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Researchers analyzing pulverized rock onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover have found the largest organic compounds on the Red Planet to date. The...

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScITwo actively forming stars are responsible for the shimmering hourglass-shaped ejections of gas and dust that gleam...

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov...

5 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)Researcher Ann Raiho measures sunlight interacting with yell...

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, second from left, and NASA astronauts Nick Hague, second from ri...

On March 23, 1965, the United States launched the Gemini III spacecraft with astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and John Young aboard, America’...

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4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)A NASA researcher and innovation architect from the Converge...

4 min readNASA to Launch Three Rockets from Alaska in Single Aurora ExperimentThree NASA-funded rockets are set to launch from Poker Fl...

NASA/George SheltonA dolphin swims through the water in the Launch Complex 39 Area turn basin at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida o...

Technicians with NASA and Lockheed Martin fitted three spacecraft adapter jettison fairing panels onto the service module of the agency’s Or...

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm shortly after its capture Credit: NASAAfter de...

4 Min Read3D Printing: Saving Weight and Space at Launch...

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This year’s RASC-AL competition invited undergraduate and graduate students from across the nation to develop new, innovative concepts to im...

5 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)This artist’s concept shows astronauts working on the Moon a...

Students explore the Manufacturing Facility at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland during Career Technical Education Day on March 1...

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NASA’s Acting Associate Administrator for NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate Lori Glaze, right, and NASA Langley Act...

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The NASA Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) seeks solutions to complex Earth Science problems using transformative or unconventional com...

6 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)Located off the coast of Ecuador, Paramount seamount is amon...

The high-rise bridge that serves as the primary access point for employees and visitors to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida now is ful...