What's icy, has "wobbly" potato-shaped moons, and is arguably the world's favorite dwarf planet? The answer…
Year: 2015
NASA Selects Astronauts for First U.S. Commercial Spaceflights
NASA has selected four astronauts to train and prepare for commercial spaceflights that will return American…
U.S. Air Force moves to the cloud with Collaboration Pathfinder
The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO) awarded the Collaboration Pathfinder through competition to Dell Federal…
January 19, 2006: New Horizons Launches for Pluto
On Jan. 19, 2006, Clouds part as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft roars into the blue sky…
Pluto’s moon Charon could have mountains named ‘Spock,’ ‘Mordor,’ ‘Tardis’ or ‘Tatooine’
When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft speeds past Pluto, it's going to spot a lot of new…
NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy New Chief of Astronaut Office
NASA’s Director of Flight Operations Brian Kelly has appointed U.S. Navy Capt. Christopher Cassidy as the…
NASA Announces Updated Television Coverage, Media Activities for Pluto Flyby
NASA is inviting media to cover the New Horizons spacecraft’s closest approach and July 14 Pluto…
Second Instrument Delivered for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission
An instrument that will explore the surface of a primitive asteroid in search of water and…
NASA’s New Horizons: A “Heart” from Pluto as Flyby Begins
After a more than nine-year, three-billion mile journey to Pluto, it’s show time for NASA’s New…