U.S. and France Sign Agreements for Civil Space Cooperation

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and French Space Agency President Yannick d'Escatha signed four agreements in support…

Up and Away

Space shuttle Discovery, mounted on leveling jacks, is surrounded by work platforms while undergoing servicing and…

[release] Successful Berthing of the Demonstration Flight HTV at the ISS

The Demonstration Flight H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) was successfully berthed at the International S

Europe’s ‘Big Bang’ space telescope off to good start

A revolutionary space telescope designed to peek into the remnants of the "Big Bang" that created…

Teams Given “Go” For Ferry Flight, But No Friday Departure

Following this afternoon’s Ferry Flight Readiness Review meeting at NASA’s Dryden Research Center, shuttle managers are…

Discovery’s Ferry Flight Targeted to Begin Friday

Shuttle teams at Edwards Air Force Base in California are targeting a mid-to-late morning Pacific time…

Cupola mated to the Tranquility node in NASA’s Space Station Processing Facility – Image

Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja, 2009

HTV-1 continues nominal rendezvous maneuvering toward final approach phase

On Flight Day 8 (FD8), the HTV-1 is set to perform a series of rendezvous maneuvers…

Next Station Commander Shares Training, Flight on Twitter and Blog

NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, who will command the next International Space Station mission, is using Twitter,…

NASA Lunar Satellite Begins Detailed Mapping of Moon’s South Pole

NASA reported Thursday that its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed its testing and…