NASA wants the future of spaceflight to be commercial — including the ISS
Could this be the key to ensuring that the ISS lives long and prosper?
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NASA plans to send a helicopter drone to Titan in search of life
Titan is of interest because it is the only body in our solar system (besides Earth) that has liquid rivers, ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Could Help Solve One of the Mysteries of Our Sun
The temperature around the sun is millions of times hotter than the sun's surface itself.
The ISS starts experimenting with a photo-bioreactor
A hybrid bio-technology could pave the way for future space missions.
NASA wants you to take photos of trees — to see how much carbon they can store
Help NASA by looking at trees.
Popular Products We Owe to NASA
The tech that brought humans to the moon also made its way into our homes.
NASA requests $1 billion in funding for Artemis mission to take man back to the moon by 2024
The original timeline was pushed forward four years by the Trump Administration -- and now NASA needs the bucks to ...
NASA detects first evidence of a Marsquake
The Mars InSight lander has sensed a quake within the planet.
This new approach to spotting incoming asteroids should keep our planet safe
"With the we can spot objects regardless of their surface color, and use it to measure their sizes and other ...
Rodents race around cage in NASA microgravity experiment
That looks like a lot of fun!
NASA’s new futuristic airplane wing could revolutionize flight
This is a whole new way of designing plane wings.
NASA cancels all-female spacewalk — cites lack of spacesuit in the right size
Don't be quick to blame NASA for this though!
NASA bids farewell to 15-year-old rover on Mars
Adio, Opportunity! You'll be forever in our hearts <3.
NASA wants to deflect a tiny asteroid’s orbit: humanity’s first planetary defense test
The audacious plan will confirm whether or not we're capable of deflecting asteroids -- at least the tiny ones, for ...
Ingenious new technique shows Mars’ Mount Sharp to be very porous
Yay for creative science!
New Horizons beams back clear image of farthest object ever visited in the solar system
Brian May from Queen also wrote a song about it.
NASA spacecraft beams back first image from inside the Sun’s atmosphere
We have a spacecraft inside the sun's atmosphere -- take that in for a moment.
American and Russian astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz launch
The incident adds more strain to already tense relations between the US and Russian space programs.
Search for alien life needs to be integral to NASA missions in the future, new report says
A Congress-mandated committee recommends that finding alien life becomes a priority for most NASA missions.
How NASA tech made its way into everyday life
The technology initially developed for space is remarkably common in everyday life applications on Earth.
Stephen Colbert ridicules administrator’s plan to allow NASA corporate sponsorships
Astronaut suits plastered in ads like NASCAR racers? Now that's a thought...
Watch the ‘World on Fire’ in this amazing NASA satellite image
On any given day, large areas of the globe are covered in fire.
NASA achieves coldest temperature in space, probes the nature of gravity
The most sophisticated fridge in space is already delivering fantastic results.
NASA eavesdropped on the Sun, and they made a video so you can hear it too
With a bit of help from NASA, you can now hear the sun's roar -- and it's glorious.
NASA updates its plan to deflect dangerous asteroids
It's the "small" asteroids that we really need to be preparing for.
New analysis reveals that Ceres’ spots harbor a lot of organic material
It's not a sign that Ceres ever harbored life, but it surely doesn't hurt its odds.
NASA explains how one of its cameras melted during rocket launch
Watch this brave camera's last moments as it gets engulfed in flames.
Curiosity Rover is back to drilling Martian rocks — and this is really important
NASA engineers had to invent a new clever technique.
Human activity is messing with global freshwater movement
The message is clear: We need to act now!
NASA and ESA team up to bring Martian soil back home
A great partnership for a great goal.
NASA’s next mission to Mars will map the planet’s interior, scheduled for May 5th
We'll learn more about our own home in the process, things that we never could here on Earth.
A year in space — it really changes your genes
There's no need to panic, but these aren't exactly happy news.
NASA records fascinating Martian landscape of odd rock formation and sand dunes
Mars is still full of surprises.
Astronomers find unique water-rich exoplanet similar in mass with Saturn
This odd world hundreds of light-years away could teach us about how planets in our solar system formed.
NASA could have an orbiting moon base by 2023
It's like an ISS, but for the Moon!
Book Review: ‘Spaceman: An Astronaut’s Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe’
An excellent read for people of all ages and all backgrounds, and a bible for anyone looking to become an ...
Lucky paleontologist finds dozens of dinosaur footprints literally in NASA’s parking lot
The tracks were made over 100 million years ago.
Breathtaking panoramic view of Mars shows how far Curiosity has gone
We're looking at a view from millions of miles away. Take a moment to appreciate this fact.
Amateur astronomer finds long-lost NASA satellite after 12 years of drifting around Earth’s orbit
It just serves to show that hope is never lost.
Trump wants to withdraw NASA’s funding for the ISS as of 2024
It's the earliest date this is possible but this could leave American astronauts stranded on the ground.
Japanese astronaut didn’t actually grow 3½” taller after only three weeks in space [UPDATE]
The astronaut apologized for the 'fake news'.
NASA readies to launch the first half of GOLD-ICON to understand Earth’s outer boundary
Who said NASA can't bling?!
You can now play God with NASA’s new climate change simulator
You can make cool science.
Wildfires roar through Southern Cali as NASA and ESA satellites watch, powerless to intervene
Immense devastation has been wrought upon California this year.
NASA records 20 years of changing seasons in new global map
The ebb of 20 years worth of seasons condensed in 2.5 minutes.
NASA reinvents the wheel with new, ‘chainmail’ tire design
Finally, no more flat tires!
