Small Prototype Earth Return Capsule Flight Tested

NASA's Flight Opportunities Program funded the flight test for the new type of orbital entry return…

SOFIA Team Home After Observing the Southern Skies

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has returned from a six-week deployment to study portions…

The Next Era of Aviation: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management Convention

This week, NASA is hosting a three-day UTM Convention to bring together a broad domestic and…

Finding Another Earth

Kepler's newest planetary find joins a pantheon of planets with similarities to Earth.

Frozen Plains in the Heart of Pluto’s ‘Heart’

In the latest data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, a new close-up image of Pluto reveals…

Future Middle School Teachers Receive NASA Lesson in STEM Instruction

Seventeen students from California State University at Fresno attended a Pre-Service Teacher Institute Program workshop from…

Ames Contributions to the New Horizons Mission to Pluto

Ames Contributions to New Horizons Mission to Pluto

Discover the New Horizons Mission at NASA Ames

NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, will host a public event Tuesday, July 14,…

Pluto and Charon: New Horizons’ Dynamic Duo

A high-contrast array of bright and dark features covers Pluto’s surface, while on Charon, only a…

NASA Missions Have Their Eyes Peeled on Pluto

What's icy, has "wobbly" potato-shaped moons, and is arguably the world's favorite dwarf planet? The answer…