NASA Extends Johnson Safety and Mission Assurance Contract

NASA has exercised a $60 million, one-year extension option for a contract with Science Applications International…

Mission Preparations in Full Swing

Preparations for STS-131, the next mission to the International Space Station, continue today at NASA's Kennedy…

Huygens on Titan

In 2005 the robotic Huygens probe landed on Titan, Saturn's enigmatic moon, and sent back the…

NASA Hosts First-Ever Water Sustainability Forum March 16 -18

NASA today announced its founding partnership of Launch, an initiative to identify, showcase and support innovative…

Crew Heads Home After Launch Rehearsal

Early Friday afternoon, the STS-131 astronauts departed from the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA's Kennedy…

Launch Countdown Rehearsal Completed

This morning at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the STS-131 astronauts' week of prelaunch training…

Launch Countdown Rehearsal Under Way

This morning at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the STS-131 astronauts' week of prelaunch training…

Winds of Change

This is a composite image of NGC 1068, one of the nearest and brightest galaxies containing…

Crew and Shuttle Get Ready for Launch

Thursday morning, the STS-131 astronauts participated in a media question-and-answer session at Launch Pad 39A before…

Iceberg Collision in Antarctica

An oblong iceberg roughly as big as Rhode Island called B-09B (center right in this image)…