Astronaut Karen Nyberg Inspires the Next Generation of Explorers

Astronaut Karen Nyberg poses for a photograph with an enthusiastic NASA Social attendee following a presentation…

NASA Space Assets Detect Ocean inside Saturn Moon

NASA's Cassini spacecraft and Deep Space Network have uncovered evidence Saturn's moon Enceladus harbors a large…

NASA Challenge Invites Students to Design Exploration Systems

College and university students have an opportunity to help design systems for future space habitats and…

Take the Plunge: LADEE Impact Challenge

NASA's LADEE spacecraft is gradually lowering its orbital altitude over the moon and continues to make…

NASA Brings Science to Life in Guam Classrooms

In addition to doing cutting-edge atmospheric science, ATTREX team shared the excitement of their scientific mission…

Researchers Discover Origin of Soil on Small Asteroids

An international team of researchers from academic and government institutions has determined the likely origin for…

NASA Satellite to Continue Gathering Data Up to Planned Lunar Impact

NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft is gradually lowering its orbital altitude to…

NASA Celebrates Earth Day with “Global Selfie” Event

For the first time in more than a decade, five NASA Earth-observing missions will be launched…

James Webb Space Telescope’s Near Infrared Spectrograph Installed

In March 2014, the James Webb Space Telescope's flight Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) was installed into…

Three Atmospheric ‘Dragons’: Low Pressure Areas Around the U.S.

There are three low pressure systems around the U.S. and they resemble dragons on satellite imagery.…