Sunrise on the Moon

On June 10, 2011, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter angled its orbit 65° to the west, allowing…

NASA Plans Air Pollution Flights Over Maryland On July 1

NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign is scheduled to take to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington…

NASA Completes Mirror Polishing For James Webb Space Telescope

Mirrors are a critical part of a telescope.

NASA’S Spitzer Finds Distant Galaxies Grazed On Gas

Galaxies once thought of as voracious tigers are more like grazing cows, according to a new…

Atlantis and Crew Prepared for July 8 Liftoff

Launch pad technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are in the process of closing…

NASA’S Partners Meet Milestones For Developing Future Commercial Spacecraft

NASA's industry partners have met all their initial milestones in developing commercial crew transportation capabilities to…

NASA Awards Safety Center Technical Support Services Contract

NASA has selected Alphaport Inc. of Cleveland to provide technical support services to the NASA Safety…

Walkway to Space

The doors to the White Room, which provide entry to space shuttle Atlantis' crew compartment, is…

NASA Operations, Systems Engineering And Software Contract

NASA awarded a follow-on contract to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Corporation (LMSSC) for Mission Operations, Systems…

NASA Flight Directors Available For Interviews For Final Shuttle Mission

NASA Flight Directors Kwatsi Alibaruho (KWAT-see Ah-lee-buh-roo-hoe) of Maywood, Ill., and Chris Edelen of Martinsville, Va.,…