NASA will host a news briefing at 2 p.m. EDT, Thursday, April 18, to announce new…
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NASA’s SOFIA Flying Observatory Marks 100th Flight
Staff of NASA's SOFIA observatory gathered in front of the flying telescope to mark the 100th…
80th Anniversary of Sunnyvale Naval Air Station
Image: U.S.S. Macon moored at south end of Hangar 1 (1934). Today is the 80th anniversary…
Is There an Atmosphere on the Moon?
Until recently, most everyone accepted the conventional wisdom that the moon has virtually no atmosphere.
NASA Imaging Sensor Prepares for Western Wildfire Season
NASA-developed wildfire imaging sensor has begun test flights onboard a USFS aircraft in preparation for this…
Ames Hosts Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Media Teleconference
Reporters are invited to participate in a teleconference with the Ames center director to discuss the…
Ames Honored with Invention Award for Sensor
NASA's Ames Research Center has won the 2012 NASA Government Invention of the Year for a…
NASA Celebrates Four Decades of Plucky Pioneer 11
Forty years ago a small, ambitious spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, heading towards the third-brightest point…
NASA Team Investigates Complex Chemistry at Titan
A laboratory experiment at JPL simulating the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan suggests another region in…
NASA Flies Unmanned Aircraft Into Volcanic Plume
NASA Earth science researchers recently traveled to Turrialba Volcano, near San Jose, Costa Rica to study…