For NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center, 2009 marked a convergence of the past, present and…
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Astronauts Aboard the Space Station Talk With Troops in Iraq; Brave Men and Women on Both Sides of the Holiday Hookup Are Far From Home
Some U.S. forces in Iraq will get the chance during the holidays to talk with two…
Mayon Volcano, The Phillipines
Tens of thousands of people living within the danger zone of Mayon Volcano in the Philippines…
Undergraduate Students Fly High for Weightless Science
NASA has selected 28 undergraduate student teams to test their science experiments in simulated weightlessness.
Terra Turns Ten: Snow, Clouds and Sunlight
NASA flies three large, multi-sensor satellites that monitor Earth’s land, atmosphere, oceans and energy balance. Because…
Endeavour Ready for Holidays
Space shuttle Endeavour's hatch has been closed and purging systems are set up to blow warm…
NASA Awards Contract for Moon-Bound Mission
NASA has selected Space Systems/Loral, Palo Alto, Calif., to receive a contract for the propulsion system…
Crew Lifts Off From Kazakhstan to Begin Science and Construction Work Aboard the International Space Station
NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi…
Expedition 22 Lifts Off
The Soyuz TMA-17 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:52 p.m. EST on…
NASA Flight Tests Unique Jumbo Jet with Opening in Side; Plane’s Airborne Telescope Will Be Used to Study Cosmos
A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared…