Designing Future Human Space Exploration on Hawaii’s Lava Fields

On the lava fields of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, a team of NASA researchers and partners have…

NASA-funded Simulations Show How Massive Collisions Delivered Metal to Early Earth

Planetary collisions are at the core of our solar system’s formation. Scientists have long believed that…

NASA Selects University Partners for Small Spacecraft Collaboration

NASA Selects University Partners for Small Spacecraft Collaboration

NASA Is Sending E. coli to Space for Astronaut Health

Ever wonder what would happen if you got sick in space? NASA has sent bacteria samples…

Our Living Planet Shapes the Search for Life Beyond Earth

The knowledge and tools NASA has developed to study life on Earth will be a great…

The Changing Colors of our Living Planet

While NASA began monitoring life on land in the 1970s with the Landsat satellites, this fall…

NASA CubeSat Missions: Pushing the Boundaries of Technology

NASA CubeSat Missions: Pushing the Boundaries of Technology

NASA Moves Up Critical Crew Safety Launch Abort Test

NASA’s Orion spacecraft is scheduled to undergo a design test in April 2019 of the capsule’s…

Observations of a Comet’s First Passage Through the Solar System Reveal Unexpected Secrets

Researchers onboard NASA’s flying observatory examined a new comet as it made its first approach through…

NASA CubeSat to Test Miniaturized Weather Satellite Technology

On Nov. 10 a NASA-funded, shoebox-sized CubeSat will be launched into Earth's orbit to demonstrate that…