James Webb Space Telescope Passes a Mission Milestone

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has passed its first significant mission milestone for 2014 -- a…

NASA Instruments on European Comet Spacecraft Begin Activation Countdown

Three NASA science instruments are being prepared for check-out operations aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta…

NASA Discusses Lunar CATALYST Commercial Lunar Lander Initiative

NASA will host a media teleconference at 12:30 p.m. EST Monday, Jan. 27, to discuss the…

NASA Offers Space Tech Grants To Early Career University Faculty

NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate is seeking proposals from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of outstanding…

NASA’s Opportunity Rover Yields More Data on Changes to Mars’ Environment

New findings from rock samples collected and examined by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity have confirmed…

Sierra Nevada Corporation Announces New Space Plans for NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

In the latest example of NASA Kennedy Space Center's transformation into a multi-user spaceport, Sierra Nevada…

NASA Launches Third Generation Communications Satellite

NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite L (TDRS-L), the 12th spacecraft in the agency's TDRS Project,…

Herschel Telescope Detects Water on Dwarf Planet

Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on…

NASA Receives Mars 2020 Rover Instrument Proposals for Evaluation

NASA has received 58 proposals for science and exploration technology instruments to fly aboard the agency's…

NASA Hosts News Conference About 10 Years of Roving on Mars

NASA Opportunity rover was built for a three-month mission on Mars, but continues to return valuable…