EXPLORING POTENTIAL OF SMALL UAVS FOR EARTH STUDIES

NASA is exploring the potential use of uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAV) that look like large radio…

MINIATURE BIOLOGICAL LABS FOR USE IN SPACE

NASA is adapting tiny laboratories embedded in compact discs (CDs) to conduct biological tests aboard the…

SPACE STATION CREW CAPTURES UNIQUE VIEW OF CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES

The wildfires ravaging southern California are even impressive from 240 miles above the Earth. NASA astronaut…

COLUMBIA ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BOARD REPORT ON-LINE

Volumes II-VI of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) report are available on-line. These volumes contain…

SOLAR FLARE ACTIVITY DURING SPACE STATION MISSION

All systems remain go for a return to Earth Monday for the seventh International Space Station…

WARMING OF ARCTIC MAY AFFECT WORLDWIDE CLIMATE

Recently observed change in Arctic temperatures and sea ice cover may be a harbinger of global…

THE PERFECT SPACE STORM

In scientific circles where solar flares, magnetic storms and other unique solar events are discussed, the…

AIR AND SPACE HISTORIANS TO PRESENT SYMPOSIUM

On Nov. 5, 2003, some of the country’s most distinguished aerospace historians will gather at the…

SPACE STATION CREW READY FOR SATURDAY LAUNCH

The next crew for the International Space Station is making last-minute preparations for launch to the…

SOUTH AMERICAN GLACIERS MELTING

The Patagonia Icefields of Chile and Argentina, the largest non-Antarctic ice masses in the Southern Hemisphere,…