Success! Final Orion Parachute Tests Completed
NASA completed the final test to qualify Orion’s parachute system for flights with astronauts, an important milestone on the path to send humans on...
Staring Down Hurricane Florence
Ever stared down the gaping eye of a category 4 hurricane? It's chilling, even from space.
Hurricane Florence Viewed from the Space Station
Astronaut Ricky Arnold, from aboard the International Space Station, shared this image of Hurricane Florence on Sept. 10, taken as the orbiting laboratory flew...
Bright Spots On Ceres
Bright surface features on the dwarf planet Ceres known as faculae were first discovered by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in 2015.
‘X’-ploring the Eagle Nebula and ‘Pillars of Creation’
The Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16, contains the young star cluster NGC 6611. It also the site of the spectacular star-forming region...
NASA Opens Media Accreditation for November Space Station Cargo
Media accreditation is open for the launch of the eighth Orbital ATK cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station from NASA’s Wallops Flight...
Briefing, NASA Television Coverage Set for Upcoming US Spacewalks
Three American astronauts aboard the International Space Station will embark on a trio of spacewalks in October to perform station maintenance. NASA Television and...
Vice President Pence Visits NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Vice President Mike Pence offered his thanks Monday to employees working on NASA’s human spaceflight programs during a tour of the agency’s Marshall Space...
Vice President Pence to Visit NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center for Update on 21st...
Vice President Mike Pence will visit NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on Monday, Sept. 25.
Students at National Air and Space Museum to Speak with Space Station Astronaut
Students at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington will speak with a NASA astronaut living, working and doing research aboard the...
