A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most recently…
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases Annual Report
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, or ASAP, has released its 2011 annual report. The ASAP holds…
Educators Selected to Fly on NASA’s SOFIA Airborne Observatory
Twenty-six educators from the United States have been selected for research flights aboard SOFIA, NASA's Stratospheric…
NASA’s NuSTAR Ships to Vandenberg Ahead of March 14 Launch
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, shipped to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Tuesday…
NASA Renames Earth-Observing Mission in Honor of Satellite Pioneer
NASA has renamed its newest Earth-observing satellite in honor of the late Verner E. Suomi, a…
Opportunity’s Eighth Anniversary View From ‘Greeley Haven’ (False Color)
This mosaic of images taken in mid-January 2012 shows the windswept vista northward (left) to northeastward…
Aurora borealis expected from massive solar storm
A massive explosion on the sun's surface has triggered the largest solar radiation storm since 2005…
[release] 1st International Announcement of Opportunity for HAYABUSA Sample Investigation
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been engaged in initial analysis* of Itokawa’s s
NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck Visits Wallops
NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck, left, and Robin Heard, Manager of Antares Upper Stage Ground Operations,…
Zero Robotics Challenge Winners Decided in High-Tech Competition
Two hundred high school students packed an auditorium at MIT on Monday, Jan. 23, for a…