NASA Awards Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager

NASA has awarded a sole source contract to Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp. of Boulder, Colo.,…

Hellas Planitia

This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter…

NASA Ames Stimulates Economy With Jobs, Innovation

NASA’s Ames Research Center generated 5,300 jobs and $877 million in total annual economic activity in…

NASA Enables Students to Launch Virtual Space Shuttle

As NASA prepares to launch a space shuttle on Friday, May 14, the agency is offering…

Atlantis Launch Now a Week Away

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

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…

NASA Announces Shuttle Prelaunch Events and Countdown Details

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

Freedom 7

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