NASA’S Refueling Demonstration Proves Viability Of Satellite-Servicing Technologies

NASA has demonstrated robotic fluid transfer in space, an objective that will help inform the development…

NASA Awards Engineering, Technology and Science Contract

NASA has selected Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tenn., for an engineering, technology and science contract…

NASA Telescopes Discover Strobe-Like Flashes in a Suspected Binary Protostar

Two of NASA's great observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, have teamed up to uncover…

NASA Administrator, Interior Secretary Attend Landsat Launch

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will attend the launch of the Landsat…

Fairing Encloses Landsat Satellite

Technicians encapsulate NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite in its payload fairing in the Astrotech…

NASA Hosts Its First Google+ Hangout Connecting with Space Station

NASA will host its first Google+ Hangout live with the International Space Station from 10:30 a.m.…

NASA Exercises Modification For East Contract

NASA has exercised the first option under its existing contract with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)…

Kepler Data Suggest Earth-size Planets May Be Next Door

Astronomers estimate that six percent of red dwarfs have a temperate Earth-size planet, as close as…

The Cosmic Hearth

The Orion nebula is featured in this sweeping image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or…

NASA Awards Space Station Mission Operations and Integration Services Contract

NASA has selected Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc. of Huntsville, Ala., for its International Space Station mission…