One Small Step For a Man, One Giant Leap Into History
Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon (Credits: NASA) The passing of Neil Armstrong is arguably the end of an era. ... Read more →
Space Bacteria, Plants Hold Lessons for Earth
Mission Specialist Rex Walheim works on the BRIC-SyNRGE experiment aboard space shuttle Atlantis during the STS-135 mission (Credits: NASA/QinetiQ... Read more →
Russian Shame after Proton Failure: Government Gives Roscosmos One Month for Substantial Changes
The chief of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) Vladimir Popovkin probably hasn't had the best month of his life. After the August 6 Proton failure... Read more →
Curiosity Landing Site Named for Ray Bradbury
NASA has named the site of Curiosity's landing on Mars for the late author Ray Bradbury. In this video from November 12, 1971, Ray Bradbury takes... Read more →
Meet “CSI: NASA”
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 →
Radiation Belt Storm Probe Launch Now Set for August 24
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 →