NASA and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation announced their intention to pursue the first…
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MESSENGER EARTH SWINGBY
NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft, headed toward the first study of Mercury from orbit, swung by Earth on…
CHANDRA SOLVES SOLAR PARADOX
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory survey of nearby sun-like stars suggests there is nearly three times more…
NEW CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE
NASA, in collaboration with the Volanz Aerospace Inc./Spaceflight America (Volanz), today announced a new Centennial Challenges…
CASSINI FINDS UNUSUAL GEOLOGY
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has obtained new detailed images of the south polar region of Saturn’s moon…
NEW MARS ORBITER
NASA’s next mission to Mars will examine it in unprecedented detail from low orbit. It will…
Smoke Alarms
NASA researchers have successfully tested a new generation of fire detectors that could significantly reduce the…
Space Telescope Launched
A pioneering X-ray detector, developed jointly by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., and the…
QUIETER SUPERSONIC BOOM
NASA and industry teams are studying how to design and build an airplane that could demonstrate…
LAKE-LIKE FEATURE ON TITAN
Scientists are fascinated by a dark, lake-like feature recently observed on Saturn’s moon Titan. NASA’s Cassini…