NASA and Smithsonian to Host 10 Year Anniversary Events for Mars Rovers

Media and public are invited to attend events hosted by NASA and the Smithsonian’s National Air…

NASA’s Fermi Makes First Gamma-ray Study of a Gravitational Lens

An international team of astronomers, using NASA's Fermi observatory, has made the first-ever gamma-ray measurements of…

NASA Television Updates Coverage for Orbital Sciences Mission to Space Station

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the Wednesday Jan. 8 launch of Orbital Sciences Corp.'s…

Antares Rocket Rolls Out at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility

An Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as it is rolled out to Launch Pad-0A…

NASA’s Fermi Makes First Gamma-ray Study of a Gravitational Lens

An international team of astronomers, using NASA's Fermi observatory, has made the first-ever gamma-ray measurements of…

NASA Kepler Provides Insight About Enigmatic But Ubiquitous Planets, Five New Rocky Planets

The Kepler team today reports on four years of ground-based follow-up observations targeting Kepler's exoplanet systems…

NASA to Share Noteworthy Discoveries at Annual Meeting of the American Astronomical Society

NASA scientists will present exciting new findings on a wide range of topics in the field…

Ten Years Ago, Spirit Rover Lands on Mars

This mosaic image taken on Jan. 4, 2004, by the navigation camera on the Mars Exploration…

The World’s Tallest Mountain

Fourteen mountain peaks on Earth stand taller than 8,000 meters (26,247 feet). The tallest of these…

International Space Station Crew to Connect with Virginia Students

Students in Newport News and Williamsburg, Va., will begin 2014 by talking with astronauts in orbit…