NASA is launching a major new education initiative. The NASA Explorer Schools Program premieres Monday, June…
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NASA BIOTECHNOLOGY ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE
What do an anthrax-killing device, soybeans in space, artificial bone replacement materials, light-emitting diodes for wound…
STUDENT EXPLORERS LAUNCH
Students from around the world will present their research findings at the GLOBE Learning Expedition in…
SOUTH AMERICA SHINES ON SPACE RADAR MAP
Straddling the equator and engaged in a titanic clash of great tectonic plates, South America is…
NASA REVIEWING EDUCATOR ASTRONAUT APPLICATIONS
NASA will review more than 1,600 applications from teachers for the three to six slots in…
SECRET LIVES OF GALAXIES UNVEILED IN DEEP SURVEY
Two of NASA’s Great Observatories, bolstered by the largest ground-based telescopes around the world, are beginning…
Envisat MERIS image of the world March 2003
The global reach of the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) instrument on board ESA’s Envisat environmental…
SPACECRAFT TRIO PEEKS AT STORMY SOLAR WEATHER
A three-spacecraft collaboration recorded for the first time the entire initiation process of a high-speed eruption…
ROSETTA STONE DECODES GAMMA-RAY BURST MYSTERY
Scientists have pieced together the key elements of a gamma-ray burst, from star death to dramatic…
NASA HIGHLIGHTS LIGHTNING SAFETY WEEK
The arrival of summer brings increased chances of thunderstorms and dangerous lightning. NASA marks National Lightning…