Nasa Breaking News
Student Experiments to Fly on Sounding Rocket
NASA has selected students from nine schools around the country to prepare and fly their experiments on a NASA sounding rocket.
NASA Gives Artificial Gravity a New Spin
NASA will use a new human centrifuge to explore artificial gravity as a way to counter the physiologic effects of extended weightlessness for future space exploration.
Deep Impact Spacecraft Spots Its Quarry
Sixty-nine days before it gets up-close-and-personal with a comet, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully photographed its quarry, comet Tempel 1, at a distance of 39.7 million miles.
Media Invited to Countdown Dress Rehearsal
The Space Shuttle Discovery crew will go through a countdown dress rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla., May 1 through 4.
NASA Honored By Small Business Adminstration
The Frances Perkins Vanguard Award was presented to NASA for excelling in its utilization of women-owned small businesses.
Return to Flight Final Public Meeting and Briefing
The Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group final public meeting is at 8:30 a.m. EDT, Friday, May 6. It will be followed by an afternoon news conference.
Exploration Advisory Committee Established
NASA has chartered the Exploration Systems Advisory Committee (ESAC). Committee members include experts from government, academia and industry who will provide recommendations to NASA's Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems.
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary
During the 15 years NASA?s Hubble Space Telescope has orbited the Earth, it has taken more than 750,000 photos of the cosmos; images that have awed, astounded and even confounded astronomers and the public.
Dart Investigation Board Members Named
NASA selected the mishap investigation board to determine why the Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft did not complete its mission on April 15.
Melting Snow Causes Ocean Plant Blooms
The decrease in snow cover has led to greater differences in both temperature and pressure systems between the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea.