Orion spacecraft’s solar array passes first major hurdle
Airbus Defence and Space this week announced that it has successfully tested the solar array that will power the Orion spacecraft's European Service Module.
NASA just gave Lockheed Martin $20M to build a supersonic passenger jet
NASA awarded a $20 million contract to Lockheed Martin to develop a silent supersonic aircraft under NASA's New Aviation Horizons initiative,
A meteor that exploded over the Atlantic on Feb. 6 had more force than the Hiroshima bomb
Earlier this month, a meteor bound for Earth exploded off the coast of Brazil, letting off an energy explosion equivalent to roughly 13,000 tons of TNT.
NASA plans its next giant space telescope, and it’s so much cooler than Hubble
The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) will be every bit as precise and powerful as the Hubble, but will have 100 times the field of view.
How to download and print NASA’s 14 brilliant travel posters at home
NASA's JPL commissioned a series of posters that celebrate the exploration of our solar system. Here's how to download and print them at home.
NASA’s fly-over images of Ceres suggests the dwarf planet may still be active
NASA compiled images from its Dawn spacecraft mission to create a colorful animation that simulates the Ceres flyover.
NASA wants to install extra airlock space on the ISS, then lease it to private companies
The commercialization of space is gaining steam and a company from Texas says it wants to manufacture and attach a dedicated commercial airlock to the ISS.
NASA partners with Freelancer.com to crowdsource its latest robotic arm
NASA is flexing its crowdsourcing muscle, using an ongoing partnership with Freelancer.com to encourage people to design a robotic arm for the ISS.
One giant leap for womankind: NASA's new class of astronauts is officially 50 percent female
NASA only inducts a new class of astronauts once every five years, and this year's class is 50 percent male and 50 percent female for the first time ever.
NASA rolls six years of Fermi telescope data into stunning gamma ray map
Scientists last week released one of the best gamma ray light maps of our universe.
Congress wants NASA to build a deep space habitat for astronauts, and finish it by 2018
Part of NASA's recently passed budget plan laid out by Congress urges the space agency to develop a prototype deep space habitat by as early as 2018.
Watch 60 years of space junk accumulate in 60 seconds
It's difficult to conceptualize the half-million pieces of junk surrounding the Earth, but this 60-second animation brings it all home in a powerful way.
NASA’s dream of a 3D-printed rocket is getting closer and closer
Late last week, the team at NASA made progress on its goal of an entirely "3-D printed, high-performance rocket engine."
UPDATE: after a successful test fire, SpaceX aims to launch its new Falcon 9 this Sunday
According to a NASA representative, SpaceX will soon attempt to land one of its Falcon 9 rockets on a landing pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
After years of delays, the James Webb Space Telescope will officially launch in 2018
Originally conceived in 1996, the Hubble-succeeding James Webb Space Telescope will officially launch into low Earth orbit in October of 2018.
Congress rewards NASA’s accomplishments with $1.3 billion in extra funding for 2016
NASA's big 2015 just got a lot bigger after Congress announced NASA's budget for 2016 would be $19.3 billion, roughly $800 million more than it asked for.
Meet the computer 100 million times faster than classic systems – sometimes
Faced with the right problem, NASA and Google's quantum computer is 100 million times faster at finding the answer. Just don't ask them how it works.
Microsoft is sending its HoloLens to the ISS so astronauts can use augmented reality
Later this week, NASA plans to send Microsoft's HoloLens technology to the International Space Station to help astronauts work efficiently.
Coffee in space: NASA designed an open-top cup that works in zero gravity
Wanting to study low-gravity fluid dynamics, NASA commissioned the design of several 3D-printed cups that let ISS astronauts drink like they do on Earth.
NASA is going to launch two rockets into the Northern Lights this weekend, for science
NASA just announced it intends to launch two sounding rockets through the Northern Lights in Norway to study the cusp aurora phenomenon's magnetic fields.
NASA is sending two robots to college, just not to learn
NASA is sending two R5 Valkyrie humanoid robots to college, only they're not there to learn -- we are.
Studies suggest zero gravity environments have negative effects on the human brain
Before you get too excited about going into space, you might want to consider the effects space missions have on the human brain.
Meet VIPIR, a robotic pair of eyes for satellite repairs
NASA is developing VIPIR, a remote-controlled, camera-laden robotic repair system that will service satellites and other spacecraft in distant orbits.
NASA just released this awesome 4K video of thermonuclear activity on the sun
NASA just released this awesome 4K video of the sun that shows the celestial body at a level of detail that will blow your mind.
The International Space Station just turned 15 years old
15 years ago, Justin Bieber was just another six year old in Canada. But the International Space Station was already in orbit.