Technology drives exploration. For 60 years, we have advanced technology to meet the rigorous needs of our missions. From GPS navigation to water filtration…
On July 16, 1958, the Congress in the United States adopted what was then called the National Aeronautics and Space Act. Then on July…
NASA discusses new science results from NASA's Mars Curiosity rover. The media and public are invited to ask questions. Michelle Thaller, assistant director of…
On Feb. 12, NASA centers across the country hosted “State of NASA” events, following President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal delivery to the U.S.…
On February 12, 2018, Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot gave a State of NASA address to roll out the Fiscal Year 2019 Budget proposal. This video…
Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot and National Space Council Executive Secretary Scott Pace comment on Space Policy Directive 1, signed Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, by…
In terms of climate change research, scientists need to understand the balance between energy coming in from the Sun and energy radiating out from Earth,…
Communicating from Earth to any spacecraft is a complex challenge, largely due to the extreme distances involved. When data are transmitted and received across thousands…
Mars 2020 is a Mars rover mission from NASA's Mars Exploration Program with a planned launch in 2020. The ambitious NASA Mars rover mission will…
Humanity's drive to explore led to one of the most iconic exploration machines of all time, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Launched into low Earth orbit…
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik and Flight Engineers Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA discussed life and research…
NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, launches in December 2017 and orbits above the upper atmosphere, through the bottom edge of near-Earth space. From this…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured images of the events. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a…
The Verge's Loren Grush learns how NASA trains its astronauts before sending them to space. Simulating the space environment — either with a giant pool…
NASA's Langley Research Centre, a facility that changed the way how airplanes fly today and space is explored, has completed 100 years. Founded in 1917,…
The unpiloted SpaceX/Dragon cargo craft departed the International Space Station July 2 bound for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Long Beach,…
The Space Robotics Competition tasks teams with developing and displaying the ability of a robot to assist in the procedures of NASA missions, awarding up…
Scientists from NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter discussed their first in-depth science results in a media teleconference on May 25, 2017. The teleconference participants were:…
This cool animation shows us many of NASA's fleet of Earth-observing spacecraft's, that measure aspects of the environment that touch the lives of every person…
NASA, in coordination with United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Orbital ATK, will broadcast the world’s first live 360-degree stream of a rocket launch. This stream…