Ghostly Spokes in the Rings

Scientists first saw these somewhat wedge-shaped, transient clouds of tiny particles known as "spokes" in images…

NASA Test Fires New Rocket Engine for Commercial Space Vehicle

NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi conducted a successful test firing Nov. 10 of…

Status of GUCP Work, ET Foam and Stringer Cracks

Overnight, crews removed space shuttle Discovery’s ground umbilical carrier assembly, or GUCA, which includes the flight…

Discovery’s Ground Umbilical Carrier Assembly Removed

Overnight, crews removed space shuttle Discovery’s ground umbilical carrier assembly, or GUCA, which includes the flight…

NASA Awards Modular Space Vehicles Contract

Acting as a contracting agent for the Department of Defense's Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office, NASA…

External Tank Cracks Identified, Repair Plans Being Evaluated

This morning during removal of external fuel tank foam insulation, technicians identified two cracks on a…

Repair Analysis Continues at the Launch Pad

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians at Launch Pad 39A began disconnecting space shuttle…

NASA Administrator Bolden Statement On The Webb Telescope

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden made the following statement today on the release of an independent panel's…

NASA Announces Televised Chandra News Conference

NASA will hold a news conference at 12:30 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 15, to discuss…

NASA Holds Teleconference About Space Telescope Review Report

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 5 p.m. EST today to discuss an independent review…