Articles about NASA – Page 19 of 24

Microsoft and NASA team up to create virtual Mars tour with HoloLens

Microsoft and NASA are bringing HoloLens to the masses – and bringing the masses to Mars – with a mixed-reality experience that will… Read More

Cygnus cargo ship hooks up to space station; ULA investigates rocket glitch

Orbital ATK’s Cygnus commercial cargo ship had a smooth link-up with the International Space Station today, delivering about 7,500 pounds… Read More

Cygnus cargo craft heads for space station with 3-D printer and more cool gizmos

Orbital ATK’s commercial Cygnus cargo capsule was lofted into orbit tonight atop an Atlas 5 rocket, carrying an upgraded 3-D printer,… Read More

Dwarf planet Ceres’ mystery bright spots get their close-up from Dawn probe

The scientists behind NASA’s Dawn mission today showed off their latest, greatest pictures of the dwarf planet Ceres, including close-up views… Read More

NASA to set ‘biggest man-made fire ever in space’ in effort to improve mission safety

We’ve seen enough scary scenes in movies to know that fire aboard a spacecraft looks like a bad idea. But now… Read More

Astronaut Scott Kelly announces retirement from NASA, just days after return from year in space

Godspeed, Scott Kelly. Ten days after finishing up nearly a year in space, the veteran of four spaceflights announced today… Read More

NASA comes up with plan to fix InSight Mars lander and launch it in 2018

NASA says it’s worked out a plan to redesign a faulty instrument on its InSight lander in time to send… Read More

Thumbs up! Astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth after year in space

Capping off a year in space, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly breathed earthly air for the first time in 340 days… Read More

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly: I could spend another year in space, but I’m ready to come home

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is getting ready to come home after spending a longer stretch in orbit than any other American in… Read More

Ape … in … space! Watch Scott Kelly’s primo prank on International Space Station

Leave it to Scott Kelly, NASA’s record-holder for longest continuous time spent in space, to go big and go home:… Read More

Apollo 10’s moon music mystery revisited

Where did the weird, outer-spacey music that Apollo 10’s astronauts heard on the far side of the moon come from?… Read More

18,300 applicants face 1-in-2,000 chance of being picked for astronaut job at NASA

You think it’s hard to get into Harvard? Try making an impression when you’re among the record-high group of 18,300 people… Read More

NASA packs a big vision for space exploration into smaller $19 billion budget

Christmas has come and gone, and so has a bump in NASA’s spending plan: The agency’s proposed $19 billion budget… Read More

Apollo 14 moonwalker (and UFO seeker) Edgar Mitchell dies at the age of 85

Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has died at the age of 85 after a months-long illness, according to reports that emerged… Read More

Weird! New Horizons probe spots islands of water ice floating in nitrogen slush

There’s plenty of evidence that Pluto is a frozen water world, with mountains of ice that rise more than 10,000… Read More

NASA puts Pluto and its heart on a valentine

Say it with Pluto? After NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft spotted a heart-shaped region on Pluto, you had to know it… Read More

NASA’s giant rocket will carry solar sail, a lunar flashlight and more mini-satellites

NASA says it’ll send 13 miniaturized satellites – including a pop-up solar sail and a “lunar flashlight” – beyond Earth… Read More

Map reveals that there’s more water ice on Pluto

A color-coded map from NASA’s New Horizons mission shows where Pluto’s frozen water is concentrated, just in case we need… Read More

30 years after the Challenger shuttle tragedy, the loss and legacies linger

It’s been 30 years since the loss of the shuttle Challenger and its crew on Jan. 28, 1986, but its impact is… Read More

NASA’s backing fuels more interest in SNC’s Dream Chaser mini-space shuttle

NASA’s decision to use Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser mini-shuttle to carry cargo to and from the International Space Station… Read More

SpaceX shows how its Dragon 2 spaceship hovers

A newly released video shows SpaceX’s Dragon 2 capsule pulling off a valuable trick: firing its thrusters to hover above a landing… Read More

Nudge ’em or nuke ’em: Asteroid defense plans take shape in U.S. and Russia

What should the world do about the potential threat of a catastrophic asteroid collision? This month NASA established the Planetary… Read More

Not again! Astronaut’s leaky helmet forces early end to spacewalk at space station

Today’s spacewalk at the International Space Station was called off early when NASA astronaut Tim Kopra reported a small bubble of… Read More

Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser mini-shuttle will join NASA’s space cargo fleet

NASA says it will add Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser space glider to its cargo-carrying lineup of robotic spaceships as… Read More

Dawn’s latest close-ups should shed more light on Ceres’ mysterious bright spots

For years, scientists puzzled over the bright spots that shine like alien headlights from the surface of Ceres, a dwarf planet… Read More

SpaceX rehearses Falcon 9 rocket launch – and relives last month’s rocket landing

SpaceX fired the engines of its Falcon 9 rocket on its California launch pad on Monday evening, marking a seemingly… Read More

New Horizons team shares new X-Files from Pluto

If “X-Files” are defined as data about weird and alien phenomena, NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto has X-Files galore. And this… Read More

SpaceX plans Falcon 9 rocket landing on Pacific drone ship after Jan. 17 launch

SpaceX is planning something completely different for its next rocket-landing trick: After launching the U.S.-European Jason 3 satellite on a Falcon… Read More

NASA’s newest women astronauts get the Glamour treatment: Want to join them?

That’s one small step for NASA’s women astronauts, one giant leap for Glamour magazine. Women have had a hard time… Read More

Get a 360-degree view of that monster dune on Mars from NASA’s Curiosity rover

The 16-foot-high sand dune that NASA’s Curiosity rover has been skirting around on Mars looks even more imposing in… Read More