ATV-4 finishing touches

Preparing ATV Albert Einstein's cargo and avionics module to join the propulsion module at Europe's Spaceport,…

Moon’s Dust Plays Key Role in Dynamic Lunar Environment

Dust is a major component of the material on the moon’s surface.

NASA Mission Helps Craft 3-D Image Of Buried Mars Flood Channels

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has provided images allowing scientists for the first time to create…

NASA TV Briefing Discusses Curiosity Rover Analysis of Mars Rock

NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, March 12, to discuss the…

NASA, Lockheed Martin Announce Exploration Design Challenge for Students

NASA and Lockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda, Md., will involve students in the flight test of…

Quiet Interlude in Solar Max

Something unexpected is happening on the Sun. 2013 was supposed to be the year of "solar…

Check out this adorable Chris Hadfield comic

Canadian Astronaut, space enthusiast and internet celebrity, Chris Hadfield, has done wonders for space exploration.

Touching space

Humans do not have to be physically present in space to do useful work there. ESA’s…

Winter Storm Hits the Mid-Atlantic

An image from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite on March 6, 2013, shows a winter storm hitting the…

Listening for the Boom and Rattle of Supersonic Flight

NASA engineers test people's reactions to simulated sonic booms to help develop technologies that might allow…