Meet Maxwell X-57, an electric plane that NASA takes seriously
NASA is changing general aviation by developing all-electric planes. The first of as many as six demonstration models will be the four-seat X-57 Maxwell.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft will celebrate July 4 with a series of super-close Jupiter flybys
On Independence Day, while you’re grilling burgers and guzzling beer, Juno spacecraft will fire its main engine for half an hour and dip into Jovian orbit.
The International Space Station’s new low-gravity 3D printer just printed its first tool
Astronauts on the ISS are putting their first zero-gravity capable 3D printer to good use.
NASA used this garbage can-sized lens for shooting rockets; now it can be yours
If you want to get your hands on one of the biggest lenses ever made, prepare your bank accounts. This fall, a 1,000mm lens used by NASA is up for auction.
NASA offers $500K to anyone who can grow lifelike human tissue for space experiments
NASA hopes to study this tissue in an effort to make deep space travel safer and save astronauts from extreme experimentation.
Man builds 100mpg engine using 200-year-old technology
Josh “Mac” MacDowell took a 200-year-old Stirling engine, added some 21st-century technology and created a Hybrid electric car capable of 100MPG.
The ‘spacecraft cemetery’ is the final resting place for hundreds of rockets and satellites
Decommissioned objects in Earth's orbit can also be instructed to crash into a “spacecraft cemetery” once their service is complete.
NASA is teaming up with United Arab Emirates to gather data for a manned mission to Mars
NASA has announced a new agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) concerning research for a trip to Mars.
NASA wants astronauts to have 3D printed pizza, and this startup is building a printer to make it happen
An Austin, Texas company, whose founders were commissioned by NASA to develop palatable foods for astronauts, has built a device that can 3D-print pizza.
The ESA’s space junk collection plan involves shooting large nets at derelict satellites
E.Deorbit will entail using either a net or a robotic arm to capture one of ESA's derelict satellites in low orbit and burn it up in an atmospheric reentry.
Climate scientists plan to map coral reefs from the sky
NASA is starting a three-year study to examine the effects of environmental changes on coral reef ecosystems using data from underwater and from the sky.
NASA just gave $100K to a company that wants to steer asteroids toward Earth
NASA has awarded funding to California-based company Made in Space to develop technology that may see asteroids become self-propelled spacecraft
Snapshot Wisconsin: NASA on board for largest wildlife trail cam project ever
Wisconsin and NASA are joining forces on the largest single wildlife trail cam project ever, 5,000+ cameras to blanket the state to capture wildlife.
NASA is using HoloLens to build its next Mars rover in mixed reality
Microsoft's HoloLens VR headset is being put to work by NASA, which is using the technology to help design the future Mars 2020 Rover.
Lockheed Martin joins the space race to Mars
This week, Lockheed Martin revealed its Mars Base Camp concept, a space station that will orbit the Red Planet and help astronauts prepare for landing.
18 years and 2.8 billion miles later, the ISS celebrates its 100,000th orbit with an incredible sunrise time-lapse
To celebrate 100,000 orbits around Earth, U.S. astronaut Jeff Williams shared an incredible time-lapse video showing the sun rising above Earth
NASA stitched together thousands of Hubble images to create this mesmerizing galaxy zoom
Now you can experience what it's like to travel to the center of the galaxy in a video that NASA created from images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
MIT student designs gardening robots that could grow produce for astronauts on Mars
A NASA fellow and PhD student has developed a system of robots and AI that can autonomously grow crops in the harsh environments of space, including on Mars
NASA successfully tests a drone traffic control system
NASA's drone traffic control system is undergoing its largest test to date, with 24 remote flights planned across all six FAA test sites this week.
With an eye on Mars, NASA is soliciting proposals for deep space habitats
With Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Orbital ATK already on board, NASA says it's yet again seeking proposals for innovative deep space habitat prototypes.
NASA wants to reach the edge of our solar system with a 25 mile electrostatic solar sail
NASA is testing E-sail technology that will get spacecraft to the edge of the solar system faster than ever. The sail is almost 25 miles wide.
NASA has developed a greener and less toxic rocket fuel, and plans to show it off this week
After working on a high-performance green rocket propellant for the last four years, NASA announced it will finally unveil its new fuel at the end of March.
NASA made this amazing ‘gravity map’ of Mars by measuring the planet’s pull on satellites
NASA this month published a stunning gravity map of Mars that details the external gravitational forces surrounding the planet.
Scott Kelly is officially hanging up his space helmet
Record-setting astronaut and NASA darling Scott Kelly has announced his official departure from the agency, effective April 1.
HoloLens goes to the International Space Station in new video from NASA
After two HoloLens units were reportedly destroyed in a SpaceX explosion last year, the AR headset has finally made its way to the final frontier.
NASA delays InSight mission, says we won’t be going to Mars again until at least 2018
Following the discovery of minuscule leaks in a vacuum sphere that contains the lander's seismic instrument, NASA has been forced to delay its Mars mission.