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…

Phonesat Wins Popular Science Best of What’s New Award

NASA's PhoneSat project has won Popular Science's 2012 Best of What's New Award for innovation in…

Kepler Completes Prime Mission, Begins Extended Mission

NASA is marking the successful completion of the Kepler Space Telescope's prime mission and the beginning…