NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has Ended Operations

NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has ended operations after repeated attempts to contact the spacecraft were unsuccessful. A new image transmitted by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows signs of severe ice damage to the lander’s...

NASA Unveils Interactive Simulation of Satellite Communications

NASA has unveiled an interactive computer simulation that allows virtual explorers of all ages to dock the space shuttle at the International Space Station, experience a virtual trip to Mars or a lunar impact, and explore images of star formations taken...

NASA Selects 368 Small Business Innovation Projects for Development

NASA has selected 368 small business innovation projectsfor development that include research to minimize aging of aircraft, new techniques for suppressing fires on spacecraft and advanced transmitters for deep space communications.

NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation And Sensing Satellite Confirms Water on the Moon

Preliminary data from NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates the mission successfully uncovered water in a permanently shadowed lunar crater. The discovery opens a new chapter in our understanding of the moon.

NASA’s Ares I-X Rocket Completes Successful Flight Test

NASA’s Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight. How People Arrived Here: nasa ares rocket Separation

NASA Lunar Crater Observation And Sensing Satellite System Creates Impacts on the Moon in Search for Water Ice

NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, created twin impacts on the moon’s surface early Friday in a search for water ice. Scientists will analyze data from the spacecraft’s instruments to assess whether water...

NASA Launches Education Initiatives with Disney’s Buzz Lightyear

NASA and Disney Parks, which collaborated to carry toy space ranger Buzz Lightyear into orbit, are launching new efforts to encourage students to pursue studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

NASA’s New Exoplanet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope Detects Atmosphere Around a Giant Gas Planet

NASA’s new exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the atmosphere of a known giant gas planet, demonstrating the telescope’s extraordinary scientific capabilities. The discovery will be published Friday in the journal Science.

NASA has Successfully Tested First Deep Space Internet

Working as part of a NASA-wide team, engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., used software called Disruption-Tolerant Networking, or DTN, to transmit dozens of space images to and from a NASA science spacecraft located...