NASA is inviting social media followers for a behind-the-scenes look at airborne Earth science missions during…
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SOFIA Upgrades: Integrating Telescope Onboard Command and Control Systems
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft has recently received major upgrades to its observatory…
Ancient Microbes Discovered in Antarctic Lake
In a remote lake in Antarctica, 65 feet beneath the icy surface, scientists from NASA and…
NASA’s HS3 Hurricane Mission Ends for 2012
NASA's 2012 HS3 mission came to an end Nov. 6 when an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft…
NASA Co-Hosts Science Communication Competition
Some bright young scientific minds will come together next week to participate in Famelab, an international…
LADEE Project Manager Update
Engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center recently completed the initial electromagnetic interference tests of NASA's LADEE…
Why Study Plants in Space?
Why is NASA conducting plant research aboard the International Space Station?
Kepler Mission Manager Update
After discovering the spacecraft was not collecting precision data, Kepler engineers succeeded in returning the spacecraft…
Video: PhoneSat Selected in “Best of What’s New 2012”
Popular Science magazine has chosen NASA Ames' PhoneSat project as one of the winners for their…
Kepler Completes Prime Mission, Begins Extended Mission
NASA is marking the successful completion of the Kepler Space Telescope's prime mission and the beginning…