Mars Rover Heads Uphill After Solving ‘Doughnut’ Riddle

Researchers have determined the now-infamous Martian rock resembling a jelly doughnut, dubbed Pinnacle Island, is a…

Chandra Observatory Sees a Heart in the Darkness

This Chandra X-Ray Observatory image of the young star cluster NGC 346 highlights a heart-shaped cloud…

Kepler Mission Manager Update: K2 spacecraft operation tests continue

During one of the demonstration tests, the known planet-hosting star WASP-28 was observed while in K2's…

Space Station SPHERES Run Circles Around Ordinary Satellites

Four current and upcoming SPHERES projects are of particular significance to NASA exploration and anyone who…

NASA Completes First ATTREX Science Mission

Lengthy science flight over Western Pacific tracked changes in upper atmosphere to help researchers understand how…

NASA Television Airs Departure of Commercial Cargo Ship from Space Station

Orbital Sciences' Cygnus cargo spacecraft, which delivered almost a ton-and-a-half of supplies and scientific experiments to…

NASA Hosts Media Teleconference About Supernovas

NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 19, to announce new…

Crawler-Transporter Passes Milestone Test at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

The crawler-transporter that will carry NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft to Launch Pad…

LADEE Sends Its First Images of the Moon Back to Earth

Earlier this month, NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) observatory successfully downlinked images of…

NASA Moves Longest-Serving Mars Spacecraft for New Observations

NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has tweaked its orbit to help scientists make the first systematic observations…