NASA News

The 2009 edition of NASA's Spinoff, a publication that shows how NASA technology is being put to use in everyday life here on Earth, is available in print and online.

We used to hear quite a bit about the Bush administration's supposed 'war on science.' What about the Obama administration's war on mathematics? Every time somebody tries to test the logic of the president's economic policy using actual numbers, the White House starts screaming about space aliens.

An ongoing analysis of space debris thought be a threat to the International Space Station shows the debris will not pass close enough to the complex to warrant preparations for an emergency evacuation.

The latest trend in eco-tourism is completely out of this world ... and right around the corner.

A gunman shot six people in a downtown office building on Friday afternoon, leaving one person dead and five more injured.

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, November 5, 2009 Source: Kennedy Space Center - Comments The transfer of ownership of the Tranquility node from the European Space Agency, or ESA, to NASA has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. EST, Friday, Nov.

The object that gives this movie its title looks intriguing indeed, made of handsome hardwood and topped by a large, red button.

NASA is scrapping plans for an Ares I-Y test flight because it is slipping out too far to be of use and aiming instead to launch an earlier test flight on 2012 that would feature a five-segment solid rocket booster and perhaps test the rocket's launch abort system.

The image at right is Hubble's close-up view of the myriad stars near the galaxy's core, the bright whitish region at far right.

NASA Television will air the docking of the newest Russian module to the International Space Station starting at 9 a.m. CST Nov.

California environmental regulators have proposed forcing the Boeing Co. and NASA to clean up chemical and radioactive pollution at a 2,800-acre research site in eastern Ventura County.

Cassini has started sending data back from its Nov. 2 flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.

NASA has come forth with an awe-inspiring image from Mercury, a planet that is usually relegated to reputation as a barren, hot place with no "planet personality" whatsoever.

New evidence from Chandra suggests that the neutron star at the center of the Cas A supernova remnant has an ultra-thin carbon atmosphere.

A laser-powered machine has zipped hundreds of metres up a cable dangling from a helicopter in a competition to develop space elevator technology.

Is there such a thing as "weather" on Mars? There are some doubts, considering the planet's atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense as that of the Earth.

ITT announced today that Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan's largest satellite manufacturer, has selected ITT Space Systems to build the imaging systems for two geostationary satellites being built for the Japan Meteorological Agency .

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Source: NASA HQ - Comments NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan are hosting Washington area middle and high school students Thursday for a live discussion with astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

The Russian space agency may build a nuclear-powered spacecraft with the blessing of the country's leader, Russian and international media reported Thursday.

'I'm dying to get into space but can't afford it' Posted in Space , 2nd November 2009 16:36A GMT Famed techbiz journo and investor Esther Dyson has been named as chairperson of a new "Technology and Innovation Committee" formed to help advise the senior management of NASA.