Press Releases

Meet “CSI: NASA”

By Staff Writers on August 22, 2012

When the fairing failed to separate on this rocket, it was brought to the Failure Analysis lab to figure out what went wrong (Credits:... Read more →

News

Radiation Belt Storm Probe Launch Now Set for August 24

By Merryl Azriel on August 22, 2012

Rendition of the twin RBSP probes (Credits: NASA). The launch of NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), intended to study the van Allen... Read more →

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First SpaceWalk of Expedition 32 Complete

By Maria Fischer on August 21, 2012

The first EVA of Expedition 32 was conducted by Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko (Credits: NASA) Two Russian... Read more →

Media

NASA Announces InSight Mission to Mars

By Staff Writers on August 21, 2012

On August 20, NASA announced its next mission to Mars. The low-cost project, named InSight, will robotically explore the nature of Mars' core and... Read more →

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Interrupted ISS Reboost to Continue August 22

By Staff Writers on August 21, 2012

The ATV-3 as it approached ISS on March 28. The vessel is scheduled to remain docked until September 25 (Credits: NASA). Source: ESA One ATV... Read more →

Curiosity

Curiosity Examines First Rock, Rock Speaks

By Merryl Azriel on August 20, 2012

Coronation, pre-ionization by Curiosity (Credits: NASA). On August 19, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity took its laser out for a... Read more →