Three leaders at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have received one of the nation’s highest honors for government service work, the Presidential Rank Award. Jack Bullman, manager […]
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74,772 results found Sort by:Wealth of new species discovered from the abyssal plains of the Atlantic Ocean
Preliminary findings from an expedition last year to the deep-sea of the Angola Basin are revealing a wealth of new information on biodiversity in the poorly known depths of the […]
World’s first supersonic combustion flight remains elusive
An attempt by a group of international researchers to achieve the world’s first supersonic combustion flight has not succeeded. However the HyShot research team say they have recovered valuable data […]
Independent Space Station Task Force Ready to Present Report to NASA Advisory Council
Thomas Young, chairman of the independent blue-ribbon task force charged with examining the budget and management challenges facing the International Space Station, will meet with reporters in Washington to discuss […]
NASA Briefing to Discuss Latest Space Station Events
Recent activities involving the Expedition Three crew aboard the International Space Station and a look ahead to upcoming work for the space-faring residents will be the subjects of an Expedition […]
$10 Million NSF Grant To Fund National Virtual Observatory
“… I think this is likely to change astronomy as we know it.” The Internet brings its users the world online. Astronomers from 17 research institutions have announced that they’re […]
NASA Software Builds Facilities in Virtual World
Virtual reality software developed to help explore Mars now can help contractors “build” complex industrial facilities even before breaking ground. The Mars Map virtual reality software guided NASA scientists through […]
Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (IMP 8) Completes 28-year Observing Marathon
The Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (IMP 8) spacecraft has retired after 28 years on duty being buffeted by the solar wind and zapped by cosmic rays. Launched on October 25, 1973, […]
New spacecraft to preserve our planet and the environment
Three hundred leading scientists in the field of climate and environmental research using Earth Observation satellites meet this week in Granada (Spain) to push forward the European Space Agency’s Living […]
Robots Put Students “First”
As the buzzer sounds, the robots sprint toward the center of the arena. Using metallic “arms” and other clever gadgets not seen on humans, the remotely controlled machines manage to […]