Two recently launched NASA missions won “Best of What’s New” awards from Popular Science magazine. The…
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SUCCESSFUL PAD ABORT DEMO
A launch pad abort test vehicle, being designed in support of NASA’s Orbital Space Plane (OSP)…
NASA CELEBRATES SKYLAB ANNIVERSARY
Eight NASA astronauts who lived and worked on Skylab, America’s first space station, will celebrate the…
NASA ONLINE CHILDREN’S BOOK
NASA recently updated its online, interactive children’s book, “Robin Whirlybird on her Rotorcraft Adventures,” for Spanish-speaking…
EXPLORER MISSION PROPOSALS
NASA recently selected candidate mission proposals that would study the universe, from Jupiter and the sun…
NASA TO PREPARE EIS FOR HAWAII PROJECT
NASA today announced it will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Outrigger Telescope Project,…
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…