VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. – Technicians work on the payload fairing that will protect NASA's Interface Region…
X-48 Research: All good things must come to an end
After nearly six years, a successful and productive joint NASA-Boeing X-48 Hybrid / Blended Wing Body…
NASA'S Kepler Discovers its Smallest 'Habitable Zone' Planets to Date
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the…
The Horsehead Nebula in new light
This fly-through takes the observer on a journey into the famous constellation of Orion, to visit…
Starburst galaxy
Artist’s impression of starburst galaxy HFLS3. The galaxy appears as little more than a faint, red…
Proba-V is seated for flight
ESA’s Proba-V vegetation-mapping minisatellite has been fitted to the payload adapter and met its fellow passengers…
Proba-V on Vespa adapter
Proba-V atop the Vespa (Vega Secondary Payload Adapter) adapter on 15 April 2013. The minisatellite will ride the…