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Cassini Probe to Take Photo of Earth From Deep Space
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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDT
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft, now exploring Saturn, will take a picture of our home planet from a distance of hundreds of millions of miles on July 19.
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NASA Announces Asteroid Grand Challenge
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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDT
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NASA announced Tuesday a Grand Challenge focused on finding all asteroid threats to human populations and knowing what to do about them.
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Kansas Students to Speak Live With Space Station NASA Astronauts
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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDT
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Expedition 36 crew members and NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Karen Nyberg, currently orbiting aboard the International Space Station, will speak with students gathered at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center at 9:40 a.m. CDT (10:40 a.m. EDT), Wednesday, June 19.
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NASA Selects Next Generation of Space Explorers, Hangout Today
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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDT
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After an extensive year-and-a-half search, NASA has a new group of potential astronauts who will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system, including an asteroid and Mars.
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NASA Invites Media to View Space Launch System Progress
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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDT
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NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations William Gerstenmaier and other agency officials will debut a new machine for manufacturing NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) and check on development progress with the heavy-lift rocket at the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans Friday, June 21.
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NASA Invites Media to Asteroid Initiative Industry and Partner Day
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Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDT
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Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and other senior NASA officials will discuss the progress being made on NASA's mission to capture, redirect, and explore an asteroid June 18.
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NASA's Webb Telescope's Last Backbone Component Completed
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Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDT
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Assembly of the backbone of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the primary mirror backplane support structure, is a step closer to completion with the recent addition of the backplane support frame, a fixture that will be used to connect all the pieces of the telescope together.
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Students and Teachers Become Rocket Scientists at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility
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Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDT
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More than 120 students and educators will delve into the world of rocket science June 15-21 during Rocket Week at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
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Warm Ocean, Not Icebergs, Causing Most of Antarctic Ice Shelves' Mass Loss
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Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDT
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Ocean waters melting the undersides of Antarctic ice shelves are responsible for most of the continent's ice shelf mass loss, a new study by NASA and university researchers has found.
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NASA's Hubble Uncovers Evidence of Farthest Planet Forming From Its Star
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Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDT
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Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found compelling evidence of a planet forming 7.5 billion miles away from its star, a finding that may challenge current theories about planet formation.
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