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Students Win in ESA’s Explore the High-Energy Universe’ Competition
Students from across Europe have been selected as the winners of the ESA’s ‘Explore the high-energy Universe’ competition. Secondary school students were invited to choose from…
Read the articleNASA NuSTAR X-Ray Telescope in Final Preparations for June 13 Launch
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is being prepared for the final journey to its launch pad on Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean.…
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NASA GRAIL Moon Mission Finishes Prime Mission Ahead of Schedule
A NASA mission to study the moon from crust to core has completed its prime mission earlier than expected. The team of NASA’s Gravity Recovery and…
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A Partial Eclipse of the Strawberry Moon Coming Up on June 4th
On June 4th, 2012, there’s going to be a full Moon. According to Native American folklore it’s the Strawberry Moon, so-called because the short season for…
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Following an Appeal, NASA Receives Widespread Concepts for Future Mars Missions
NASA’s call to scientists and engineers to help plan a new strategy to explore Mars has resulted in almost double the amount of expected submissions with…
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Mars Meteorites Show Strong Evidence of Reduced Carbon, a Key Ingredient for the Building Blocks of Life
NASA-funded research on Mars meteorites that landed on Earth shows strong evidence that very large molecules containing carbon, which is a key ingredient for the building…
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Scientist Comes Up With Way to Weigh an Asteroid
A scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has accurately determined the mass of a nearby asteroid from millions of miles away. The celestial…
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Spacex Dragon Capsule Attached to ISS in a Spaceflight First
The International Space Station’s Expedition 31 crew grappled and attached SpaceX’s Dragon capsule to the space station Friday. This is the first time a commercial company…
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Win Customized Satellite Views of Changing Local Landscapes
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the United States’ Landsat Earth-observing program, NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are holding a contest that will offer…
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