Kepler Mission Manager Update: Preparing for Recovery

Exploratory recovery commanding of Kepler’s reaction wheels will commence mid-to-late July.

Anniversary of the Mars Pathfinder Landing

Mars Pathfinder was launched on Dec. 4, 1996 at 1:58:07 am EST on a Delta II…

NASA Selects Electrical Systems Engineering Services Contract

NASA has awarded a contract to ASRC Federal Space & Defense (AS&D) of Greenbelt, Md., for…

Long-Running NASA/CNES Ocean Satellite Takes Final Bow

The curtain has come down on a superstar of the satellite oceanography world that played the…

Civilian furloughs begin Monday

Department of Defense appropriated fund civilian employees begin a government-mandated furlough beginning Monday for up to…

A window on the world

This remarkable image was taken by ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano through the International Space Station’s window…

Spacewalk Training at Johnson Space Center

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40/41 flight engineer, participates in a spacewalk - or extravehicular activity…

NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Completes Two Human-Critical Reviews

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., recently completed two milestones for NASA's Commercial Crew…

Spacewalk Training at Johnson Space Center

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40/41 flight engineer, participates in a spacewalk - or extravehicular activity…

NASA Tests Game Changing Composite Cryogenic Fuel Tank

NASA recently completed a major space technology development milestone by successfully testing a pressurized, large cryogenic…