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The entrance of the CIBER optics.

NASA Launching Experiment to Examine the Beginnings of ...

Scientists seek to gain answers to questions about the formation of stars and galaxies with the launch of the CIBER sounding rocket on June 4 from ...

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'Cumberland' target drilled by Curiosity

NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Drills Second Rock Target

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used the drill on its robotic arm to collect a powdered sample from the interior of a rock called "Cumberland."

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Screen capture from IRIS mission trailer video showing an active solar surface.

IRIS Mission Readies For a New Challenge

NASA is getting ready to launch a new mission to observe a mysterious region of the solar atmosphere that may be crucial to understanding what powers ...

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A team of smiling people in business casual pose behind a table full of computers and instruments in a high-tech lab

NASA Simulates 'Pulsar-On-A-Table' for Testing

A NASA team built a first-of-a-kind testbed to simulate the distinctive signature of pulsars - which radiate in regular bursts anywhere from seconds ...

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Astronaut Chris Cassidy

Station Trio Busy Inside Station, New Trio Prepares ...

The Expedition 36 trio aboard the International Space Station started its work week taking apart a treadmill and working on science hardware.

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Aurora as seen in Marquette, Michigan on May 18, 2013.

Auroras Visible in Continental U.S.

Coronal mass ejections that accompanied X-class flares early last week, arrived at Earth over the weekend and sparked a geomagnetic storm and aurora.

NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn performs the second of a two-day session of taskboard and teleoperations with Robonaut. (NASA)

Weekly Recap From the Expedition Lead Scientist

Expedition 35 is hard at work 200-plus miles above us! Catch this week's research highlights here.

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