Linear Dunes, Namib Sand Sea

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) used a long lens to document what crews…

NASA Awards Launch Services Program Support Contract

NASA has awarded a contract to a.i. solutions, Inc., of Lanham, Maryland, to support the agency’s…

Oceanic Nonlinear Internal Solitary Waves From the Lombok Strait

On November 1, 2016, NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over Indonesia, allowing the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer…

NASA Announces First Geostationary Vegetation, Atmospheric Carbon Mission

NASA has selected a first-of-its-kind Earth science mission that will extend our nation’s lead in measuring…

Cosmic dust grains found on city rooftops for the first time

Sifting through muck trapped in roof gutters in Paris, Oslo and Berlin yielded 500 tiny particles…

Cosmic dust grains found on city rooftops for the first time

Sifting through muck trapped in roof gutters in Paris, Oslo and Berlin yielded 500 tiny particles…

Eugene Tu: From Ames Intern to Ames Center Director

As a second-generation American, the director of Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, Eugene Tu, may…

Eugene Tu: From Ames Intern to Ames Center Director

As a second-generation American, the director of Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, Eugene Tu, may…

Sahara Desert From the Space Station’s EarthKAM

Middle school students programmed a camera aboard the International Space Station -- the Sally Ride EarthKAM…

NASA Awards Contract for Refueling Mission Spacecraft

NASA has awarded the Restore-L Spacecraft Bus and Support Services contract to Space Systems/Loral of Palo…