NASA and ATK Successfully Test Ares First Stage Motor

NASA and industry engineers lit up the Utah sky Thursday with the initial full-scale, full-duration test…

Shuttle Discovery Could Create Sonic Booms Along Coast

If space shuttle Discovery is unable to land at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on its…

NASA Ames to Host Administration’s Cloud Computing Announcement

Reporters are invited to participate in a news conference at NASA's Ames Research Center at 10…

NASA and ATK Schedule Motor Test for Ares Rocket on Sept. 10

NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc., or ATK, have rescheduled the test of the new first-stage solid…

Discovery Ready for Landing

Space shuttle Discovery underwent the Flight Control System checkout and Reaction Control System hotfire using all…

Crew Completes Flight Control Systems Tests

The STS-128 crew have tested space shuttle Discovery's flight control systems in preparation for Thursday’s landing…

Crew Prepares for Thursday Landing

Today’s wakeup song was “Sailing” by Rod Stewart, played for Christer Fuglesang at 11 a.m. EDT.…

Packing for the Voyage Home

In the grasp of the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm, the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module…

Sen. Mikulski Unveils First Images from Rejuvenated Hubble

Astronomers declared NASA's Hubble Space Telescope a fully rejuvenated observatory with the release Wednesday of observations…

Veteran Astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper Leaves NASA

NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy Capt. Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper has left NASA to return to the…