Astronomers are eagerly waiting to begin use of a new instrument to study celestial objects: a…
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Venice Lagoon
A narrow barrier island protects the Lagoon of Venice from storm waves in the northern Adriatic…
NASA’s ‘Flying Saucer’ Readies for First Test Flight
NASA's flying saucer-shaped test vehicle is ready to take to the skies from the U.S. Navy's…
Astronomers Confounded By Massive Rocky World
Astronomers have discovered a rocky planet that weighs 17 times as much as Earth and is…
Morpheus Prototype Uses Hazard Detection System to Land Safely in Dark
NASA demonstrated that it can land an unmanned spacecraft on a rugged planetary surface in the…
Orion Heat Shield Attached
The world’s largest heat shield, measuring 16.5 feet in diameter, has been successfully attached to the…
NASA and Industry Complete First Phase to Certify New Crew Transportation Systems
NASA's Commercial Crew Program and industry have completed the first step in the certification process that…
A First for NASA’s IRIS: Observing a Gigantic Eruption of Solar Material
NASA's newest solar observatory, IRIS, caught its first coronal mass ejection in extraordinary detail, in better…
Citizen Scientists Successfully Communicate with Spacecraft
A group of citizen scientists has successfully established communication with an inactive NASA spacecraft in an…
Orion Crew Module Set for Connection to Heat Shield
At the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the Orion crew module and…