Vital clues about the devastating ends to the lives of massive stars can be found by studying the aftermath of their explosions.
Dr. Chryssa Kouveliotou, an astrophysicist at the Marshall Center, has been selected as the 2012 recipient of the Dannie Heineman prize in astrophysics.
In high school, there are champions of football, basketball and even music, but not many students can say they are champs on the ISS.
A new era of human space exploration is beginning! NASA managers will share details at the next U.S. Space & Rocket Center "Pass the Torch" lecture.
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The relocation of the RS-25D space shuttle main engine inventory from Kennedy Space Center's Engine Shop in Cape Canaveral, Fla., is underway.
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Teresa Bowman Vanhooser, a Johnson City, Tenn., native, has been appointed manager of the Flight Programs and Partnerships Office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
Paul Gilbert has been appointed deputy manager of the Flight Programs and Partnerships Office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
El Gordo is located over seven billion light years from Earth and gives off the most X-rays of any known cluster at this distance or beyond.
More than 500 rocketeers from middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities in 29 states will participate in the 2011-12 NASA Student Launch Projects flight challenge.
Cryogenic testing is complete for the final six primary mirror segments and a secondary mirror that will fly on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
With the holidays in full swing, a new image from an assembly of telescopes has revealed an unusual cosmic ornament.
NASA has completed the 2011 testing of the J-2X engine, preparing for another active year of testing in 2012.
The Marshall Center is entering into a space act agreement with Sierra Nevada Corp. Space Systems to provide key wind tunnel testing of a new spacecraft.
Like wine in a glass, vast clouds of hot gas are sloshing back and forth in Abell 2052, a galaxy cluster 480 million light years from Earth.
Dr. Frank Six, assistant manager of the Academic Affairs Office at the Marshall Center, recently was honored with the Dr. Wernher von Braun Aerospace Educator Award.
Audrey D. Robinson has been appointed to the Senior Executive Service position of chief counsel at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
NASA is challenging student inventers and aspiring space racers to gear up for the 19th annual NASA Great Moonbuggy Race.
Stennis Space Center engineers and technicians watch as the J-2X powerpack is hoisted into place in the A-1 test stand Dec. 5.
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The J-2X powerpack is installed and ready for testing in the A-1 test stand at the Stennis Space Center.
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Stennis Space Center engineers and technicians install the J-2X powerpack into the A-1 test stand in preparation for testing Dec. 5.
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