Gearing up for its first flight test, NASA’s Adaptable Deployable Entry Placement Technology, or ADEPT, is…
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NASA Administrator Meets Agency’s Innovators in Silicon Valley
"You're going to be a part of making history, as your predecessors were a part of…
How Scientists Predicted Corona’s Appearance During Aug. 21, 2017, Total Solar Eclipse
A week before the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse that was visible across the U.S.,…
NASA Researchers Find Evidence of Planet-Building Clumps
NASA scientists have found the first evidence supporting a theory that golf ball-size clumps of space…
Ice Confirmed at the Moon’s Poles
In the darkest and coldest parts of its polar regions, a team of scientists has directly…
Fun Ways to “Fly” this National Aviation Day
Ever since 1939, August 19 has been celebrated as National Aviation Day, the legacy of a…
What is NASA’s Heat Melt Compactor?
Dealing with trash is a challenge wherever people work and live, and space is no exception.…
Water Is Destroyed, Then Reborn in Ultrahot Jupiters
Ultrahot Jupiters are planets with scorching daysides, where water molecules are ripped apart, only to re-form…
Expedition Probes Ocean’s Smallest Organisms for Climate Answers
In August a team of scientists is sailing 200 miles to the northeastern Pacific Ocean with…
Getting More Out of Microbes: Studying Shewanella in Microgravity
While cities, towns, and spaceships operated entirely from energy generated by microbial sources are still the…