Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Launch Site at JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center

The launch pads at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island,…

NASA to Hold Asteroid Initiative Opportunities Forum

As the next step in advancing NASA’s asteroid initiative, the agency will host an Opportunities Forum…

NASA to Discuss Earth Science Help for California Drought

NASA officials will participate in a media briefing at 9:30 a.m. PST Tuesday, Feb. 25 about…

NASA to Discuss Earth Science Help for California Drought

NASA officials will participate in a media briefing at 9:30 a.m. PST Tuesday, Feb. 25.

The Shocking Behavior of a Speedy Star

Roguish runaway stars can have a big impact on their surroundings as they plunge through the…

NASA Hosts Media Teleconference to Announce Latest Kepler Discoveries

NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Feb. 26, to announce new…

NASA Launches STEM-in-Sports Online Series

Teachers and students can learn the science behind scoring a touchdown, throwing a slam-dunk or a…

Need to Track Organic Nano-Particles Across the Universe? NASA’s Got an App for That

Scientists at Ames today released a significant expansion and upgrade to a public, online database that…

NASA’s IRIS Spots Its Largest Solar Flare

On Jan. 28, 2014, NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, witnessed its strongest solar flare…

Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. With Mercury “Friendship 7” Spacecraft

Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury Atlas 6 (MA-6) spaceflight, poses for a…