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NASA Lends Galaxy Evolution Explorer to Caltech

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May 16, 2012

NASA is lending the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, where the spacecraft will continue its exploration of the cosmos.

NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

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May 16, 2012

Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids.

NASA's Deputy Administrator to Discuss Future of Commercial Spaceflight with Industry Representatives

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May 16, 2012

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will participate in a teleconference on Thursday, May 17, at 2 p.m. EDT with representatives of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation to brief journalists on the future of human commercial spaceflight.

Updated Coverage for NASA/Spacex Launch and Mission to Station

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May 16, 2012

The second SpaceX demonstration launch for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) is scheduled for liftoff on Saturday, May 19.

NASA Modifies Launch Service Contract To Add Falcon 9 Rocket

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May 14, 2012

NASA has announced a modification of its NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., to add an additional configuration of the Falcon 9 rocket to its fleet.

Expedition 31 Trio Blasts Off for International Space Station

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May 15, 2012

The Soyuz spacecraft launched at 10:01 p.m. CDT.

Updated Coverage for NASA/SpaceX Launch and Mission to Station

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May 11, 2012

The second SpaceX demonstration launch for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) has been rescheduled for a liftoff on Saturday, May 19.

NASA $1.5 Million Robot Competition Rolls Onto WPI Campus June 14-17

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May 11, 2012

Autonomous robots created by 11 teams of engineers from across the country will compete for a NASA prize purse of $1.5 million on the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), in Worcester, Mass., June 14 -17.

NASA Dawn Spacecraft Reveals Secrets of Large Asteroid

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May 10, 2012

NASA's Dawn spacecraft has provided researchers with the first orbital analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta, yielding new insights into its creation and relation to the terrestrial planets and Earth's moon.

Overfed Black Holes Shut Down Galactic Star-Making

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May 14, 2012

The Herschel Space Observatory has shown galaxies with the most powerful, active black holes at their cores produce fewer stars than galaxies with less active black holes.

NASA Awards Engineering And Science Services And Skills Augmentation Services Contract

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May 9, 2012

NASA has selected Jacobs Technology, Inc., of Tullahoma, Tenn., for its Engineering and Science Services and Skills Augmentation contract at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

NASA Mars Spacecraft Detects Large Changes in Martian Sand Dunes

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May 9, 2012

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revealed that movement in sand dune fields on the Red Planet occurs on a surprisingly large scale, about the same as in dune fields on Earth.

Next Soyuz Space Station Crew Prepares For Launch

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May 8, 2012

The next residents of the International Space Station are making final preparations for a May 14 launch and NASA Television will provide live coverage of launch and docking.

NASA's Spitzer Sees the Light of Alien "Super Earth"

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May 8, 2012

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a "super-Earth" planet beyond our solar system for the first time.

NASA Commercial Partner SpaceX Completes Crew Accommodations Milestone

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May 8, 2012

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has finished an important evaluation of a propotype Dragon spacecraft designed to carry people into orbit.

Astronaut Dan Burbank Returns to Earth, Available for Interviews

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May 7, 2012

Just back from his command of the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Dan Burbank will be available for live satellite interviews from 6-7 a.m. CDT on Thursday, May 10.

NASA to Hold News Conference on Asteroid Mission Results

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May 7, 2012

NASA will host a news conference on Thursday, May 10, at 2 p.m. EDT to present a new analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta using data from the agency’s Dawn spacecraft.

NASA Announces 2012 Summer Of Innovation Project

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May 4, 2012

NASA's third annual Summer of Innovation (SOI) project is underway.

Dancing Droplets Rock Out On Space Station

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May 4, 2012

Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA has taught more than half a million internet viewers how microgravity affects scientific principles by using everyday objects on the International Space Station.

NASA Issues Statement on New SpaceX Launch Date

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May 8, 2012

In response to today's SpaceX announcement finalizing a new target date for the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, NASA issued the following statement from William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations at the agency's Headquarters in Washington.

NASA's Commercial Crew Partner Boeing Completes Parachute Test

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May 3, 2012

The Boeing Company successfully completed the second parachute drop test for its Crew Space Transportation (CST) spacecraft Wednesday, part of its effort to develop commercial crew transportation capabilities that could ferry U.S. astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit (LEO) and the International Space Station.

Black Hole Caught Red-Handed in a Stellar Homicide

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May 2, 2012

Astronomers have gathered the most direct evidence yet of a supermassive black hole shredding a star that wandered too close.

NASA.gov Wins Two 2012 Webby Awards

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May 1, 2012

NASA's website, www.nasa.gov, has won awards in two categories as the best government site in the 16th Annual Webby Awards, the leading international honor for the world's best websites.

NASA Explorer Schools Symposium Showcases Student Research

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May 1, 2012

Students from across the nation will gather at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston May 2-5 for the annual NASA Explorer Schools Symposium.

NASA'S Chandra Sees Remarkable Outburst from Old Black Hole

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April 30, 2012

An extraordinary outburst produced by a black hole in a nearby galaxy has provided direct evidence for a population of old, volatile stellar black holes.

NASA TV to Air 2012 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction May 5

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April 30, 2012

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 2012 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 5.

Space Station Trio Lands Safely In Kazakhstan

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April 27, 2012

Three members of the Expedition 30 crew undocked from the International Space Station and safely returned to Earth on Friday, wrapping up a five-and-a-half-month mission in space.

NASA Statement on John Glenn Selection for Medal of Freedom

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April 27, 2012

NASA has released the following statement by Administrator Charles Bolden about President Obama's announcement that astronaut John Glenn has been selected as a recipient of the 2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom.

NASA Selects 10 Small Business Technology Transfer Projects

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April 27, 2012

NASA has selected ten proposals from small business and research institution teams to continue work on innovative technologies that could advance future missions.

Updated Coverage for NASA/SpaceX Launch and Mission to Station

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April 27, 2012

The second SpaceX demonstration launch for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) has been rescheduled for a liftoff on Monday, May 7.

Shuttle Enterprise to Fly Over New York City Metro Area Friday

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April 27, 2012

NASA managers, in consultation with Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum officials, have selected Friday, April 27, to ferry space shuttle Enterprise from Washington Dulles International Airport to John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in New York.

NASA Seeks Game Changing Solar Array Systems Proposals

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April 26, 2012

NASA's Space Technology Program is seeking proposals to develop solar array systems to enable space electric propulsion systems of the future.

NASA's WISE Catches Aging Star Erupting With Dust

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April 26, 2012

Images from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) reveal an old star in the throes of a fiery outburst and spraying the cosmos with dust.

NASA's Cassini Finds Saturn's Moon Phoebe Has Planet-Like Qualities

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April 26, 2012

Data from NASA's Cassini mission reveal Saturn's moon Phoebe has more planet-like qualities than previously thought.

NASA Releases Call For Phase II Visionary Advanced Concepts

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April 25, 2012

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program is seeking proposals to continue promising studies for which it has supported the first phase.

Warm Ocean Currents Cause Majority of Ice Loss from Antarctica

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April 25, 2012

Warm ocean currents attacking the underside of ice shelves are the dominant cause of recent ice loss from Antarctica, a new study using measurements from NASA's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) revealed.

NASA Dawn Spacecraft Reveals Secrets of Giant Asteroid Vesta

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April 25, 2012

Findings from NASA's Dawn spacecraft reveal new details about the giant asteroid Vesta, including its varied surface composition, sharp temperature changes and clues to its internal structure.

NASA Scientists Find History of Asteroid Impacts in Earth Rocks

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April 25, 2012

Research by NASA and international scientists concludes giant asteroids, similar or larger than the one believed to have killed the dinosaurs, hit Earth billions of years ago with more frequency than previously thought.

NASA's Spitzer Finds Galaxy with Split Personality

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April 24, 2012

While some galaxies are rotund and others are slender disks like our spiral Milky Way, new observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show that the Sombrero galaxy is both.

J-2X Engine Ready For Second Test Series

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April 24, 2012

The next-generation engine that will help carry humans deeper into space than ever is back, bigger and better.

NASA Tests GPS Monitoring System for Big U.S. Earthquakes

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April 24, 2012

The space-based technology that lets GPS-equipped motorists constantly update their precise location will undergo a major test of its ability to rapidly pinpoint the location and magnitude of strong earthquakes across the western United States.

NASA'S Webb Telescope Flight Backplane Section Completed

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April 24, 2012

The center section of the backplane structure that will fly on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been completed, marking an important milestone in the telescope's hardware development.

Shuttle Enterprise Flight over New York City Metro Area Moved to April 27

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April 24, 2012

NASA managers, in coordination with Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum officials, tentatively are targeting Friday, April 27, for the ferry of space shuttle Enterprise from Washington Dulles International Airport to John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in New York.

NASA Issues Statement on SpaceX Launch Date

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April 25, 2012

In response to SpaceX's announcement that it has delayed launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from April 30 to May 7, NASA issued the following statement from Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations William Gerstenmaier:

NASA Awards Safety And Mission Assurance Services Contract

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April 24, 2012

NASA has awarded a contract to ARES Technical Services Corporation of Vienna, Va., for Safety and Mission Assurance Services (SMAS) for the Goddard Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, located at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

Cassini Spacecraft Sees New Objects Blazing Trails in Saturn Ring

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April 23, 2012

Scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange, half-mile-sized objects punching through one of Saturn's rings and leaving glittering trails behind them.

Weather Postpones Shuttle Enterprise Flight to New York

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April 24, 2012

NASA's planned flight to New York City of space shuttle Enterprise atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) has been postponed until further notice due to an unfavorable weather forecast for Monday, April 23.

NASA'S Sofia Featured In The Astrophysical Journal Special Edition

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April 19, 2012

The Astrophysical Journal, a leading professional astronomy research publication, will issue a special edition of its Letters volume on April 20 with papers about observations made with NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) airborne telescope

Coverage Set For Next Soyuz Space Station Crew Rotation

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April 19, 2012

Over the next several weeks, NASA Television will provide coverage of activities surrounding the upcoming International Space Station crew rotation.

NASA Transfers Shuttle Discovery to National Air and Space Museum

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April 24, 2012

NASA transferred space shuttle Discovery to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum during a ceremony Thursday, April 19, at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.

NASA Awards Aircraft Maintenance And Operations Support Contract

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April 18, 2012

NASA has selected DynCorp International LLC of Ft. Worth, Texas, to provide aircraft maintenance and operational support services under a contract potentially worth $176.9 million.

NASA Awards Loral Contract For Laser Comm Payload Flight

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April 18, 2012

NASA's Space Technology Program has awarded Space System/Loral of Palo Alto, Calif., a $3 million contract to initiate the process of hosting a space laser communications relay demonstration terminal payload aboard a Loral commercial satellite, which launches in 2016.

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