Atlantis Launch Now a Week Away

With liftoff now only a week away, final preps are under way for the launch of…

NASA Announces Shuttle Prelaunch Events and Countdown Details

NASA has set the schedule for news conferences, events and operating hours at the Kennedy Space…

Assembly Line of Stars

The constellation Vulpecula is a veritable entire assembly line of newborn stars. The diffuse glow reveals…

Airspace, Road, Bridge and Waterway Closures for STS-132

NASA has set the airspace, road, bridge and waterway closures around Kennedy Space Center for space…

Atlantis Fueling Preps Under Way; “Go” for Launch May 14

Launch of space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-132 mission to the International Space Station officially is…

NASA Names Chief Technology Officer for IT

NASA Chief Information Officer Linda Cureton announced Chris C. Kemp as the first NASA Chief Technology…

Freedom 7

On May 5, 1961, at 9:34am EST NASA astronaut Alan Shepard launched about his Mercury Redstone…

Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in Infrared

On Sat., April 17, 2010, the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) instrument aboard NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1)…

NASA Announces Next Undersea Exploration Mission Dates And Crew

NASA will send two astronauts, a veteran undersea engineer and an experienced scientist into the ocean…

NASA Successfully Tests Orion Launch Abort System

NASA's Pad Abort 1 flight test, a launch of the abort system designed for the Orion…