During a panel discussion on defense and industry perspectives on international space security and sustainability measures on Tuesday, Peter Marquez, former White House director of space policy in both the George …
The robotic arm on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover had its first chance to stretch yesterday as NASA continues to check out the spacecraft prior to its first movement on the …
In April 2010, President Obama announced that the next destination for U.S. human spaceflight beyond low Earth orbit (LEO) will be a trip to an asteroid. This week, NASA is …
UPDATE: This story has been updated to reflect comments made during NASA’s media teleconference today. Fresh from the excitement of landing the Curisoity rover on Mars, NASA has selected another …
NASA will announce today which of three candidates it has selected as the next in the mid-sized Discovery series of planetary exploration missions. The three contenders are: Titan Mare Explorer …
UPDATE 2: NASA has rescheduled the Mars Curisoity update that was to be on August 23 to a day earlier, August 22, at 11:30 am PT (2:30 pm ET) and …
NASA has released an “after” image of the Martian rock it zapped with a laser today showing a small hole created in the process. Image credit: NASA/Caltech-JPL/LANL/CNES/IRAP The image is a …
NASA tested the laser on the Mars Curiosity rover today, zapping rock N165 30 times in 10 seconds. Scientists have now named the fist-sized rock “Coronation.” Image credit: NASA/Caltech-JPL/MSSS/LANL This …
NASA scientists announced today the destination for the Mars Curiosity rover’s first drive across the Mars terrain. (Editor’s note: the spelling of Glenelg has been corrected in this story.) They …
A reminder that you have only until tomorrow to share your views on NASA’s future with the National Research Council’s Committee on NASA’s Strategic Direction. The committee is inviting public …