Where Does the Sand Come From?

This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter (MRO) shows one possible place where sand grains are…

Suited Up for a Day’s Work

Astronaut Randy Bresnik conducts a spacewalk on October 5.

Media Accreditation Opens for Launch of NOAA’s JPSS-1 Satellite

The Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1), the first in a new series of four highly advanced…

NASA Offers Access to Cygnus Spacecraft Ahead of Next Space Station Mission

Media are invited to view and photograph Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft, packed with cargo and scientific…

First Meeting of the National Space Council

Members of the National Space Council are seen during the council's first meeting on Oct. 5…

NASA Statement on National Space Council Policy for Future American Leadership in Space

The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot about the results from the…

Michigan Students to Speak with NASA Astronauts on Space Station

Students at St. Mary Cathedral School in Gaylord, Michigan, will speak with NASA astronauts living, working…

NASA Provides Coverage for First Meeting of the National Space Council

NASA Television and the agency’s website will provide live coverage of the first meeting of the…

The Scientific Quest to Explain Kepler’s Most Enigmatic Find

Some 1,500 light years from Earth, a mystery of stellar proportions is playing out. The world…

Oct. 4, 1957 – Sputnik, the Dawn of the Space Age

History changed on Oct. 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik from the Baikonur…