NASA Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory Returns First Video From Far Side of the Moon

A camera aboard one of NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar spacecraft has returned its first unique view of the far side of the moon. MoonKAM, or Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students, will be used by students...

Tests to Begin on the Engine That Will Help Carry Humans to Deep Space

A new series of tests on the engine that will help carry humans to deep space will begin next week at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi. The tests on the J-2X engine bring NASA one step closer to the first human-rated liquid oxygen...

Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity Enters Its 9th Year of Operation

Eight years after landing on Mars for what was planned as a three-month mission, NASA’s enduring Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is working on what essentially became a new mission five months ago.

NASA to Officially Hand Over Space Shuttle Full Fuselage Trainer to the Seattle Museum of Flight on Thursday

NASA’s Johnson Space Center will officially handover the "keys" to the Space Shuttle Full Fuselage Trainer to the Seattle Museum of Flight in a ceremony at 8:30 a.m. CST Thursday, Jan. 19. How People Arrived Here: private sector nasa

Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer Makes Its Last Observation

After 16 years in space, NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) has made its last observation. The satellite provided unprecedented views into the extreme environments around white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes.

Mars Rover Opportunity to Winter At Greeley Haven

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity will spend the next several months at a site informally named "Greeley Haven." The name is a tribute to planetary geologist Ronald Greeley (1939-2011), who was a member of the science team for...

Curiosity Rover Begins Monitoring Space Radiation

NASA’s car-sized Curiosity rover has begun monitoring space radiation during its 8-month trip from Earth to Mars. The research will aid in planning for future human missions to the Red Planet.

Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science Wins NASA 2011 Software of the Year Award

Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science (AEGIS), novel autonomy software that has been operating on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity since December 2009, is NASA’s 2011 Software of the Year recipient. How People Arrived Here:...

Jason-1 Achieves One-Decade Landmark

On Dec. 7, 2001, NASA and the French Space Agency Centre Nationale d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) launched the Jason-1 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., embarking on a planned three-to-five-year mission to study Earth’s ocean from...