Discovery and Crew Draw Closer to Launch Day

At Launch Pad 39A today, NASA's Kennedy Space Center technicians will pressurize space shuttle Discovery's main…

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

This new composite image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope shows the dusty…

Discovery’s Launch One Week Away

Today at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians at Launch Pad 39A are preparing space…

NASA Extends Contract for Supercomputing Support

NASA will exercise a one-year extension option on a contract with Computer Sciences Corporation in Lanham,…

The Spirit of Pete Conrad Lives on at Innovation Summit

A lunar habitat module, paper that captures sound as energy and a drug delivery system for…

NASA Chooses Student Teams to Test Experiments on Balloonsat

NASA selected four high school teams as finalists in the Balloonsat High Altitude Flight competition. Their…

NASA’s First Class of Female Astronauts

From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A.…

NASA Extends Contract for Supercomputing Support Services

NASA will exercise a one-year extension option on a contract with Computer Sciences Corporation in Lanham,…

Discovery Fit to Fly on April 5

NASA managers gave space shuttle Discovery the "go" for an April 5 launch date for the…

Discovery Gets “Go” as News Conference Set for 5:30

Managers have concluded today's Flight Readiness Review at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and given…