Valley to Saturn, Cassini’s Grand Finale is Only a Beginning
On September 15, a month before the twentieth anniversary of its launch on October 15, 1997,…
NASA Selects Economic Research Studies to Examine Investments in Space
NASA Selects Economic Research Studies to Examine Investments in Space
NASA Air Traffic Management Research Tool Shows New Colors
A pivotal piece of NASA air traffic management (ATM) software is getting fresh attention as the…