North American Students Become Virtual Explorers

Students from across North America recently participated in a real NASA Mars mission

Educator Teams Fly on NASA’s SOFIA Airborne Observatory

The first four Airborne Astronomy Ambassador (AAA) educators returned safely to Earth, landing in Palmdale, Calif.…

NASA Designs New Space Telescope Optics

Although hundreds of planets orbiting other stars have been discovered in the past 15 years, we…

NASA Targets Water Recycling System for Rapid Development

NASA Targets Water Recycling System for Rapid Development

NASA’s Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample

NASA's Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of…

Kepler Data Suggest Earth-size Planets May Be Next Door

Astronomers estimate that six percent of red dwarfs have a temperate Earth-size planet, as close as…

LADEE Project Manager Update

Engineers at NASA’s Ames Research Center have completed all of the mechanical tests of the Lunar…

Sector 33 Game App Goes Android

Up to the challenge of playing a game where you're in control of airplanes in a…

NASA Ames AJAX Project Supports DISCOVER-AQ Campaign

Earth science researchers at NASA’s Ames are supporting the DISCOVER-AQ mission currently taking place this month…

Day of Remembrance and Kalpana Chawla Exhibit

Image: Ames held a Day of Remembrance Ceremony at which an exhibit was unveiled to pay…