Kepler Mission Manager Update: Preparing for Recovery

Exploratory recovery commanding of Kepler’s reaction wheels will commence mid-to-late July.

Kepler Data Reveal First Transiting Planets in a Star Cluster

Astronomers have found two planets smaller than three times the size of Earth orbiting sun-like stars…

Kepler Data Reveal First Transiting Planets in a Star Cluster

Astronomers have found two planets smaller than three times the size of Earth orbiting sun-like stars…

NASA Launches Satellite to Study How Sun’s Atmosphere is Energized

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft launched Wednesday at 7:27 p.m. PDT from Vandenberg Air…

NASA Launches Satellite to Study How Sun's Atmosphere is Energized

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft launched Wednesday at 7:27 p.m. PDT from Vandenberg Air…

IRIS Status Update: Ready for Flight

The Launch Readiness Review for NASA's IRIS observatory was held today. All Pegasus and IRIS systems…

IRIS Launch Broadcast Viewing at NASA Ames [sold out]

UPDATE: 24 hour delay. New event info: On Thursday, June 27, NASA’s newest mission, the Interface…

UPDATE: Ames Hosts Media for Rescheduled IRIS Launch

The launch of NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission has been delayed to 7:27 p.m.…

Bacteria Sent Into Space Behave in Mysterious Ways

Colonies of bacteria grown aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis behaved in ways never before observed on…

NASA Ames Keeps the Dream of Space Exploration Alive